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Show -~W 250 ‘I/ye ‘Pat/aologic of the Tongue, ‘Prt/zltt', and llvula. Part I I_ Mouth) by‘a great Relaxation of it in the right Orifice, which was leftopen in the loft tone of the Carnous Fibres ( not able to Contract themfelves) weakned by overmuch Drink in good FellOWs, upon high and fie. qnenr Debaucheries, whereupon the olieufive [teams of grofs Excrements, A difcompo{are or the Monih may pmtcen {- om the heat of the Blood. lodged in the Guts, have recourfe to the Stomach, Gulet, and Mouth. Another difaffeétion of the Mouth, difcompofing the Palate, "7/1114, and Tongue, may proceed from the great heat of the Blood, patching the parts of the IVlouth, in Acute and Malignant Fevcrs, and rendring the Tongue black and rough, which is generated, as I conceive, by the hot reeking of the Blood, breathed out of the Lungs, by the Afpem 14mm into the Mouth. A (‘entlewomam about Thirty Years Old, labouring with a violent Acute and Malignant Fever, was very much afiiiéted with a dry and black Ton ue, full of great Roughnefs, and divers Fiffures; whereupon I advifed Blood. The Palate and Tongue are often to Qactl out 9" the O'Jl bonds. Theinfiamma' [ion of the Tongue ina S';uinantie, flowing from a plenty of Blood- letting, Contemperaring Julaps, and gentle Sudorificks, and proper Gargarifms, whereby her Mouth grew moifi, well tempered, and the breaches of her Tongue well repaired. The Palate and Tongue are often. befineared in Acute Fevers, with 3 Mn- cous Matter facing them, which I conceive, is an indigefied Chyme, or the ferons parts of the Blood, fpucd out of the Oral Glands, by their Excrerory Ducts, and Concreted by the heat of the Blood, f0 that ejected Recreinents being clammy and thick, do ealily adhere to the liirface of the Pa« late and Tongue 5 and, are taken ol't~ by Proper, Cleanling, and HealingGargarifms, which ought not to be too Afiringent, leaft they repel the Recre- ments of the Blood, and render the Fever more violent and dangerous. Inflammations of the Tongue and Palate, do often happen in Sqninancies, and do proceed from a great quantity of pure Blood in a Plethorick Body, called by the Greelq, new"; , which is more gentle then the other, ariling from more {harp Humours,mingled with the Vital Liquor ; whereupon Blood is impelled by the External Carotides into the body of the Oval Glands, and Mufcles of the Tongue, in a great quantity, or is grofs in quality, fa An inflamma[loll of the Tongue. deri- ved fr um h-iliens Blood (c l‘eri an Ev mun making Bliliets in the Tongnc. C rues in 4,31": n1 aninfiunmationoi the Tongue Part I I. ' ‘ MN T/ac Tat/90103:: of the Tongue, ‘Prz/nre, and leula, a 51 of the Arteries, inferted into the Membrane invefiing the Palate and Tourtuc : Thefe Ulcers of the Mourh, both in Children, and thofe of more Nlatiirc Age, are difcriminated according to the feveral Humours , with which they are acted, fome Red and Inflammatory, as proceeding from Blood; others more fierce and yellow, as flowing from Bilious Particles, accompanying the Blood; others more mild, and White, derived from uric alliniilated Chyme, commonly called Pituitous Humours, which being Con~ creted, do cafe the Tongue and Palate with a Mucous Matter, as with a Ci'tili. And fomctimes the Apt/m, which are the worft of all, are faced with Black, or Blew, a great note of Malignity in FeVers, proceeding from the Fnliginous Steams thrown out: of the Lungs, by the Wind-pipe, with the expired Air into the Mouth, tinging it Black and Blew, often the mournful heralds of Death. The Apr/m, being Ulcers of the Mouth, are not only attendants of iiiiiriigiiifi Fevers, but of Scorbutick DiRempers too; wherein the Palate, Tongue, {1"va dcfae Gooms, and the whole bofome of the Mouth, are defaced with a white, (lllfigtdl: pa, thick,clannny lining,and often blifiered with Saline,and Acid Particles of the 1,13%??? Blood, and Nervous liquor, infected with a Malignant difpofition in the "PM" Scorby'1 uhich being tranlinitted by the Carotides, and Nervous Fibrils, terminating into the Membranes of the Mouth, do corrode their tender Fabrick, thereby rendring it rough, and Ulcerousr A Grnrer, my worthy Friend, being of a Seorbutick Habit of Body, was highly difafl‘eét‘ d with a ihaip Corrofive Matter iffuing out of the Glands, relating to his Tongue and Palate, whereupon they grew foul, and Ulcered, threatning a Cancer; this giving him a high trouble and fear, he fent to me for my Advife, which was to have him freely Bleed, which was repeated feven times in fix Weeks, or two Months; in which time, Iordered frequent Purgatives, and Diet Drinks of Sarla Parilla, impraegnated with mild Antifcorbuticks of Pine, and Fir, and alfo advifed him Gargarifms of cleanfing and drying Medicines, which Cured the Ulcers of his Mouth, and perfectly reflored him to his former Health. a [A that the minUte extreamities of the Veins, are not capable to give reception to it, and make its returns toward the Heart; whereupon the Blood Sometimes the interior parts of the Mouth, are infeéted in Venereal Dif- $2321"? cafes, with Ulcers , Gangratns, and Mortifications, upon the anointings dif'fikatl" Mouth, and being forced in a large proportion into the fpaces of the Vellels (belonging to the Palate and Tongue) and having no vent by the Veins, mult of ne- with Mercurial Medrcrnes ill prepared; which are received firPr into gaparrsmrh the extreamities of the Veins , terminating into the Skin , and are thence $3333: carried and aflociated with the Blood in frnall Particles, which have recourfe mamas" ceflity fever the Velfels one from another, and make the Interf'tices greater, and by confequence enlarge the Dimenfions of the Palate and Tongue. If the Inflammation proceed from Bilious Blood, the fwelled Tongue and Palate, are tormented with Bliflers and Puftles ( which is called by the Qrerkt, 'Jiiwfifa‘ats) and is derived from the ferous parts of the Blood, all lociated with Sulphuteous Atomes, lifting up feveral parts of the Membrane encompafling the Tongue, and rendring it full of Velicles, big with a hot thin tranfparcnt Matter, corroding the Tongue, and making it very unealie and painful, efpecially in its motion upon Speaking and Eating. ' In thefe cafes of Inflammations, I conceive Blood-letting to be very will" fite, and cooling Cordial Julaps, and proper Gargarifms, made offhe Leaves of Hony Suckles, Columbines , Fluellin, JeWS Ears, the inwar Rine of an Elm, and the like, and fweetned with Hony of Red ROfCS: which is of a cleanfing and healing temper, and very fafe in the Apt/MS 3 Dileafe very frequent in InfantS, Which are Ulcers of the Mouth, arifing to the Mouth and Brain, and are defiruétive of them by its venenate nature. Bonnetm‘, giveth an Inltance out of Doctor George Gardner: Obfervati- ons, Vintcmim Boniventm, (Patricia: Clodienfir, 4 juventute omnibm admit rz/olrtptatilmr addiaiflimm, indeqirc quafz confumpmr, poflquam quiuqnier Lz'gni Sanfr'z‘, Saijfle @arilla', Mecboam ficcoeffum aflnmpfiflé! .- Terquefi'd fruflm inunfizrr fmflct, tandem midzzmmeretriculce fe curandum Iradidit, qme quidem illum tali Medim dégmmz itrz traffic/it; ut magmt Inflammatio in Palato, ofle (ribrofo, in rolumella, é» partibm omnibus illim‘ adjacentibm, a Alerturio male cxtz'mfio, é» aliir torrofirz/ir faéirz, fubito in Gangmmm, (9v max in Cancrum werum termimwrit, [16120 M! quatidz'e aliquid ex partilmr illi: Corruptir, é» 1mrrefafiir, excrearet, (7' gurgnlione, partibufque wirinir, prime ejefiis, eaufque progreflnm efl, ut demum Cerebrum ipfum excreatu per 0: expueret,eum fitter? tandem miferrime olziit. Mortuz' Caput cum fem aperni, fuifquc Membrarmli: liberam‘, prout pamz',erdt out of the foulnefs of the Blood, dilEharging it felf by the Excretories, bE‘ Mann "7th ibz' fitter, eiiam fub die, at nullm‘ aflare poflit, nihilaminm magmz longing ‘0 the Oral Glands, and perhaps in fome parts by the terminationsf Pan-""54; fumma widendi defiderio duéim, fitperiorentrerclzri partm rubella [4731' amp 0 o |
