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Show Book I. Part I I, oft/9e Mefenttr}, anditr Cum. TchDij'edfc'r _'_/ W /__. « 396 '___ and Turpentine, gentle Purgatives may be alfo advifed, mixed with Cephalick, and afterward emollient and difcutient Fomentations, may be applied with great fafery. , In cafe of Melenterick pains, derived from Acide and Saline parts of the fijfftpilgfk and genproper, etting' is very s Plexes ,- Blood-l . . . iig the nervou . ffm ,BlOOd, afllié'ti . hiciiiim 0 y eate mes fi'red form the 1n admini be to are Medic inditarc d tle I'urgatrves, and Chalib . _ _ . V « . . Book I. Part I I. The Tntbo/ogicof t/ae Mefenrei‘yo 3 97 Humour of the Blood 7 deftilling out of the terminations t (l1 ‘ ‘ ‘ up 1‘, [he fiibflance 0f the Glands, thrOllgh which the Current be (being $22223 :1}: the common Receptacle, the body of the Glands mufi trimmed and ilic Caliack Pai'lion enfue, which is a Fluxe ofChyle, pafling through the Guts 'Ilie Callack l'allin‘nrlerh . . 3 to the Arm: derived from th e Othrué‘tion, of the Mclenterick Vefl‘cls m the Vtrlfinmtlie Glands . c ,r , Eiréar‘rngzii: of Tinaures or Syrups, in aperient antilcorbutick Apozemes, which do dil- j‘gp'gjcgfnim folve the Tartar of the Blood, and fweeten it; and to this end, Tunbridge Waters are very proper, which do open the obltrué'tions of the Mefentcry ' Intifc‘"."'"‘i‘k Decoélionsi and difchage the flatulent Matter, and the Serous and Salt parts of the Blood eivcnwith Eiilliiiiéchs: by Urine; whereupon inveterate and violent pains of the Belly are very ff;§5§;§ much alleviated, and oftentimes quite taken away. The Lympheedufts of the Mefentery are often obliruéted by the grofsnelé C4 53"" f gigiiiinriiiia; of the Lympha, or the courfe of it is very much hindred or l‘topped by the blynrnlidijdvmcdrs Tumors of the Mefentery, comprefling the Lymphztdué‘ts, and narrowing ‘t‘frg‘cm‘m" the paillige, f0 that the current of the Lympha is intercepted through the not diluted for want of this thin Liquor,wants (iuhtisLali?V2:. Mcfcntery, and the Chyle being very much unfit for motion, up the Thoradue Ferment, and is rendred a bythc mica {harpncr‘siif . ‘ Rettcmtnis. "Ck D116)"- Another Difeafc atrendeth the Mefirntery, coming from {harp vitriolick Recrements, gauling the fubfiance of the Mefentery, and corroding the ten- der Walls ofthe Lymphatduéis; whereupon the Lympha is disburdened into the Cavity of the Belly, productive of an Aft-iris, which may alfo prov ceed from the great Itreams of the Lympha, breaking the Banks of the Lyinphasduéls, and overflowing into the empty fpaces of the Abdomen. This Difeafe may alfo come from abfceITes of the Mefentery, often following inflamTthVMPhr« mations from a quantity of Blood,whofe ferous parts degenerate into ?tr5,v:hich Sitiiiriirycirir. corrodeth the Membranes of the Mefentery, and LymphxduEts, whence ari‘l'éfifmmm‘t‘ feth a flood of purulent Matter, mixed with Lymphatick Juyce, making a lake in the Abdomen, the continent Caufe of a Dropfie. The Cure of this Difeafe may be attempted by the advice of gentle Hydra- rm; turna- yavc::l:"§fl gogues, and Diet-Drinks of Sarfa-parilla, China , Lignmn fanflmn, and of di'aggqguesniid vulnerary, deterfive, and healing Decoétions, which may difeharge the Abdomen of Purulent, and lymphatick Liquor, and cleanfe and heal the abcef321.1352; 23:25 my" fes and Ulcers of the Mefentery, and repair the breach of the Lympheeduéts by gentle aftringent, and confolidating Medicines, mixed with balfamick S ru s. of the Mefentery, but the Glands, and Veflels the SubItance 0f y Aiid not only Athe"1mm" Mtfenrc. _ . , :ick GlaHdS. too are obnoxious to Difeafes, as Various forts of Tumours, one froma great tiffoi‘i‘hia- quantity of the Milky Humour, lodged in the Parenchyma of the Glands, a I . - . - {gaff Shy" fometiines very much enlarging its Dimenfions. A Man above Forty years old, was highly troubled with pains of his Beliifjéfa‘m‘ ' ly for many years, and at laft the pains being more and more aHliétive, took away all the enjoyment of his Life, and emaciated his whole Body, which roved fatal to him. liiediiligis" His Body being opened, and an infpeé‘tion made into the Mefentery, the Q‘V‘cfiffijfig‘ng Glands appeared of an incredible bignefs, which comprefling the Milky Vef- :Fihidiiili‘s' fels, rendred them uncapable to tranfmit the Chyle into the common recep‘CIH ' a I The parcfn; tliymao t e Mel'cnter'itk . a tacle, whence followed an univerfal AtrOphy of the Body. The fubfiance of Mefenterick Glands may be obfiruéted from Chyle, eo- glggfjaigfb' agulated into the fimilitudc of Cheefe, f0 that the free paffage of the Milky 33:31:13" Humor being intercepted by its Concretion, intoa hard Curd, by an AOL! Humour ' obllruflion of the Mature» . . Lnarned Dzemerbroeck ,giveth an infi ance of t ' '* . "CL'i G'4""J".' , DI tionq) found in thev] Ein‘ith Ch apter or the Mefentery. his cafc' m hb Hi R Obfma" ' rmmm exenzli um amt lezm Scott, qni in India na‘idem‘ali, my; imprimis iv longomarztmlo ztzzzerc‘bzrcrcdux, dzupmrwr (11):?me fucmt, algae lJiE tandem morho languenr, (9v bell/Mo flnxn mnz wentri; torminibw, appetitu ramcn ci'iorum medromler conflnnle, laboram‘, Anna 16; 7. nzcnfe Awufla ad Ito/brown: noflrnm ale/aim efi, ac 1'72 Catliaco flnxn cumndo onmia ofrnfi'n1 1 cnfahz eflénr, 1" tandem tomr Enznciatw obiit. Cat/aware in fludioforzmz Medicinal gratiam aperto, /efe obmlit lien nimis nagnm, alum: (r ater, at (9» pancreas ninlis tnnzidum, durum (7‘ Cinerez' talusm: int/minty; item Mefl'nterii innumerar glzzndnlM, 71min film": nix widen m]; fint, rmrunz m modnm turgitlaxr, (fiv duriufrnlm efle, ita at multoc (Inidem filzbzc magmtndznenzj‘etlplnrimr ad magnitudincnz cruel/ante, pauciorer ad nzm's waft/m- hemygnrrndmem.accederent5 In in autenz diflééi'is, nibil aliud, 71mm candida qimriam (remit, m cafeofamfu/Iflantizzm indurnta, reperlnm fair. The third kind of Tumors hapning to the Mefentery, may be called an in- Aillnflimm‘ ilimimtion, proceeding from a quantity, or grofsnefs of Blood errravafited iii)? ,fifr‘l" in the ftibflance of the Glands, by reafon the roots of the Veins are fo final] miifmmcha or elfe lo obfiruéied, that they cannot give admiflion to the extravafated 33:23:: Blood; ‘whence are derived, AbfceITes, and Ulcers, as the confequents of inliammanons, when Nature turneth the Cryftalline parts of the vital Li uor Into an Abfcefs, firf‘t, and then into an Ulcer. q ) The Glands of the Mefentery, are alfo incident to variety of other Tufl \ ) , . ‘ fifjgfifgffiffig intiu'il) hem Ln C w Th'M"r°""‘ rickGlands mots, a; creatomes, Melicerides , Atheromes, Stirrhous, Scmphylous and "'iabk‘m Strumous Tumors. iiiicciy Of m IS, closfiféaf‘zlsfirs] and) fiegjeritées do proceed from a fatty or oily fubftance ( en- 3:53:55; _ p p em ranes) coming out the extreaimties oftlie Mefen- h -. ." [trick Arte‘rics, into the Parenchyma of the Glands, wherein they acquire a E WWW, greater confiftence . Atheromes are derived from grofs pituitous Matter, like a Pultice when "mm" ‘1} hath been a long time fpued out of the terminations of the Arteries, into the citiivmmes Ubliance of the Glands, wherein this grofs Matter is immured within a memhranous Enclofure. Srirrhom Tumors are different only in degree ( as I conceive) from Albe- ""3"" 0" rower, becaufe they both proceed from unaflimilated Chvme, impelled out of iidciii‘iii‘im determinations of the Arteries, into the body of the Mefenterick Glands in Which the Adm-emu have a matter of lefs confif'tence, and the Srirrlynr partake of grofs, and more indurated Chyme. ) Mgzflyflon;and Strumour fwellings, are of a different nature froanreatomeJ', 332;??235" . I er, theromer, and Sczrrbm, by ieafon thefe arife out of the fatty and Scryumoua Olly, or pituitons parts of the Blood; but the Scrophylous and Strumous Tu: 131:5"? in the mots, are derived (as I apprehend) from the Succm Nutricim, or nervous lquOr, ( defliliing out of the Extreamities of the Mefenterick Nerves) con- Cretid in the fubfiance of the Glands, and encircled with a peculiar Cifiis or a. ' K kkkk (1'1:er M cry. |