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Show The Tat/ao/ogic of 1/90 MJc/er. I 52 Chap. X X V I. b, Chap. X X V I. "ism?" this Difeafe, as acted with {harp and Saline Atomes, which do highly dif$525,113: niet the Nervous Filaments; and as I apprehend, the Nervous Liquor doth Sillinfll‘dclfds: claim a {hate in the produé'tion of this Dlfieaner) 35 It 15 difafl‘ee‘ted With """""' Acid Atomes, which being in conyuné‘tion With the Serous parts of the Blood ( as they both concur to Nutrition) do aflault the tender frame of of Nervous Filaments, and vehemently prick them. i'iiwituiwus VVhereupon, I humbly conceive, that pituitous Matter, or indige- EJ523132?it: {led Chyme, is not the matter of a Rheumatilm ( but of an Oedematous TuR"""m‘"‘m' mour, as being of too {oft an ingeny, to produce fiich achurlifh and angry Difeale, {peaking 16 great a torment to the Nervous Filaments) nowtay agreeable to the more mild nature of the Chyle, holding great analogy With the temper of Milk, which fweetneth, and not enrageth; and being afl‘ociated with the Mals of Blood, giveth rather an allay, then raifetli an unkindly Fermentation, proceeding from Acid and Saline Atomes, chiefly refident in the l‘crous parts of the Blood. The belt account (as I conceive ) as mof‘t agreeable to Senfe and Reafon, is Niechanical, fetched from the principles of Nature (Chyiiiically delcri. Differ-m: Of It Rbeumatz'fm. I 53 Thefe tWo Liquors of fevcral Families and Dil'pofitions, afTociating in the habit of the Body (wherein they being fevered from the Red Cralfiinent) are tranfinittedinto the Pores of numerous \eflels integrating the Mulctilar parts, and thefe Chryflzalline and Nervous Liquors being of a clanimy nature, do cafily admit an accretion, and aflimilate With the liibfiaiiCi; of the Mull cles, when conveyed into their innumerable Pores. Whereupon thel‘e vari- 532335, ous Juices, confilling of Heterogeneous principles of acids and Alkalies, puke g" a; of Volatil and fixed >alts (which being highly iiitlifpofed and embodied in triggiioifn ill habits of Body) do raife great Tiimu'its and Ebulli:ions, in dil'r‘rent Liquors, endued with difagreeing Tempers, which being compounded of fierce Salts and Acids highly dil‘putiiig each other, and being Extravafiited in the Interltices of the Veflels, into whole numerous Pores they are immitred in order to Accretion and Afiimilarion, with the fubfiance of the Flefliy Parts. So that the Nerves being Syfiems of many Filaments, are molt highly bed) conflituting the Mafs of Blood, which being unnaturally Heteroge. neous in a Cachexy, do caufe extraordinary Ebullitions, highly afllifiing the parts of the Body through which it paired]; whereupon ‘the main Ingredi- aggrieved and tormented with Vellications in a Rheumatifm, produced by enraged Fermentative Atomes of various fiirious Salts, and Acids, relating to the ferous parts of the Blood, and Animal Liquor, endeavouring in the empty Spaces or the VelTels, to unite and incorporate with the liibflance of cuts of this Difeale are Salts of different difpolitions, reliding in the Mafs the moi} delicate parts of Body, the liibject of Scnfation. iiiidcsdiiaérs, of Blood, and making great Efl‘ervelcences, when they endeavour to enter W hence may eafily be inferred, what are the antecedent and continent {xiii}, "WWW"- into a mutual ailociation, which is intended by Nature for each others In- Caufes ofa Rlieumatilin ‘, the one being I22 ficri, the other in fafln efi, The Rheuliigrigm, antecedent relaterh to the ferous parts of the Blood, and Nervous Liquor gridgfiui‘iiouts tereft and Perfection ; becaule the end of thefe [harp Encounters, is to refine each other, and by fiibduing their Dillimilar Natures, to become nearer akin to each other by a harmony of Temper, in which they being Afiimilated, do leave their hoflile dilputes, and kindly entertain each other in an amica- ble Converit. And tholi: difl‘erent Saline Principles (which have To f'tnbborn and uncompliant dilpofition that are notcapable to be reconciled, by being made (immitted into it by the Termination of the Nerves) diiconipofed by tumul- ""1" "M" tuary Alkalies and Acids, railing high Ebullitions in different Juices, while they are iminured within the confines of the Veffels. The continent caule of a Rheumatiliri, obtaineth the lame Matter with the antecedent, and ditfi-reth in the parts affected, and both agree, as being derived from divers Salts, the one fixed, the other brought to a Fluor, A, "MAL Similar by natural Efferi'clcenccs; Nature turneth out of Doors (as differ- and {o tutnetl'i Acid 3 and they are Difcriminated, by reafon the Antecedenc "newt viceable to the Body) by (Everal Excretory Veffels, terminating in the InfilCiIEbulll‘ r , . . caufe flowing From various fixed Saline, and Acid Elements embodied in the Mafs of Blood, are contained and circulate in the Arteries and Veins; and the Continent caule proceedeth from the fame principles, difafll'éting gh=cconftincnc the Serous parts of the Purple and Nervous Liquor eonfiederated, and then Blhutiiigatiafm, lions. tefiines, Bla 'der, or Ambient parts. Thefe various Saline Elements are fixed, as Alkalies and lixivial Salts, and being highly indifpofed in different Tempers, and meeting with exalted Acids, do produce extravagant l"ermtntatiom 3 as Oil of Sulphur poured upon Oil of Tartar, or any other , $11,233:"? Erich: iiiiii'ifif.ii§riis g‘rvtgui"5‘ Acids mixed with Volatil or fixed Salts, do caufe great Ebullitions. And the Mars of Blood and Nervous l iquor, being made up of difi‘crent Elements, of difafieéted Acids and Alkalies of unkindly Volatil and fixed Salts, do holdta great Analogy with the Fermentationstflowmg from the mixture of Spirit of Vitriol and Tartar, which entring into diniires With each other, do produce fierce Ebullitions 5 and they infinuate themfielves in order to Nutrition, into the pores of Membranes and Nervous Filaments, which being of acute Senfarion, are highly irritated and enraged by diffirent Elements, fretting and gauling their mofi tender Compage, productive $23333;in of tormenting Agonies, and melt racking pains in a Rheumatilin. mm, U. To renderthis Hypothefis more clear, IWill {peak fomewhat of the man‘1"°"5' ner of Nutrition (as more conducive to the better underfiandingr of it) which is accomplifhed by various Liquors ', the one is the more mild part of the Blood, which much refe i bleth the Albuminous Juice of an Egg, Will Coagulate l‘ke it, when held over the Fire in 3 Spoon: Another and Li- ‘ (rum is €11350f fl]? Brain, tranfinitted between the many Filaments of Nerves into all parts of the Body. Thefe impelled out of the Arteries into the empty {paces of the Mufcles, in order fioflfffiimt to be tranfmitted into the Veins, and in their palTage fome Particles are 1,11,,L;,§‘:§:5,f:" received in order to Nutrition, into the pores of the VeHels, to repair their rrrgiijwfths loll Particles by Aflimilation, whereupon the Pretei'iiatural Fermentative c 6" parts of diH‘erent Liquors, making angry EH‘ervefcences iii the fubfiance 0f the Nervous Filaments, do produce vexatious pains; the immediate, or continent caufe of a Rheumatilin. The Procatarétick caufe may proceed from ill Diet, from too large an XIIDietlsi afliimption of variety of grofs Flefli, not well digefled, by reaion of Acid L:,‘,,?_.'f,";‘k Fermenrs, tranfinirted out of the extreamities of the Arteries, or From De- lll‘cu‘na‘i'ln' praved Liquor, dillilling out of the Terminations of the Nerves, into the Cavity of the Stomach, perVerting its laudable Concoé‘tion, or from eating 0f Meats highly falted or dried with Smoak, or from drinking of finill Wines full of Tartar, which produce an Alimentary Liquor in the Siomach (imprztgnated With grofs Saline Particles ) which being car ried through the Intefiines, and Thoracic Diiéis, into the Subclavian Veflels doth embody wirh the Blood, vitiatiiig its temper, and difpofing it for the producti- on of a RliCUinatifm. Sf The |
