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

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I 66 0f the Tim (f the 73011}. Chap. X X V I I I. 71mm: were taken off, a great quantity of putrid Bloody Water difcovered it felf after an Incilion had been made in a Membrane, in which it was lodg. ed between the Pcritonwum, the Caul, and Inteliines. Amman", A fourth Tumour difguifing the Belly, may be fetched from a great quan. ESE-(($313: tity of purulent Matter, taking its Origen from an Abfcefs and Ulcer of tulentMatttr- the (Peritonomm tranfmitting a large proportion of purulent Matter, into the empty fpaces of the Belly. A Woman conceived her felf with Child, long feeding her felf with that fonduefs, denied her felf the ufe of Medicines, till {he was far fpent, and at lal'i concluded her troublefome Life; and after the four common Integu. ments being Cut in form of a Crofs, a great Tumour appeared, encircled with a Membrane, which being Opened, a great Flux enfued, ofa thin {linking putrid Matter, giving a great annoyance to the Company. Another Infiance may be given of a Tumour arifing from a purulent Mat. ter, contained in the empty fpaces of the Belly, in a Perfon of Honour, about Twenty Years old, whole Belly was fwelled to fo prodigious a great- nels, rigid and tenfe like a Drum, and her Navil was fo much diftended, that the neighbouring parts feemed to fhine; and the Gentlewoman be. ing Dead, the four common Integuments were opened, and ptefently gufh. ed out a grofs [linking Matter of a darkifh Colour 3 and the Abdomen be. ing farther opened, afterward the parts being dried with a Spunge, was dif‘. covered a Tumour enwrapped within a Membrane, which being Cut, pre- fently appeared a number of large Glands, befmeared with a fatty {linking corrupt Matter. afiiihfiwcl- A fifth fwelling of the Abdomen, is a Steatome, derived from a pituiiiifiiiihijr tous Humour, or indigefted Chyme (refembling Fat in confidence when :"tfiffifimfm Concreted) impelled out of the Milenteric, and Cxliac Arteries, into the Humoun Cavity of the Belly, where it acquireth a greater Confidence, as being long Extravafated 9 and is afterward enwrapped in a Coat, produced out of the in Aftirii, Trunk of the Aorta, and Emulgent Artery, into the Glands of the Kidneys ; wherein the watry Recrements being not 'feeerned from the-Blood, and dill charged by the Urinary Ducts , and PapillaryCaruncles, into the Pelvis,' the petulent Matter accompanying the Purple Liquor, returneth again by the Emulgent Vein and Cat/a, into the right Ventricle of the Heart, and by the Pulmonary Veffels into the left Chamber of it, and from thence into the Trunk of the Aorta; and afterward by the Extreamities of the Cardiac and lVlcfentetic Arteries, into empty lpaces of the Abdomen: Which groweth Tuinefied by great proportions of Watry and lometimes Serous Liquor, lecerned in the Glands of the Caul and Peritsm'um, and thence conveyed through the Pores of the Coats, relating to the adjoyning parts, into the Spaces interceding the Peritonmtnn and Abdominal Mufcles, and between the Rim of the Belly, Omentum, and luteftines, and into the Spaces be- tween the Membranes of the Caul. The Extravafation of the Blood, deprelfed with too great a proportion of VVatry Liquor, is the caufe of an /1ffiti5, becaufe the Veins are not able to entertain it : \Vhereupon the VVatry Particles are feparated from the red Crallhmcnt in the Colatories, belonging to the Membranes adjoyning to the Cavity of the. Belly. Which Learned and Ingenious Dot‘lor Lower, Experiment made in the Thorax of a Dog, Wounded between the feventh and eighth Rib: and the Cava being tied with a firaight Ligature, the Serous or» "fatty parts of the Blood were difcovered in a large quantity in the opened Abdomen; which I conceive, proceeded from the Arteries inferted Mnfcles of the Abdomen, and other times between the Coats of the Peritomiexml. . A young \iVoman had her Belly much Swelled tity oi \Vatry Reerements) or rather Serous ( proceeding from a quanLiquor, which more encrca1mg, made an Atrophy of the whole Body, and at laft cut of? the Thread noeum, and oftentimes in the Duplicature of it. The antecedent caufe of an Aftim, is a large quantity of "Larry, or SCrous Humours aflocrated With the Blood; and was impelled out of the left Ciflern of the Heart into the Common, and then into the defcendent Trunk Afcizir in a woundcdDog.‘ into the Glands of the @critomeimz and Caul, wherein the watry Particles are fecerned from the Purple Liquor, and conveyed_through the Pores, commenliirate to the watry Atomes, into the empty lpaces of the Belly, while the parts of the red Craflament being difproportioned in Figure and Size to the Pores of the Membranes, are either contained in the Arteries, or recei- the warty Recrements diftilled out of the Terminations of the Arteries, and All thefe Tumours Flowing from different Liquors and {tending the Belly, obtain the appellative of a Dropfie, Recrements, dicommonly called Aftirir 3 which molt properly denoteth a quantity of VVatry Tumours (enlarging the Belly) Dr. lowav‘s my worthy Friend and Collegue, hath Delnonlirated, by an Experiment to provean Belly, which robbed all parts of the Body of its due Nourilhment, and at lall was freed from the burden of her great Belly by Death, the Exit of all of her Life; and the Mufcular parts of the Belly being opened agreat Tumour'oflered it felf, which being Cut, a fource of Serous Liquor,did ifl'ue out, which was placed between the Mufcles of the Abdomen and the Perito- The antecedent came of 167 ved into the Extreamities of the Veins. fometimes lodged within the (Peritonamm and gaff: Amphy, 0f the M1 of the Bell}. molt clammy part of the pituitous Matter. A \Vife of an ordinary Tradefman, was long afflicted with a fwelled Sicknefs and Trouble: And then her Belly being 0 ened, a large Tumour was difcerncd enclofcd in a loft Membrane, whicr being pierced, an Unéluous lVlattc‘r prefented it felf, not unlike Fat; whence it may be judged, a Steatome lodged between the (Peritonwum, and Inteltines. "HEW", $23,223 Chap. X X VIII. VVhereupon We may well judge the Continent caufe of an Aftilir, to be The continent caufe of an Afririr. lodged in the Cavity of the Belly, from whence it is very difficult for the Watry Humours to make a retreat into the Veins, when they are Extra- vafated in the Vacuities, running between the Rim of the Belly and Mufcles of the Abdomen, or between the Peritonzeum, Caul, and Intefiines, The antecedent caufe of Difeafes belonging to the Rim, and Cavity of The antececaufc of the Belly, is fetched from the Matter at a diftance from the fpaces of the dent a Dropfie. Abdomen, while the VVatry Humours do circulate in the Vellels, as being in a perpetual Motion; but when the Watry Recrements do quit their con; finement of the Arteries and Veins, and fettle themfelves in the Cavity of the Belly, as a fixed Allodgment, they are a Conjunét Caufe ofa Dropfie. The Procatartic caufes of an Afritir, are principally the too free eating of great variety of Meats, making a crude watry Chyle, caulbd alfo by d6praved Ferments of the Stomach, and above all, the taking frequent draughts of {ii-orig Liquors, of divers forts of "line, and Spirits, which confound the heat of the Stomach, and Blood, and produce a quantity of Watry Humours; which being alfociated with the Blood, do render it full of ferous Recrements, and deprave its difpofition, and by relaxing its ComPage, doth make the Watry parts fit for a feparation from the Purple Liquor, in the terminations of the Arteries; lb that the Circulation of the red Crafliiment The procatarflick cauf'e of an Afl'itir.