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Show 1 70 0f the Rim of the $615. Chap. X X V I I I, Chap. XXV I X. 171 And becaufc the Urine of Hydmpick Petfons is of a red Colour, and of a Lixivial nature, produced by over ftriét union of the fixed and crude A Waterman having frequently treated himfelf with free Cups ftrong Agfl‘i‘" in Dran and having often expofed himfelf to the cold Air in violentofSweats, Ewart? Sulphureo‘us parts, fo highly Confatderated, that it is hard to fever the wa- occafioned by hard Rowing; With which his great negligence of himlelf, Shilliifhd and his high Intemperance, {0 far depraved his Mafs of Blood, that he fell 3,31,35,13S: try Particles in the Glands of the Kidneys, and thereupon are reconveyed by the Emulgent Veins, into the Cava and Heart, and thence recommended by the Extreamities of the Mefenterick and Cathac Arteries, to the Abdominal Spaces; whereupon it is well confulted for the advantage of the Pa- Diureticksdo tient, labouring with an Afritir, to advife fuch Diureticks, as W1ll repair hlggdilhfiid the Depauperated Particles of the Blood, by exalting the crude Sulphure3:321:53." ous Atomes, and by rendring its fixed parts more Volatlli Whereupon mfg?" the Compage of the Blood being opened, that the Serous parts may be feparated from the Purple Liquor , it 1s not convenient to give Diureticks, conliliing of Acids and Lixivial, but rather of Volatil Salts: And, I humbly conceive, that Salts of Tartar and Broom, are not always fo beneficial, as the Juices of Scurvy-Grafs, Watercrefles, Brooklime (and Millepedes Alive, infufed in White-wine) which belng highly impraegnared with VolatilSalts, and Spirit of Wine, and Salt dulcified, do fpeak great Cures of this Difeafe. And as to the Vital Indication, by reafon this Dropfie doth take its rife Chalybt'ts A ltt'fll Sanguifimtiane, from an ill Confiitution of Blood, Chalybeats may iirdriiiiig: be advifed to reétifie its Elements, and to exalt its Saline and Sulphureous into a great Swelling of his Belly, the refult of warty Humours ( Upon his ring UP 01° Debauchery ) fettled in the Cavity of the Abdomen, having a recourfe by 5:3?th the Procelfes of the 'Peritonwm into the Scrotum, which was highly Tumefled, growing Black, and tending to a Gangreen, had it not been prevented by warm Fomentations : A‘nd afterward, when the Patient was in a deplorable condition, I advifed a Method of Phyfick, confiliing of gentle Purgatives, Antifco'rb‘uticks, Diureticks, and a proper Plaifter to be ap~ plied to his whole Belly; whereupon, to the Glory of the Almighty Phyii- cian, he was refiored to his Health. Many Artil'ts do advife a Paracentefis, an opening of the Navil in an Aparacms; Afcitij, which is to be done with great Caution, and to be prefcribed when Ezgn'tgzif" the Tumour rifeth to a great hight in a fmall fpace of time, and when other "m We" Medicines have been ufed, and when the Patients is of a Vivid Colour, "Hound- and no way Exhaufied by a long Sicknefs, and hath no Ulcer of the Lungs, no long Diarrhata, no Scirrhus of the Liver, or Spleen; elfe the Life and Serous Liquor will be let out at once, which molt frequently happeneth in an Apertion of the Navil, in this fatal Difeafe, :Zlirigfihrliflhcv Particles, and to make good the Ferments of the Stomach in reference to figgfifmhe Conco€tion, and to advance the Surat: Nutritive, in order to Allimilation with the folid parts of the Body. mphmmks Diaphoreticks fpeak a greater advantage in an Amtflzmz, feared in the ,arcimrrvrzer Mufcular parts, then in an Afcitir, lodged in the Spaces of the Belly; [0 mm 45m" that the Humours Extravafated, having no communion with the Vcflels of Mufcles and Cutaneous Glands, cannot be dilcharged by Sweat, and infeufible Tranfpiration, but produce a great Ebullition of the Serous Humours fettled in the Belly, and rather make precipitation of the watry Recre- C H A Pa XXIX. Of a ‘Ijmprmitir. ments, and force them as being rendred more thin and fluid by Warm M6- dicines through the terminations of the Arteries, into their wonted Receptacles of the Belly. rownttarcilolnx And Fomentations alfo are of an ill confequence in this Difeafe, by rea233%,?" fon their great heat putteth the Blood into a Fermentation, and thereby raifeth a kind of Feverilh Dii'temper, accompanied with the pain of the Head, Vertigo, and fometimes fainting Fits, produced by great expenfe of Spirits in an over-free Tranfpitation, cauling a Relaxation of the Com age of the Blood 5 whereupon the watry Particles do quit the fellowihip o the Purple Liquor, and have recourfe by troden Paths, into the repofitoriesof Serous Liquor. ‘ Clyfters may be applied in this Difeafe with a better efiefl, by reafon their {harp Particles follicite the Mefentery, and Inteflines ( whofe VelTels are full of Watry Fatces) to difcharge the Recrements of the Blood by the Mefenteriek Arteries into the Guts, and from thence into the wide World. Plaifiers are alfo of great ufe in an Aftitir, as having fome Aftringency in them, to Comfort and Corroborate the Bowels, and do keep them by {hurting up the Extreamities of the VeiTels, from throwing their watry Contents into the Capacity of the Abdomen ; upon which account, (Pard"lfm his Plain"; and De Minio, and Diafapomi, are applied and approved by Dr. Willir, as very good in this cafe. TTmpmz'tir ( one kind of a Dropfie in a common acception) feemeth by reafon of order to claim our notice in the next place, whofe outward face is obvious to Senfe, if confidered as a. hard Tumour of the Belly, highly refifiing the preflure of our Fingers upon a firoke, and giving a noife fomewhar refembling a Drum, but its more inward recedes deduced from its Morbifick Caufes, and manner of Production, will entertain us with a deeper Infpefiion, and greater Confideration, how in a. fliort fpace, the Belly [hould obtain ('0 great an Increment in its Dimenfions; and it is a matter of as great difficulty as moment, to difcover how a Flatus, the matter of the Difeafe, {hould be produced in fo large a proportion; And by what ways it ma be tranfmitted into the Cavity of the Belly, as to generate f0 hard, an f0 greata Swelling, in {'0 little a time, as hath been often feen in a multitude of Patients. Many Phyficians of great Name, and worthy of our Ef'ceem, do aflErt A Ballard in their Works, that they have Diffeéte . _ . _ have been "Wm _ d many Bodies (that _ COncelved to die of a Umpamm ) wherein no Flatus hath hiffed out of the when the Rei- 17" d‘mm‘d Belly upon its Apertion 5 and the Intefiines only Were difcovered, to be high- musing??? ly diliended with great f'rore of Flatulent Matter. $53.31de The great Current of Phyficians runneth this way: Thata fimpuniti/r doth proceed from a grofs quantity of Wind, not lodged in the Stomach and IntePtines only, but between them, the Ca-ul and the Rim of the Belly; A Water- ' arifing out of |
