Immediately to the Brain it self, the seat and organ of the principal Fa∣culties; either in regard of its

Substance; when it is indisposed for the

• More principal and noble Faculties; either by ‖ some hot Vapour or Humour diffused: or from some particular Hurt or Inflammati∣on, causing a depravation of the Intellectuals, Fancy and Memo∣ry; either ‖ with a Fever, or without.
  • FRENSY, Delirium, frantic, light-headed, phrenetic.
  • MADNESS, out of ones wits, raving, distraction, besides ones self, wood, brain-sick, crack-brained, crazed, lunatic.

• Less principal Faculties; by the
  • Superfluity of cold pituitous matter, causing ‖ excessive drowsiness: or by crass crude vapours rising from the stomach, working a kind of Suffocation in sleeping by a sense of weight upon the Breast.
    • VETERNUS, Sopor.
    • EPHIALTES, Night-mare, Incubus.
  • Corruption of some crass phlegmatic humor, either ‖ in the Brain, causing much drowsiness and deliration: or in the Arteries which should convey the spirits to the Brain, causing first a giddiness, and then an abolition of Sense and Motion.
    • LETHARGY.
    • APOPLEXY.
  • Defluxion of Humours (which are sometimes salt or sharp) ei∣ther ‖ on the Lungs: or other parts of the Body, Limms, or Ioynts.
    • CATARRH, Distillation, Rheum, Defluxion.
    • RHEUMATISM.

Ventricles; ‖ when any hot Vapour doth agitate and disturb the motion of the spirits, so as objects seem to turn round: or when any cold phlegmatic humour doth obstruct their motion, causing a privation of Sense, with convulsive motions in several parts.

• VERTIGO, Giddiness, Swimming in the head, Dizziness, Scotomy.
• EPILEPSY, Falling-sickness.

• Obstructed; whether ‖ the greater-Nerves, and for a longer continu∣ance: or the lesser Branches, for a shorter space, whereby Sense and Motion is hindered.
  • PALSIE, paralytic.
  • NUMNESS, Stupor, asleep.
• Contracted more generally: or distended in some particular part.
  • CONVULSION.
  • CRAMP, Stitch.
• Oppressed with superfluous moisture, causing an unequal growth of the parts, specially the Head and Joints.
  • RICKETS, Rachitis.

Throat; by such an inward Swelling and Inflammation as doth hinder Swallowing and Respiration.

• SQUINANCY, Quinsie.