As for _Numb_ and _Dead Palsies_, they proceed not only from disordered and Irregular Motions, but from such Figurative Motions as are quite different from the nature of the Creature: for, though it be natural for a Man to dye; yet the Figurative Motions of _Death_ are quite different from the Figurative Motions of Life; so in respect to that which Man names Life, that which Man names Death, is unnatural: but, as there are several sorts of that Man names _Life_, or _Lives_; so there are several sorts of those Corporeal Motions, Man names _Death_: but, _Dead Palsies_ of some Parts of a Man's Body, are not like those of a Man when he is, as we say, _quite dead_; for, those are not only such sorts of Motions that are quite, or absolutely different from the life of the Man, or such like Creature; but such as dissolve the whole Frame, or Figure of the Creature: But, the Motions of a _Dead Palsie_, are not dissolving Motions, although they are different from the natural living Motions of a Man. The same, in some manner, are _Numb Palsies_; only the Motions of _Numb Palsies_ are not so absolutely different from the Natural living Motions; but have more Irregularities, than perfect Alterations. As for that sort of Numbness we name _Sleepy Numbness_, it is occasioned through some obstruction that hinders and stops the Exterior Sensitive Perception. As, when the Eyes are shut, or blinded, or the Ears stopt, or the Nostrils; the Sensitive Figurative Motions of those Sensitive Organs, cannot make Perceptions of Forrein Objects: so, when the Pores of the Flesh, which are the perceptive Organs of Forrein Touches, are stopt, either by too heavy burthens or pressings, or tying some Parts so hard, as to close the Exterior Organs, (_viz_. the Pores) they cannot make such Perceptions as belong to Touch: but, when those hinderances are removed, then the Sensitive Perception of Touch, is, in a short time, as perfect as before. As for _Gangren's_, although they are somewhat like _Dead Palsies_, yet they are more like those sorts of dead Corporeal Motions, that dissolve the Frame and Form of a Creature: for, _Gangren's_ dissolve the Frame and Form of the Diseased Part; and the like do all those Corporeal Motions that cause Rottenness, or Parts to divide and separate after a rotten manner. CHAP. VIII. Of MADNESS.