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Show 0f the Spitting of glooa'. 856 Book I}, Book II. Off/ac Spitting of ‘B/OOII, and 1:0,",- "x the fevcral places of the Lungs, and its appendages, becaui'e the Blood on. feth out of the Bronchial capillary Branches into the Larynx, Where, after it hath made fome {mall tickling in the Throat, it is infeniibly thrown in", The Blood the Mouth, without any difcompofure of a Cough, or hawking, which is 3;. coming out of the broncomplilhed by the gentle Contraéhon of the Heihy Fibres, befetting the head of the Wind-pipe; But if the Blood flow out of a greater vefiel (feated about the middle of the Lungs) it is conveyed into the Bronchia inalar. get proportion, wherein it giveth a greater difiurbance then in the top of Cough. the Wind-pipe, and growing alway frothyin the Tubes and V'elicles ofthe Lungs, is protruded upward in a {tream With a great Cough, and force of expired Breath. ' . _ The Blood And if the Blood diflil out the fmaller Extremities of the Arteries, encirc. dirthargtd into the kroncliia and V:iitlcS, is thrown up Louglii. ling the membranous Sinus, it is expelled in a finaller proportion, by deep repeated Coughs. _ . . Having done with the nature and comment cauie of Spitting of Blood, it may not be impertinent to {peak fomewhat of its Procatarctick and evident caufes; the Firit is often produced by an ill Conformation of the Breaii and Lungs, as the one having a great i'traightnefs, and the other a great loofneis of its Compage, which is hereditary, and this ill difpofition of the Lungs, may proceed from the preceding difeafes of an Inflammation , Pleurify, a great Cough , and Empyema , which leave the Afpem Arteria, and its Bronchia and Shim very weak, laxe, and fubjeét to defiuxions of Blood, into the fpaces of the Air-veiiels, rendring them very obnoxious to Coughs, and Spitting of Blood, efpecially if it be accompanied with Serous Acide Recrements, and grofs pituitous Blood, apt to be i'tagnant and troublefome to the fubfiance of the Veiiels, thereby caufing it to be difcharged into their Concave Surfaces. The Prognofiitksof Spitting of Bland. As to the PrognollZiCkS attending this Difeafe, the common people are very fenfible of the danger, {trikinga terror into them, as it were a medal!- ger of death; but it hath leis of danger,when the blood diitilleth out ofthe terminations of capillary Arteries, into the cavity of the Siam and Bronchia, ‘ and is more fatal, when it is derived from a greater branch lacerated or wounded, letting out a Rivulet of Blood into the empty {paces of Air. veiiels: And the danger is eminent in an ill habit of Body, in which the Blood being defpoiled of its Balfamick quality, doth not Well contrib ute to the cure of a folved unity of the Bronchia and Simu; {0 that when Nature, as the Foundation , is deficient, Art, as the fuperfiruéture cannot take place, efpecially by reafon the Lungs being in perpetual motion, as the fiabjca 0f Refpiration, cannot obtain the liberty of a Repofe, which is a requifite con" dition of a cure in this difeafed part. And aboVe all, the firuéhire of the Lungs is very diihdvantageous t0 3 Cure when they are difaflhfled, as they are fine Textures, made up ofinflumerable VeiTels, ( rarely interWoven) which having loft their unity, 3"? hardly conjoyned, as being perpetually aéted with alternat oris of Diafiole and Syflole; and ifthe terminations ofthe e repeated motivelfels do coalefce in a repaired union, the circulation of the Blood is very much intercepted, which caufeth a fiagnartcy and putrefaétion of The Fiifl 1:1: flirtation in Spitting of 31m. the Jugulars, through the fubclavian and axillary Branches, into the Veins B'm' of the Arm; whereupon the fiream of Blood is diverted from the Right Ventricle of the Heart and Lungs. chial Ariefirs, isslcne "itlmuta by repeated The Firh‘. Indication is fatisfied with Bleeding in the Arm, which is very ,I, m1," "3-, beneficial, as being near the Breafl', by leiiening the Blood, derived from semiotic, the fiammations, Abi'ceiies, Ulcers, Confumptions, Blood, whence enfue, In(be. The Indications of this Diiéafe are principally Fluxe of Blood, and the Second isto flint up the Two, The Firft to flop the wounded or relaxed V612 Ci.)-., The In the {pitting of Blood coming from the obfiruéted Men/trad, the Sapbcg. i131: "pliant ml may be properly opened, as drawing the courfe of Blood, by the Sper- dirt-"$2.534 matick, and Hypogaflriek Arteries into the literm‘, to divert the exuberant iiixiiimfiifii courle of Blood from the Lungs, by difcharging it by a Vein of the Foot, and to follicite Nature to make good the wonted current of the Men/fruit. And not only Bleeding is requifite in this cafe, but alfo cooling incraflae Sidiiig ting Medicines , that contemporate the immoderate Eifervell‘ence of Mcdscincgiaie the Blood, and check its over-hafiy fireams into the weakened Corripage, 51%; 0231325: or lacerated Veiielsof the Lungs; and to this end Juleps, Decoétions, and Emull'ions may be given. As to the wounded, or loofe Compage of the Lungs ( wherein the Blood- mange": veiiels are broken, or their Extremities are too much opened) al'tringent 323,120,712? and confolidating Medicines may be advifed. gigircispgrm; A Gentlewoman being overturned in a Coach by a carelels Coachman, Blond-vcflels‘, was wounded in her Breafi upon her fall againll: a {hort Poi}, placed at the giéfii'i‘j?' entrance of a door; whereupon the vefTels of the Lungs were (0 contuiéd 3,52",ng and lacerated, that ihe threw up immediately Three Pints, or Two (luarts of florid frothy Blood out of her Lungs: In order to a Cure, I firi't advi- New", fed aVein to be opened in the Arm, to divert the courfe of Blood; and fiigfligggr after I prefcribed vulnerary Decoétions, confifling of afiringent, incrafla-z iatrdriieclfliigs ting, and cooling Medicines: As alfo Water boiled with Emplafiick, Aftrin' gent Medicines; to which Milk was added, and boiled, with double refi- ned Sugar, which {he took for her ordinary Drink. I advifed alfo dii'cillcd Milk, made up of Vulneraries, to be mixed with untreated: new Milk, to contemperate her hot, and repair her loft mais of Blood: $222522} And to that end Iordered Deco&ions of China, Sarza-parilla, and vulnera- Exit? yitfl ry Afiringents; and at lafl: confolidating Medicines, which perfeéted the Cure, and refiored her to a good degree of Health. |