BOOK IV.

In which the true principles of medicine, and a certain method for distinguishing unhealthy meteors In this context, "meteors" refer to any atmospheric phenomena—winds, vapors, or pressures—that the author believes cause disease. into their various species—that is, the four imperial kingdoms of the unhealthy winds—are graphically depicted and outlined by the authority of sacred scripture. 169

BOOK IV. MEMBER I. PART I.

In which the spiritual or aerial kingdom of the northern winds is earnestly depicted, along with its effects.


CHAP. I.	On the Angelic rule of the general winds, and how they operate in a threefold manner upon the spirit of the world according to the nature of air, water, and earth—that is, spiritually and corporally.	171
II.	A general description of the four spiritual kingdoms, or concerning the four macrocosmic and microcosmic spirits.	174
III.	That the Angelic property of the northern wind acts upon the threefold consistency of its aerial substance—namely, the thin, the thick, and the intermediate.	176
IV.	The simple effects of the Northern wind original: venti Borealis on the spiritual consistency of man, or the unnatural meteorological illnesses of the soul, are described in the sacred manner.	177

BOOK IV. MEMBER I. PART II.

In which the humoral kingdom of the northern empire and the diseases corresponding to it are discussed.


CHAP. I.	On the cold and dry, or earthy, humor.	181
II.	On humoral Scotomia A term for dizziness or "darkness" of vision, here linked to bodily fluids. and the diseases encompassed by it.	181
III.	On stupor and wasting original: marcore; a state of physical decline or shrinking..	182

BOOK IV. MEMBER I. PART III.

In which the corporal kingdom of the northern empire and the diseases corresponding to it are discussed.


CHAP. I.	On the beginning of the corporal kingdom of the Northern region, and what it is.	184
II.	Corporal meteors in the microcosm of the Northern kingdom; and that their principal original: cardinale; literally "the hinge" or chief illness. disease is leprosy.	184
III.	The aforementioned series of diseases arising from the "leper root" is explained, and its branches, both contagious and non-contagious, are identified.	186

BOOK IV. MEMBER II.

The southern empire divided into three parts or kingdoms. And first, concerning the first kingdom or part, which is spiritual.


CHAP. I.	On the three kingdoms or parts of this southern empire in general—namely, the spiritual, the humoral, and the corporal.	189
II.	The principal corrupter of any southern kingdom, the author of its corruption, is described along with its Angelic instruments.	189
III.	On corrupt air, or the spiritual kingdom of the south, and by which testimonies of the scriptures it is verified.	191
IV.	How corrupt air is accustomed to produce various unnatural impressions both in the human spirit or mind alone, and in the body through the spirit.	192
V.	On the afflictions of the body arising from the human spirit when it is southernly afflicted.	194

CONCERNING THE SECOND KINGDOM OR PART

Of the Southern Empire, which is humoral.


CHAP. I.	On humoral diseases from the southern region in general, and how they arise from a corrupt spirit, both contagious and non-contagious.	196
II.	In which the two species of humoral meteors—both contagious and non-contagious—are discussed, and it is also exactly proven that God produces various morbid meteors by a different breath original: afflatu; often used to describe divine inspiration or the "blowing" of a spiritual influence..	197

THE THIRD KINGDOM OR PART

Of the Southern winds.

Containing solid and tuberous lumpy or swelling meteors.


CHAP. I.	How Southern humors harden into solid bodies, both in the macrocosm and in the microcosm.	200
II.	On the solid meteors of this kingdom in particular.	201

BOOK IV. MEMBER III.

The Eastern Empire; and first concerning its spiritual kingdom or part.


CHAP. I.	How God, in His anger within His Eastern property, is accustomed to infect the macrocosmic spirit with an unnatural fiery breath.	203
II.	On the scorching Spirit of the world, and how it works malevolently and in various forms within the human spirit.	205
III.	On those meteorological diseases included in the spiritual kingdom of the Eastern empire, which afflict both the mind (or human spirit) and the body at the same time.	207

CONCERNING THE SECOND PART,

The humoral kingdom of the Eastern Empire, and its principal disease.


CHAP. I.	On the principal disease original: morbo... cardinali of this kingdom.	209
II.	On certain burning meteors contained under the feverish and scorching spirit of the East, and concerning their origin.	210

CONCERNING THE THIRD PART,

The corporal kingdom of the Eastern Empire.


CHAP. I.	How bodies are generated against the laws of nature by the meteorological disposition of the Eastern winds, both in the macrocosm and the microcosm.	211
II.	On the species of the corporal kingdom in the Eastern region.	212

BOOK IV. MEMBER IV.

The spiritual kingdom of the Western Empire, or

PART I.


CHAP. I.	On the property of Jehovah in His anger within His western Empire, and how He acts from that region through watery Angels.	213
II.	On the spiritual kingdom of the Western Empire, or the watery spirit of the world.	215
III.	On the morbid meteors attributed to this spiritual kingdom of the western Empire, whose chief or "cardinal" cloud we establish to be catarrhal, or Rheum A term for the discharge of fluids, like a runny nose or phlegm, believed to be a "distillation" from the brain..	216

PART II.

Or the humoral kingdom of the West.


CHAP. I.	On the principal or cardinal meteor of this kingdom, which is Rheum, or a flowing, or a distillation.	217
II.	On the thick and more sluggish species of flowing.	219