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Show , i bf Midi/fey. TREE Bo'oi'ur. 0/ in royal H95 3 coin loro propriam ipforum tempericm deflmat, é" qua minus Spiritu Animal; impleri edq; perfrtri poflint, impedial: : nude 6}- propter inmilem bane inter/Mm" IMF'Ui afiefli portioncm, reliqua qui adparter dcducimr here/i duflu ad fundiionem ea'em/am lily!!! impro flat), re/ilhrfionem perfeflam, fl magmz fit lwfi", Pfltirrm qtrihur bi commmzimnMrfiqui necefle efl, eamque 80 diuturniorem (‘7 pertinaria. rem, qua major Herr/i ofii'nfa cxiflrt. Quail: weram Taralyfco! pittiitofa: tau/m 31:71:21"; 3‘ efle, intumejceme ex aqueo Inmmre dorfrli Medal/a, feéiione (lepre/Jc/ztlilmu: m non opus fit obflrufiianem quandam in "emit, bit, qni fi/iC/ifum, am "(filamemir confiti, ncc cant/irate)" M/lam, qurc Immorem illum craft": mi quidamftri. bum, admittere poflz‘t, extogitare: we! [2 nerworum bunt bumefldlianem guide»; concordant, it! tamen bat ratione, quad hertz/1' longioru laxiorefq, faéii, (Id mom»: (Bdrm/m7: inrpti fiaut, cum Nero/i panel/z minim; anus/Jam, fieri aflcrere. And a Palfcy is not only a primary Difeale, but alfo fucceccleth others, and conrcquppt of very often is a companion, or confequent of a gentle Apoplexy, determinEfl'cmm' ing into a Hemiplcgi/z, which is a lofs of motion in one fidc of the body, as the ofi'enfive humors are difcharged into one Mediety of the Mesh/Ila Sprmzlis, which confii'teth in two parts, feparated from each other; that one portion of the fpinal Marrow may be afl'ecied, and the other unconcerned. figyfianrffaff An inflance may be given of this cafe in a Patient, an Inn-holder, bunt: gofa committed to my care, who long indulged himfclf in the immoderate mmy' Cups of Wine, Brandy, and {irong Drink; whereupon he grew very cor- pulent, as having a Body full of Blood and ferous Recrements, which had firft a recourfe to his Head, and afterward were partly difcharged in the Left part of the Medulla Spinalir, where the Origen of the Nerves were compreffed (as I humbly conceive, by a tumor ofthe fpinal Marrow in the Left fide) whereupon followed a Hciiliplegia, a refolution of the vertebral Nerves belonging to the faid fide, affecting all the Mufcles of it 5 whereupon enfued alofs ofmotion in one half of the Body. Ilttdrrg is lviopcrtot an Anopltxy. In order to the Cure of the Apoplexy, I did often advife Bleeding in the Neck, Arm, Cupping-glafles, Veficatories, Purgatives mixed with Cephalidfi} i'iiiiiiliiiis, as alfo Ccphalick Apozemes,Ele€tuaries, (five. whereupon his Apoplexytseal1 iiihiacfidirii- ed, and his Palfey much abated, and afterward went he to the Bath, nhrchll r conceive was bentficml to him, In order to the recovery ofthelofl life 0""3 . 333$ko Limbs lrtksvicrc ter is carried from the Spine to the vertebral Nerves, and thence to the Upgrand lower Limbs of the Body, and alfo the Stomach, Liver, and BladderofGall are very much difalfeéted with Colick pains. An Infiance of this cafe may be git/en ofa young Maid, who laboured of "f".{imc "F afpuriousuertian, intermittent Fever (proceeding from an obliruéiion of the initf‘rciii'ii: Liver and Bladder ) and then fell into Colick pains, and a paralitick difafl'e- iii'rigifimdi étionwvhich continued the fpace of a year, and at lalt (he died, aflliéted witha 533532;, Delirium, and Convulfivc motions. The Palfey firfi affected the Arms and WW" Head, and afterward defcended to the Thighs. This Woman having the Abdomen opened, the Liver was found to be oveizlarge, with reference to the Body, and very much othruéted, and the Bladder of Call filled with grofs Black Choler, and the Stomach much diftended with Green Excrements, and the Colon full of hard Faeces,and dilated with much flatulent Matter ; and the Brain being diffeéied, a Water was difcovered to gufh out and follow the Knife; and the fame Liquor was difcerned to fill up all the fpace, interceceding the coats of the fpinal Marrow, where the Fibres , the Origens of the vertebral Nerves were Heated; Whereupon, the beginnings of the vertebral Nerves being compreffed, the current of the nervous Liquor and Spirits was intercepted, and the Filaments of the Nerves relaxed, and the ufe ofthe Arms, Hands, and Thighs loft. ‘ Perfons alfo obnoxious to Arthritical difaffeé‘tions fometimes'fall into a Pal. an Arthrifey, by realon the acide and faline Particles of the Blood, infeéting the ner- fiini‘lmdigm. Vous Liquor, do vitiate its refined Particles; whereupon the Animal Spirits my" loiing their expanfive nature, do not invigorate" the Nerves; fo that they grow limber and unfit for motion, whence arifeth a Palfey.‘ Scorbutick habits of Body are liable to this Difeafe, as having an ill mafs Emilio" oiBlood, debafed with acide faline Particles, which fpoil the albuminous arcobsxrou: part of the vital Juyce, the Materiafubflrara of the Sumu Net-waft", which mmr‘y' being difpirited, doth not duely invigorate the nervous Fibrils; Where-upon arife Tremors in the Limbs, proceeding from faint Animal Spirits, not renl ' tiring the nervous Filaments Tenfe, and apt for motion, whence floweth a Paraytick difpofition, which alfo proceedeth in Cachetick Bodies, from a quantityof ferousflecrements, fometimes inwardly obfiruéting the ipaces of the Filaments, and othertimes outwardly comprefiing the Origens, Trunks, Cthertimes a Palfrey fucccedeth Convuliive motions and Fits ofan Epilep{0 am the WWW! Matter was carried into the lnterfiices of the Fibrils 5 f)' foiiinirltiiaq cuiiyglrwc ofthe Brain, and afterward into the Trunks, and finaller branchesof Nerves7 illi.li'éliiiiiim WhiCll being obiiruéted by fomc ferous fixed laline Recrements, which flrfl and Branches of Nerves; whereupon they grow flabby and relaxed, as not "Ceptive of nervous Liquor, and its fpirituous tenfive Particles. , A PaliEy may alfo arife a filura imitate from a w ound of the Skull and Al'alfe}; may "'- whereupon the Brain is afleaed firft with an inflammation, by a fource or ex: "4""- $5333]ij APaleY make Convulfive motions, as longT as the Nerves are able to aft, in order to expel the offenfive Matter; and when they are f0 far debilitated, thatthcy' lofe their farther Irixm, the Filaments of Nerves grow relaxed, as not able to make any more oppofition. In Convullive motions alfo one Mufcle, being Convulfed, the other is Refolved, as being wholly at liberty 3 Wk" the Antagonif't is highly difafi‘eé‘tcdfis not able to balance the oppolite MUfClC and reduce the part to a tonick motion. . A Palfey alfo fucceedeth great pains of the Stomach and Intefiines,as iinneum: fit A :fififflgfgit they both have various branches of Nerves ; which hold coufenow1th file srumachand fibrous parts of the Brain, as the faid Nerves are propagated from It; {0‘ it ""1"" a {harp and olfenfive Matter, is imparted from the Fibrils of the (WW! rain, lacerating fometimes, and othertimes cutting afundet its Blood-veilels; $3,221"; mvafated Blood ( lodged in the fubfiance of the Brain) which afierward1 generates into a purulent Matter, comprefling the fibrous frame of the spin, and hindring the influxe of Animal Spirits into the Nerves, proddfiive 0 a Palfe . ASouldier was wounded in the hinder part of his Read with, a' Weapon, 333335;" HOt only dividing the Skull,but penetrating the coats into the fubfl'ance ofthe i, , pm, Brain,which generated firi't an Inflammation,and afterward an Abfirfsgwhere"Po" the Patient complained of a vertiginous difpofition, 33d 0f "IPA"? m hlSPsight Eye; and afterward was afl‘eéted with an Hemiplegia of his Right through the feveral Proccffes ofthe Brain to the Illa/"Ila oblongala, and theme to the Trunk oftlie Par wagum, and by various branches, to the Stornaclllnd "is, and a Carat, and Convulfive motions of his Right Arm, the fore-runner of a more fatal {tor-m of death. . The Skull beino taken off, a great part of the Brain, was overfpread With lntcrfiices, producing fevere pains ofthe faid parts'7 and fometimcs this Mir: a ""80115 Matterb which is veiy common in wounds, Inflammations, and ' C "r Abfceffes |