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Show :49 Chap. X X V. The Cure of. Di/eafer in the Muffin/er party. 14.8 i CThe Tat/ao/ogic of the Wit/tier. Chap. X XX culation by the Pulmonary Veins, into the left Chamber of the Heart; and ticles, fecerned from the Blood in the .Cutaneous ‘Glands, tranfrnitted by Within a very (hort fpace, this grofs Mafs of Blood was carried down by the Excretory Ducts, into the Skin: Sometimes this thin andhot Blood, which is called Bilious from its Temper, and not from any mixture of true Bile, Defcendent Trunk of the Aorta, into the Iliack Branch, and fo into the fwelleth the Mufcular parts, being Extravafated in the empty dSpaces of the Mufcles of the Thighs, which were much fwelled with this pituitous Mafs of Blood, not lodged only in the empty {paces of the Mufcles, but alfo in Veflels, and is near akin to an Inflammation in Colour, but difiereth 1n Con. filience, which is more thickin an Inflammation, and more apt to Suppurate, and doth not happen in a true Eryfipelas, proceeding from a thin Scrolls Blood, the Minute Glands of the Skin. very much lwelled in Oedematous Tumours, and Azmjarca'r, which very much refemble one another, both in Pathology, and in l'harmaceuticks. _ y impracgnated with many Saline Particles, which hinder the putrefaé‘cron of the A Stirrhus is a..hard Indolent Tumour, taking its rife from grofs Blood, or from a thick Lintous Humour, mixed with the Vital Liquor, tranfmitted into the habit of the Body, where the more thin and watry Particles being Purple Liquor, _ , , . As to the Cure of an Erylipelas, it is primarily directed to the Fever, and indicateth cold and moili Medicines in reference to the hot and dry Dillcm. per; and in relation to the quantity of Blood, the Apertion of aVein is ['0 be Celebrated, and moli gentle Diaphorericks are to be taken to expel the habit of the Body) confiliing of Saline Earthy Particles, which are difpo- the hot and Serous Liquor mixed with the Blood, into the Confines of the Body, where it is often difcharged by Bliliering Plaifters. fed for Concretion. , . In order to the Cure of a Scirrhus, two Indications do offer themfelves, the Indication, and Curatioc: The firft hath relation to the Antccedent Caufe, the grofs Mafs of Blood relident in Scorbutick habits of Body, which If occalion ferve, by reafon the Tumour doth not abate, Blood-letting Purging Mcdictnes nupmpcr in an Eryhpclas may be repeated, as very proper in this Difeale, in which Purging form. times proverb fatal in the height of an Eryfipelas, in recalling the Serous Humours, from the Ambient parts to the inward Recefles, from the Circumference to the Center; which fucceeded very ill in a Gentleman, a Friend of mine , \K ho had an Eryl'ipelas in his Neck and Face, which [2) highly difguifed his Countenance, that I could fcarcely know him, his Eyes being {hut up with the high Swelling: Whereupon an Empyrick of his Acquaintaince, ordered him a Purge (in {lead of Bleeding) which worked freely with him, and drew in the Humours fettled in his Face and Neck (which abated the Swellings of a fuddain) which the Night after the Purge, had a recourfe into his Brain, and lmde him Apoplec‘tical: Whereupon I was called out of my Bed to come to him7 I tli ereupon ordered him to be let Blood, both in the Neck and Arm, in the fpace of a few Hours, but all in rain ; the Patient, notwithl‘tanding all my attempts by all ways imaginable to preferve him, died Apopleetical: And, according to my delire, the Skull being taken off, the Dim; Mam- appeared highly Tumefied, and the Brain being opened, we difcerue d a great quantity of Extravafated Blood, lodged in the fubfiance of it. AuOcdtmais An Oedenu is a white foft Indolent Fwelling, feared very often in the 533321123311 Limbs, caufed by reafon of ill Sanguific ation, Chrim. Evaporated, the grofs parts of the Blood do communicate a hardnels to the difiendcd Flefhy parts; which mayalloarife from grofs Humours‘ ( Iettled in proceeding from a Phlegmztick Matter, an indigel‘ted Chyle, allociated with the Purple Liquor, which giverh a trouble to Nature, fizeing it cannot be aflimilate d into Blood ( and fo improper for Nutrition ) which being impelled out of the Terminati ons of the Arteries, into the Interl'tices of the Mufcles, where it is lodged by by Catharticks, the more thin may be difcharged by Diureticks, and the Fermentation of the Blood may be renewed by Chalybeats; As to the Curative Indication ofa Scirrhus, derived from the continent Caufe of arofs Humours, fettled and indurated in the empty {paces of the Mufcles, it doth denote Emollient and Moiflning Medicines, which mufi be applied again and again, to foften the Indurated parts; and afterward gentle Difcutients mixed with Emollients, may be ufed', elfeif hot Dill cutients be firii: applied, before the parts be foftned, they acquire a greater Induration, and the Scirrhus will be rendred more difficult to be Cured, A Cancer is a hard round Tumour, ( ofa Blew or Blackifh Colour, full of tharp pain) befet with many Veins ( big with a Black Humour) refembling Crabs Claws; from whence it borroweth its Denomination, and ta- Tumour like Crabs Claws. keth its origen from Blood, infected with a Malignant Difpofition, and VeThis Humour concreteth it {elf in the beginning, not exceeding the bignefs of a Pea, and afterward groweth greater in Bulk; efpeeially if it be enraged with {harp Medicines, whereupon it encreafeth in acute hot pains,fomewhat like the pricking of Needles, derived from {harp Vitriolick Particles, and the poyfonous quality of the Blood, grievoufly torturing the Nervous and Membranous parts, the {object of pain in this Difeafe. . The antecedent caufe of a Cancer, according to the Ancients, is a Me¢ nate Blood, making a Turnout in the habit of the Body, tormenting the Nervous parts with fevere pains, V ‘ culation. A Cancer is: hard painful nenate Nature. of the Leutopblcgmatia. being unmindful of his former Difiemper, applied himfelf to his Studies, and led a Sedentaty Life, and thereupon fell into a great difficulty of Breathing, derived from a grofs Mats of Blood, impelled out of the Pulmonary Artery into the fubliance of the Lungs, receiving frequent drauohts of Air) to infpire the Mafs of Blood with fine Volatil Particles, to proirigote its Cir- tcdf mu: or p'tuitous Li", quot. are to be Cured by Purgatives, Antifcorbuticks, Diureticks, and Chaly-_ lancholick Humour: But in truth, the Blood afieaed with a Venenate Na- A Student in Philofophy, being afl'efied with an Afcz‘tir and Timpani!!!) was reflored out of a Quartan Ague, unto perfcc't Health, and afterward grol‘s intlu'ra: beats; f0 that the more grofs parts of the Peecant Matter being carried off reafon of its great thicknefs, as not being able to be admitted into the Orifices of the Veins; whereupon the habit of the Body is diltended, caufing a great Teniion and Stifihefs in the parts ad‘eé‘ted‘, which being near akin to an Awfm-m, hath the fame Indications and Cute, recited in the difcourfc A Scirrhus is canted by a ture, while it circulates in the Veficls; but when this Poyfonous Humour is Extravafated, and lodged in the lnterflices of the Veffels ( as not received into the Veins) it is the continent caufe of a Cancer, which isa Black vene‘ Cancers are of two kinds, the one not Ulcered, the other Ulcered: The firli proceederh from a more gentle, and lefs malignant Mafs of Blood, eafily confining it {Elf within the empty Spaces of the Flefhy parts, without intole~ table pains, as not offering any great Violation to the union of the Mufcular, andCuraneous parts. R r' The A: Cancer no: not Ulcctcd. |
