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Show 7736 Pathology of the Mmflmmzr Purgarioiz. Book I. Pia-m, mentation, confifiing in due Acides and Alkalys, the true Principles of Ef. Book I. Part IV. 7726 Pathology of [be Men/[mom Purgatiim. 581 Bod . The fuppreflion of the Menf'truous Flux is canfcd by firaitnefs of the Veil fels and ways of the Womb, by Confiipation, Compreflion, Coalefceiice, LIL cers, Scirrhous, and Gangraenes of the "term. As to the firf‘t, the preparing and Hypogaflrick Arteries are obflrufied by grofs and vifcide humours, by Blood rendred thick, as accompanied whh crude Chyme, not aflimilated into Blood, and fiagnant in the Vefl‘els, or jn happens alfo after frequent Abortions, wherein the little holes of the womb ( to which the after-burden adhereth ) are quite flopped up, intercepting the Current of Vital Liquor into the Ciflern of the "term. A fupprcmon Another caufe may be added Supprefling the Monthly Purgation, fetch- of the Mned from an ill Conformation of the "term, when its parts, the Body, Neck, firiu from an ill Conforpr Vagina, are diflorted, either naturally, or by forne Stroke ol- Fall, Which mation of the f0 perverreth the natural Polition of the Preparing and Hypogaflrick Arte- Diem. ries, that they cannot tranfmit BIOOd into the Subl'tance of the Glands, and thence into the Bolom of the womb. Ulcers and Gangreens of the womb often produce the {toppage of the Men- The Supprcffion of the flrua, by reafon in the laft Difeafe a great Source pf Blood being impelled by Mai/rim from the Arteries into the Subflance of the womb, wherein it fiagnates, produceth a Gangrccn. the Glands of the 'Utcmr, caufinga {toppage of the Flux into the Cavity firfl an Inflammation, and then a Gangreen, wherein the motion ofthe Blood of the Womb, Learned 1"rflivgiur giveth an account of a Woman labouring with 3 Su _ being flopped, prefently enfueth a Suflocation of the Heat, the immediate caufe of a Gangreen; in this cafe there is often a great @lerbara in the Vet'_ fels, highly Tumcficd with black difcoloured Blood. fervcfcence, opening the Body of the Blood, ( carried into the Uterine Glands) and difpoliug it for Secretion; fo that the faculent parts of the Blood are tranfinittcd through the Pores ofthc inward Coat into the Bofom ofthe womb, whence it is expelled by the Vagina to the utmoit Confines of the preliion of her Menfes, in whom he found the Spermatick Veilels full of Pi. tuitous Matter. ' A young Maid, about fifteen Years of Age, near the time of her Courfes Sometimes the Neck and Vagim of the View! is flint up with the Hymen, imperforated, giving a Check to the Flux of the Menflrua. TDodamcu: giveth an Inflance of this cafe in a Cloifltcred Virgin. Mom'alie difltortion of her Mouth, and many other Convulfions, lofs of Speech, (7:. {0 that [he could not be relieved by the Power of Art, and Died in a Virg. 5; Annorlmz, multo tempera circa Inguimz (9» 7314116»! doluif, 71"th interim fmall fpace. ex Micro prodeimtibm Excrementii: firperomit tandem Ventri: Tumor, qua z'mIe majore faflo, Mort tandem flrperryenit, &c. Hymeiz aiirem obflitit qui 7attire Virginibur coizrrefrit, 7mm bot integro nihil ex Mtero deftendere out defirri, rycl him appzircrc pamit. , A Suppreflion alfo of the Menf'trua may proceed from a. white Concreted Matter, obftruéiing the Spermatick and Hypogafitick Arteries, fomewhat refembling the Polypus of the Heart, and is produced in like manner from Chyine coagulated in the Velfels of the Womb, and hindering the recourfe of Blood into the Uterine Glands and Cavity of the "term. A floppage of the Menf'truous Courfe may proceed from the Confiripation, a'imz Corp" Mreri dcnfim redditur, or from the hardnels and induration of the Neck of the womb, of which Cabrolim maketh mention concerning a Lyingin-VVomam whole Neck of her womb grew hard and grifly, and ever after loft her Menftriia 3 Miilz'er pafl @iiei'perinm Menflrua amp/2M mm babuit : Mor- was furprifed with agreat Difeafc, accompanied with horrid Symptoms of _ . . Afterward an Incifion being made into the lower Apartiment, the Vi ceo r4 appeared very found, except the "term", whofe Veffcls were highly di. {tended with a great quantity of black Blood, and the "term it lfelf was hued with a deeper black, as bein Gangreened, and the Neckcf it very much difiorted, fo that the flreams 0 Blood were f0 intercepted in the fubfiance of the womb, that they could not be tranfmitted into its Cavity. A Suppreflion of Blood ( proceeding from an Inflammation of the womb, often the Forerunner of a Gangrcen) doth fpeak, firfi, a free Million of Blood in the Arm once or twice, and when the Inflammation is cured,by dc. riving the Purple Liquor into other parts, and when cooling Medicines have bleeding below will have a fad confequence, in bringing dpwn the Blood A Suppreliion of the Menflrua may be deduced from Compreflion by the Tumors of the womb, in Inflaminations, Scirrhus, (pvt. whereby the Cavities of the Vellels are f0 contracted, and the extremities of the Preparing growing wotfe and worfe, and her Pains about her Back and Share-bone being very much aggravated, {he fent for me; and after I had heard the Hide- and Hypogaflrick Arteries f0 [hut up, that the Blood cannot pals into the Glands of the Womb, and after Secretion be conveyed through the Pores of the inward Membrane into its Cavity. Thefe linall holes may be alfo [hut up by external Caufes, by the cold Air, or bathing in cold Water during the ry of the Difeafe and its Symptoms recounted by herfelf and the Standers by, Igave order for a plentiful Evacuation of Blood in the Arm, which was Monthly Courfe, wherein the Humouts are condenfed, and the Pores of the inward Coat of the ‘Urcrm admit fuch a Contraction that the Purple Liquor cannot be conveyed into the Cavity of the Womb. A Coalefceuce may induce a fizoppage of the Courfes, wherein fome flefhy or membranous fubflance groweth to the Infide of the Him-u: and covereth its lVleatus, or when the Ulcered inward Coat is cicatriced, after a cured Ulcer of the womb, wherein the minute Perforations are clofed up, WhiCh happens Bleeding is tied in an Infiammation o! the 2mm. been adminiflzred, as contemporating Juleps and Emulfions, a Yem in the Foot: may be opened, with this caution, That the inflammation is allayed, elf}: more freely to the ‘Uterm', whereupon the Inflammation will be encreafed, which I once faw in a Captain of a Ship's Wife, who labouring with an Inflammation of the "term, was imprudently bled by Leeches applied to the Hemorrhoid", by the Order of an imprudent Pretender to Art ; whereupon (be t/nc Cert/ix uteri fpifliflima efl reperta, ac rye/n! Cartigimi a, quart twin/Iver]? Digili fprflimdiiie toaluemt. An Infinite o! a Gangrcen'd Diem. Celebrated twa or three times, ( as I remember) and then gave her contem- pcrating vulnerary Drinks, and mild aflringent Iniedtions, which fpake an Allay to the Inflammation, and cured the Symptomatick Fever. In Su rcflions of the Menfes flowing from the Obflruaions of the Pre- 11",:in m, paring afifi Hypogafirick Arteries; and excretory Ducts of the womb, firfl, 35:22,?" soogrnthc of. a-i1 0!) Purging Medicines may be advifed, of foetide Pills, .and Potions made . Cd ruflioii perient and Purgative Ingredients, of the five opening Roots, mix wit ofthe VcFell of the Womb! Senna, Agarick, and Syrrup of Buckthorn, évc. and aperient Apozerns, made of Roots of Madder, Birthwort, Leaves of Mugwort, Motherwart, Penm. 'roial, Rue, Savin, Chervil, Balm, UT. The Apozems may be properly drunk Kk kkk kk by \ |