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Show Of a ‘Ijmpanitir. .72 Chap. X XV IX, of a diftention of them upon a Flatus, which being of a. thin fluid nature, is apt to move; efpecially when forced by the contraction of the Fibrous PM" of the Inrefliiies, finding themfelvcs aggrieved upon over much Teriif it iinn: Pnrgarions alfo, and Fomentations, would difcharge the-Flaws, there are were contained within the Stomach and Intel'cmes, out of which large Duds fit for Evacuation: But it is foundvby fad Experience, that yet the Flarus notwithllcandinq all proper Medicines have been Auminiftred, is not difchargekd, and the Difeafe remaineth fixed, and fometimes palt Cure. Another difficulty feemeth to perplex this Opinion, that the Membranes of the Abdomen, the Caul, and Rim of the Belly, being fine Contex- OflVina' (/76 ground of a Tympmim. I 73 Steams, it obtaineth the name of a more near, or immediate material caufe, as it rcceiveth ultimate Difpolitions, productive of it; whence a Flatus doth flow as a reliilt of exalted Vapours. Firft, The matter of Vapours may be conceived under a cold moili Dif- 3:333:23 poiirion, as Aliment of a warty temper, as Whey, Broth, Poflet Drink, keyil invert and the like; which in a difziffeéted Stomach, may he ealily rendred Va~ Eorplo pourous: But hot and dry Meat, as highly malted, and bifcoft, are not capable of the fame Vaporous difpofition m BtitAliiiit-nrs heavy of Digefiion, as Beef, Pork, and the like, are of a f§:;?;:P5f',' by an acute Senfarion, and would be tortured upon high Tenlions. produced . Belly. the of s Membrane the a great Flatnlency, overmuch enlarging fWhei-efore, that I may give you a more full fatisfaéiion in the Produétlon of this Difeafe, I will fpeak my Sentiments, what method Nature ufeth m difpofing of Caufes and Paffages , in order: to propagate this Difali‘eétion \igipoiirous ‘ nature, .in reference to their difi‘erent Elements ( of which they . . are compolcd) which being hardly fubdued, do make an unkindly Fermenration in a weak Stomach; whofe faint Heat and ill Ferments, cannot per{Cg-11y open the Compage of the Meat, and digelt it into good Chyle; whereupon aconliderable part of it is turned into Steams, which do irritate the Stomach, and throw them off by Belchings. Fifh being Pituitous, and clammy Aliment, are much more inclinable to (confifiing in Anita Magninm'ine) deforming the native Elegancy of the produce Vapouts, then thofe of a Friable nature; and well Baked, Boiled, frilihc'v", tures, made of numerous Filaments, curioufly interwoven. are endued with Bdi'iiid it is mol‘t evident to thofe who are moft curious in the fearch of Difeafes, by Anatomical Obfervarions, that the fwelling of the Membranes of Mufcular parts relating to the Abdomen, are formed by the various TuTumoursof Chap. X X I X. mours of the Vifcera and Glands (lodged in the lowefi Apartiment of the Enri'ktg'": {til Allm' hm or" a , llron caesium; and Roafted Meats, being lefs liable to an ill Concoction in the Stomach, 5,22,11‘; [1‘ do not calily degenerate into a crude vapourous Matter. ' VVharfoever is offenfive to the Stomach, raifeth a tuinnltuary Concoéli- Stunts dealon, generating an indigefied Alimentary Liquor, accompanied with trouble- gifti‘aii'ii‘: fome Steams, flowing from irreconcileable Principles, cauling great difputes iiijllriibilgii; "1mm! "-1" Body) acquired by a quantity of Humours extravafated in their fubfiance; in the \I'entricle; and Vapour-s. that firfi: arife, not capable to be refiificd """'"""- Eigiafcfi‘clfilfi where they being Confolidated and Concreted, do breed afcirrhus, Stru- by a prer ions difpolition of the Matter, molt eafily fall into a Flatus. $532,222in mous, and other Swelhngs, riling to a firange greatnefs, which ‘do elevate Glands. the Membranous and Flcfhy parts of the Belly; which being hightned by a great Lake of watry Recrements, l'tagnated between the Rim of the Belly, Caul, and Iritefiines, diftend it in a high degree, to the Difeafe, figgfiyir‘ffy . commonly called Aftilir, which we have already Difcourfed. Another caufe of the Tumours of the Abdomen, proceedeth from an ill Procrts‘fllr‘ll Concoéiion of the Aliment in the Stomach, often caultd by grofs Air, and flifviculiiro ill Ferments of Serous and Nervous Liquor, dillilling out of the Capillary {EESSFGJFW Arteries and Nerves, into the Cavity of the Ventricle , whence arifeth part 23:32:10: of the ill Concoéted Aliment, turned into an intinite number of Vapours, m which being hightned and united do produce a Flatus, dil'tendi'ig the Stomach and inteftines, commonly [tiled Tympaniti: : But in truth ( as Iliumbly conceive) it is improperly fo called; Becaufe a Swelling of the lureI'tines, produce rather Colic and lliac Dif'tempers, then aTympa.,z'lir, whiCh is rarely found if {triétly taken from Wind, as unaccompanied with warty Humours. 3,32%? Wilm- To give aclear Explication of this Difafi'eétion founded in Wind, it Thc more immediate fupport of Wind, are Vapours themfelves, as they Varc'H-Sths are confined within fome clofe fubject, whence they are not able to make Whit." their efcape; and the moft elfential part of a Flatus, is not a Vapourous Matter, taken in a low Capacity, but as modelled into an exalted nature, above the meaner {late of Steams. So that [humbly conceive, the {object in which a Flatus doth exift, are Vapour-s, which being elevated, do conl'titute the effence ofa Flatus, as they are rendred more thin, and fluid, confifiing of Elai'tic Particles, in re- ference to their Spirituous and Volatil temper, impatient to'be immured within narrow Confines, to which they give great trouble by a [bong RellltCnCC. The differences of feveral Flatus, are founded in their various MatterJ Thc @5393- as receiving their Difcrimination from variety of Vapours; but their great if: iéuiic‘fid' Specification is derived from an elfential Conl'titution, imparted to them by 3,33,}? of the Effervefcence of the Vital Liquor, animating the Stomach, and turning i the Steains into a Flatus. may feem very proper to explain the nature of it, which is very fubtle, There are many fever-a] Flatus's, as there are different Vapours, fome Spi- and difficult to be underflood; and in reference to it, thefe Confiderables l'ltuous, and others Sulphureous; fome Saline, and others Watry; and the may be ofi‘ered. Firl‘t, The Materia Subflrata, the ground out of which it arifeth, as from a Fundamental and Original Caufe, fpeaketh its V2!- arife. rious Difcriminations, The fecond is the (Ratio Formalz‘r, the very Effencta that conflitutes it. The third is the different kinds, proceeding from various Elements, which integrate the feveral mixed bodies. mull participate an oily nature; and if the Vapours have falt Particles brought to a Fluor, the Flatus will borrow an acidity from its Matter; and 1f Vapours take their origen from liquid and watry parts, the Flattis will par- The ground of a Flatus may be taken in a remote capacity, or in a more immediate Difpolition, and the Matter, if apprehended under ageneral neVapours the tion at a diflance, intimateth a greater or lefs inclination to the producti‘éifififima on of Vaporous Matter naturally difpofed‘, and as it is ealily turned into ' Steams mil; 2:25;, So much of the remote Matter of a Flatus, the near ground of Vapours; "PMS- Earth is fo compact a body, ltriétly taken, that out of it no Vapours can So that if Vapours be Sulphureons, the Flatus being elevated, Steams UCIPatc an inlipid nature from them. 9 To come more clolidy to our purplofe, Vapouts that are produced in the $323355 t tomach, as firfh arifing, are more thin and volatil, and thofe of the fmall izvgciiitiiiir GHts grow more grofs, efpecially in the greater Intefiines; and the Stomach jcas.‘ Z2 it ' |