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Show Chap. XXV. Chap. XXV. 4.; 0f Srcaromer, Alt/aeromcr, Zl/Ie/ireria'r, vant Maid, who was for a long time, highly troubled with a great Swelling C H A P of her Thigh, which (he concealed, loll {he {hould feem to betray her Mo» dcf‘ty in {herring her Thigh to an Artilt 5 but at la", the Tumour grew to X XV {o firangc a greatnelll‘s, {hat her larga/Dilcompplfurefl‘vatas {o pfrevalefiitrwith ee mg, r e a 1 ance o a P ician‘ her as to defire wit B u in an to brdcr the Amputation of thge Turnout iii her Thigh: Which was Iii) grea; . 0/ {rumor/17'! Irma/mt t0 the Mil/("Mr Part" and Malignant, that it was judged wholly unfafe to Cut it OFF, but more realonable to apply an Ointment prepared with Lead, which fo fuppreII'ed the Increment, and Malignity of this Ilupendous Tumour, that [he Lived And after her Death, the Tumour above Seventeen Years afterward (Which rendred the Skin very uneven, as defaced with many I'rotuberan- cies) being opened, aSteatome appeared within, full of Matter, like Plaiher, and many {mall Stones, Proceeding ( as I conceive ) fi'on Saline and He Mufcular parts of the Body are not only Ihbjea to an Amflzm, Thc'Mu-‘cks but many other Tumours (Abfcefles, Ulcers, Fiftula's, Steatoznes iiiciiibitirig orimafcs' Atheromes, Meliceridsi Inflammations, Oedemas, Schirrhus) which pro: ceed from many indifpofcd Humours, fiagnant in the habit of the Body: So that the ill Liquors, the antecedent and continent caufes of the Swellings, Tlictaufesof lodged in the empty fpaces of the VeIIels, as Chyle, Blood, (which coniil'c Earthy Particles concreted. 0f diVCl'S ,llliCC'S ) NET‘W-IS Liquor, and Lympha Steatomes, Atheroms, and Melicerids, do all arile from grofs Pituitous 0'3 But molt frequently a Steatome taketh its rife from a Pituitous Humour, "WW Slalom: Ii iu: from the Blood) 3,5134 which in truth is an indigei'ted Chyle, or Chyme ( parted . . . , . 5mm" I" Humours, which indeed are divers kinds of indigcfled Chyle, modelled in a and cxtraValated in the fubhance of the Body 5 when it is immnred wrthm 35313524?" Iefs or greater Confil'tence 3 in which rcfpcét they maybe called different forts of Oedematous Tumours, and are difiriminated from them, by reafon thefe are Swellings at large. feated in the fubfiance of the Body : But Steatomes, the {Off Walls Of i1 Membrane, and COIIfOI‘dC‘EEd by the he!" 0f the 130de moi‘t commonly refembling the confidence of Lard. A young Child, whole left Thigh did from time to time, more and more Atheromes, and Melicerids, are confined within proper Tunicles, as within. increaie in bignefs, to the great trouble and dilcompolure of the Parents Boundaries, by which they are fevered from other parts of the Body. (who like drowning Perfons, did lay hold upon any Twig though ne~ Steatomes are Swellings lodged partly immediately under the Skin, and partly in the Mufcular parts, proceeding from a thick Flegmariek Matter or Unaffimilared Chylc, contained in a particular Membrane encircling it, ver fo Weak, to fupport themfelves ,3 {ending for Barbers, Empyricks, and the like, but finding their fwelled Child to receive no advantage, but ra- ther grow worl‘e upon their Inartificial Applications : They confillted PhY" ‘ ficians, who adminil'cred the molt proper Medicines both inward and outward, which were not feconded with (needs. And the Child being Dead, . an Incifion was made into the fwelled Thigh, upon which immediately appeared a Mucilaginous compact Matter, not unlike Lard, An [rt/Jerome, is a white Indolent Tumour, not difguifing the Colour of Therlcfcr‘ipti- feared in the firbf‘tance of the Body 5 f0 that the Tunicle enclofing this thick jlicma‘terlf lVIatter, being opened, a Pituitous Humour may be difcovered not unlike iiiiiiiii'ilii- Lard in colour and confiflence, but not in nature, becaufe conimonly it is "9011mm" not Inflammable, as being expofed to the Fire; wherefore it is very rare to find a Sfeafoine to have Fat for its Matter. of which Learned 130"th Lil). 4.. Anatom. Soft. 2. Obflar. 4 giveth an account of a Boy afl‘eéted witli the Skin, caufed by Phlcgmatick Matter not unlike Pap; which I conceive 2;?" "W" a Turnout in his Neck and Arm, derived from abundance of Fat, and {crous Humours inclofed in a peculiar Membrane, which taketh its origen from a Mai's of Blood, which being defpoilcd of its natural Elements is not able to elaborate Chyle alibciated with Blood, and turn it into its dwn nature: Whence fome oily Particles of the \ ital Liquor, being fevered from it do was the Chyme, firPt in allociation with the Blood, and afterward lepara- ted from it, and lodged in a proper Tunicle. Melicerir is a Swelling without Pain, not difguifing the Surface of the Body by any unnatural Colour, which I conceive proceedcth from an ill concocted Chyme (commonly fiiled Phlegme ) fettled in the fubilance of ‘ degenerate into an unnatural Fat, and ferous Humours enwrapped in a'pro- the Mulcular parts, and included in the confines of a peculiar Coat, per Membrane, whence followed an Atrophy of the Whole Bodv accoinpanied With a Dropfie, exprefled by the {aid mofi cxcgllem Authdr. :05,fanguir Sulplmrirfiti, c9» falir legitima propartiozze orbatur, facilir tfl [mtredo a"; wermibm 4pm Corruptio, e7 fmwmm benigmrrmz degeneratio (1m [gape in 'enerationem ropiofr pinguedz'nir, firve Cafmm, firye Lardum, fide aliuyl Midfm'fltiamr, fiztrfli're porcfi : Confpcc'fiffimum id emt, 1 670. In Nofiidodn'g Arrrenlimi", #111? cximera'z/ifmu pnerum, Cujur calla fltPr/z uni/[am fimflmm 3,39," Tumor decree/amt, my»: fepamto bino inwlucro Cutaneo (7 propria fiibflzmtia So that the lieveral Swellings, having the appellatives of Stearomer, Arlen romer, and Meliceridr, have the fame material caufe 0t unaflimilated Chyme, enwrapped in peculiar Membranes, and are difcriminated by different Concretions of the fame Matter, as more or Iefs indurated by greater or leITer heat, making difl'erent imprefiions in the Ptagnant Phlegmarick Humours, which caufe no pain, as they are not efi‘eéted with Acid and Saline Particles : And by reafon thefe Tumors, included in proper Tunicles, reprefenr {ome- time Lard, other times Pap, or Honey, and are not apt to Suppuratc, un- ' ' Steam/1m werum emf, po/zdur librarum quinq', titw'lium, bracbz'um ej'ufdgm 1m. leis aflociated with the Blood, which imparteth heat, and rendreth them fit rir, admoclnm tum manu tofum wqualitur intumuit, dzfli'élum, fopio/iflimam I'm" mrim exbi/mit pingucdinem, efiiuentc Copiofiflima aqua ex Mufmlorum Intmfii- tin, omnerelz'qimm Corpus made: exedemt, Afcitir Abdomen Croififl‘iii‘éa A Steatome fometimes i5 0f 3 PYOdigious bignels, deduced from thick ‘rmqu. tough Phlegmnconfined in a proper Tunicle, d pituita g‘mea from a gmfs Matter refemblmg Planter: Of which, an Infiance may be given of :1 Servant I , {01‘ Suppuration. And thefe Tumours, as they proceed from a grofs Chyme (the Maren); fubflmta of the Blood) more or lefs Confolidated, they may be Dilcriminated from one another according to feveral touches, as endued with more or leis foftnefs, ora greater or lefs quantity of Morbifick Matter. A ‘4""flimillged ; ihccaurc of fifgjjfihnd M-‘liifli-‘i- |
