Systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects and plants

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The hiya/e; of the 54m. is» Chap ii ' wherein the exceflive heat of the Purple Liquor, having recourfe by ti; . - pillary Arteries, doth much enlarge the Pores of the Skin, through -. . v the liihtle and fpirituous Particles of the Blood do evaporate 1." an _ Tranlpiration, which fpeaketh a great faintnels and diicompoiure, by majm of the high expenfe of {Clea and volatil Saline and Sulphureous Particles, the molt aaive Principles, giving Inteiiine Motion and Life to the Blood. The third Dirtemper of the Skin, is communicated to it from the indifpo. {ition of the Nervous Fibrils, terminating into the futface of the Body, and taketh its rife from a Scorhutic Malady, difafl'Efling the Liquor of the Cuta. A2 oi'1‘"cf M" neous Nerves, by fixed , Saline. Particles ( diftoning the Filaments - ) which .do the . ‘ Sikh 'sl take OFF much from their delicate frame, and induce a dull Senfation; which hifiiiiirnii I felt in the numnels of the extreamities of my own Fingers, and in my wor- $25335. 1', :3": thy Friend, a learned Doétor of Phyfick, in Whom the whole fui‘face of his Skin Was rendred fomewhat fiupid, by an ill habit of Body, caufed by 21 vi. Chap V I, 0f the Dfl'afl': of the 571i". EryfiPClasw and [Edematous Tumours, arifing in the Skin, proceeding from an ill concocted Sutcur Nutricim‘, which is fometime produétive of Stea- tomes, lodged in the Skin. OF which, be pleafed to take this Inflance in a Diet, whofe Skin being opened, and a fwelled Gland being taken out and Lanced; it appeared to be a Steatome, big within a foft fuhl'tance, famewhat releinbling Greei‘e: And the Skin of his Body, labouring with a. Scorbutic Habit, was interfperlbd with thol'e {oft Tumours, nothing elfe but Cutaneous Glands, diltended with unnatural Recrements, filling up the Inn [Critices of the Veflbls. CHAP. VI. A "hum tiated animal Liquor, difordering the Cutaneous Filaments, the immediate m Organs of Senfation, feated in the Skin. 3 And a Marriner being highly overrun with the Scurvy, his whole Skin Eff" grew {0 infenfible, that he could not feel the {catching heat of Fire. ' And a Woman had her Skin firetched out f0 Riff, as the Head of a Drum, and f0 cold, that fire was not fenfihle of any Difcompofure (when {he was pricked with the points of lharpefi: Needles) which was canfed by He Skin is obnoxious to many troublefome Difafléé‘cions, which dill depraved Nervous Juice, defiroying the fine Nervous Compage of the Skin; which happens in the height of Scorbutic Difeafes, producing a baf'rard Palfey. T guife the Face, and whole furface of the Body, among which the Itch, and Scab, as {0 many vexatious Difealés, may jufily claim our notice, that we may enquire into their n ature ; which maketh way for a Cure, mofl: acceptable to Patients, who are delirous to quit fuch importunare Guefis, giving frequent difpoiures , ingrate Eye-fares and nal'ty Itchings, attended iometiine with a dry Skurfe, and Scab , and other times, with divers moilt W heals, tipped with white Heads, as {'0 many Minute Ulcers, determining IRSCQPSPPO". Frication, lpeaking ‘a high delight, to countetmand the aflii- And divers parts of the Skin are rendred fenfelefs in Malignant Fevers, be- fpecking the furface of the Body with blew Spots, by reafon the thinner part of the Blood, infected with venenate Particles, is expelled through the Ex- cretory Duéis into the Skin, which groweth fenfelels; becaufe the Fibres are fometimes bereaved of their proper ufe, as Gangrened and Mortified, where it is hued with blew. A memorable Inflance may be recommended to you, of a young Gentle- man, a Student in the Law, furprifed with a great Faintnefs, a fudden dejec'tion of firength, aquick and low Pulfe, anda black Tongue, and his Skin interfperfed with numerous Spots, into which a Needle being deeply forced, the Patient was not fenfihle of any pricking, or pain, nor at all apprehenfive, when the Needle was thrufi in, or drawn out of his Skin. The Skin is alfo difaffet‘led with other Difeafes, by reafon of liquors, poflefling the Skin,and being Crude and Watry, as the ferous and Chrifiallirie parts of the Blood 5 and the indigefied Succm Nutriciur, being unduly managed in the Stomach by ill Ferments, is conveighed through the Inteltincs, Laé'teal VeflEls, and Thoracic Duets, into the Subclavian VefTels, in AHcflicFi which, and in the Heart and Lungs, the Blood being much impaired by vcr procee iiigfrcfm grpc an unnatural heat , and its Crafis fo vitiated in Heftic Fevers, that the Crude, expert e o {pmmqo 23:33? f-é'SJU‘STSQu‘Ei :fihpugprgé, mm", Of divers Difl'fler incident to the Sign, commonly called, Ire/9, Scalar, and Srurfe. Sumu Nutriciur, remaineth unaflimilated. and is only blended with the Blood, and being carried with it into the Cutaneous Glands, is there feparated from it in great proportions, and thrown out in a kind of Sweat by the Fxcretory Velrels , inferted into the Skin; whence proceedeth an Emacration of the whole Body, as robbed of its due Nourifhment, by this unnatural univerfal Evacuation of the Alimentary Liquor, throuoh the Pores of the body in Heéiic Fevers. b The Blood alfo ( being made grofs by the mixture of fixed Sulphureous Particles, and a grofs Sucm Nutricim) is propelled by the Capillary Arte- ries into the Skin, where it being fiagnant, ptoduceth an Inflamarion or an Ery fipelas, cm'e iohcrtations, of burning Itchings To give this Difeafe a Defcription, it may be termed, a breaking out of Tthtthisan of the Skin in various Pimpies, fometimes overfpreading the whole Surface, and eruption Matter into featother times hefpecking only fome parts of the Body, proceeding from ferous Pimplcs ed in the skin, Humours ( conlifiingT of watry and faline Particdes ) tranfmitted by the Capiilary Arteries. and fpiied out through Excretory Vefliels of the inward Skin, and at laf't encircled, within many {mall exclofures of the outward Skin, railed into little Protuberancies, vulgarly called Pimples, drefTed with white Cones ( big with purulent, or ferous Matter) which being highly rubbed, to cafe us of a tickling pain, the thin Walls, encompafiing this fair Liquor, are broken, and the nafty Matter gufheth out ( befmearing the Surface of the neigh< bouring Skin) which being dried up, is produéiive of Scabs, much deforming the beauty of the fine ambient parts. And that we may know the Caufes and Symptoms of thefe Cutaneous Difeafes, it is rcqiiifite we (hould pry into the nature of them, whether [alt Hu- mours, lodged within the limits of the Skin, as primarily produced in it or traniinitted from fome other part 3 and in what Wombs this Difeafe is bonceived, and afterward delivered out of thefe Matrices by numerous Duffs, into the molt outward parts, where it is attended with violent ScratchingS, t0 appeale a torturing Itching. As to the origen of thefe afliié'tive Diflempers, we cannot juflly chargeit Upon the defeats of the Vifcera, not upon the Blood as compofed ( according to the commonly received opinion of the Antients) of Flegm, yellow and black dcfived From warlyand ra- line Particles}