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Show Book II. C H A P. XXIV. 0f Intermittent Ff'dt'ff. I I Aving given in fome fort a Narrative of Difeafes in reference to Pe- tuitous and Bilious Recrements; I {hall now take the freedom to Amclanchtly {peak iomewhat of the Diltempers of aMelancholick Conflitution of Blood c, rlliiution fprinkling from grofs Aliment, abounding with earthy parts and fixed Salt, uf Ulcod. which being above meafure exalted, are produétive of an Acrd indifpolition, which being elevated to a great height, maketh it degenerate into a Fluar, wherein the Saline before efpoufed to the oily and earthy Particles, do fuller a divorce from them 3 So that the bond of Mixtion is in a great part dilfolved in themafs of Blood, and the Saline parts being not under the controul of the Elements, have akind of abfolute power, as commanding the Compage of the mals of Blood; whereupon the fpirituous and fulphureous Particles being much evaporated, the Saline do exercife a dominion over the A Quartan Anus I‘Cli) by inducing an Aror to the whole Mixmm, relative to the Blood, from whence fometimes proceedeth a (human Ague, diflEring in types and periods from the Terrian, as having its accellion every third day 5 and its continent canfe is ailigncd by the Antients, to a Melancholick humor putrefying in the lower apartimcnt of the Ho ‘y; But I humbly conceive it more rea- T!" can? ofa \ ianali r,"- fonable that the origen of a Qiartan Ague is in the Vital Liquor, Whofe fweet Balfamick quality is dcbafed into an acide and aultere indifpofition , in which the fpiritnous and oily parts being much withdrawn, the Tartareous (confifting ofearthy and halt parts) are too much heightned to a Fluor, productive of Acid Particles, which are carried by the greater Channels of Arteries to the fmaller, and caufe Concuflions in the Mcmbram Came/a (in the beginning of the Paroxylin) which when violent, are called Rigors, when more remifs are termed Horrors ; and thefe Convullive Motions accompany the firfl' rife of the accellion, and when the heat followeth, the Increment of the Fit beginneth, and when the unnatural heat arriveth toa height, the Fit comcth to a Rate, and when the ebullition of the Blood is abated, the the Paroxyfin appeareth, which terminateth into a plentiful declination of Sweat. Thereafon w'n- (Liartan Agnes have longer inter- :niilions than «thcr Interm ttent FC- acts. The reafon why the Periods ofa miartan have longer Intervals than thole of a Tertian, is, becaufe the dil'temper of the Blood, tending to Acid, is more remili‘ in heat, difaflEfling the Chym e in a'lefs degree, permitting fomcwhat of Allimilation into Blood, and the perverting the other Particles of it, do not make f0 great a diforde r, as is found in a Tertian; So that the Marm'a Silbflrdla of the Blood being lefs depra ved in a (Ltiartan, doth more {lowly fill the Vital Liquor with indigel 'ted line Atoms being more moderate in heat, requir Particles, and the Sae peccant Matter is exalted, producing an Ebullition longer time before the in the Heart, the continent caule of a (Luartan, which hath often a molt difficult Cure, and is long aflliétive, becanfe it is derived from an Acid Dylcrafie of the Blood, which 0f Intermittent Fawn. which is not eafily redrefled by Medicines 5 whereas the bilious indifpofition confifiing in an effervefcence of Vital juyce, proceeding fronranaflocmtion of oily Particles, is more [peedily difcharged by a free tranlpiration; but a Melancholick Confiitution, fpringing from a depaupcrared mafs of BloodJ hath its more fpirituous Particles retired from it, and the faline and earthy artsare too much exalted; And therefore Purgatives alone are not available in a Qiartan Ague, in which the fixed Saline parts of the Blood mull be rcndred Volatii, and the loft fweet Balfamick repaired byMedicmes Dulcn fying the Acid, and by impregnating them with 0in lpmtuoiis Particles, which is of as great moment as difficulty to efieét. _ . And alfo in an acid difafi'eé‘tion of the Blood, when its laudable. portion is over-powered with a too highly exalted Salt, it is rendred difpirited, productive of a Fliwr, whence arife the great variety of Scorbutick difeafes (abounding in numerous fymptoms, Emulating divers Dil'tempers) procee-z ding alfo from concreted faline Particles, tranfmitted from the mafs‘of Blood, and vitiating the Nervous Liquor, whence is prepagated a prodigious offfpring of Chronick difeafes, as the Strumx, Rheumatifms, Gouts, Scabs, Scurf, Cancers, Leprofies, and the like. The Cure of Qiiartari Agnes. |