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Show Book I.‘ Part I I, Book I. Part I l. 7716 inning/0g; oft/he 'Qrcnti'oe Farm/r}, Ste. C H A l'. XXV, The "Pathology of 1/93 ‘Ikti‘ntivc Faculty relating to the Stomach, Jr the animal juice doth not plump up the nervous fibres of the Stomach,leaving them int"? and faint, which hindreth the due enclofurc of the contents of the Stomach. Farthermore , the retentive faculty of the Ventricle is impaired by a cold and moift diftemper, whence the fibres of the Stomach grow flaccid, as being not frifiiciently to contract tliemlelvesJ in order to careilc the ali. able . _ ment With its tender embraces. . ' zhclfmmb viii??? 1: 30;: 23h" d aft ‘1‘'figmg‘fr‘. Another cattle of the weak retentive faculty, belonging to the Stomach, Thcrctentive ,. . in He Retentive Faculty of the Stomach is inl'tituted by Nature, as a prelty ornitrequifite condition in reference to Concoé'tion, which iup'pofeth a {lay , V (Jill- of the Meat fometime in the Ventricle; that by its various ferments, the tiniiiigijiii is body of the Meat may be diifolved, and the alimentary Liquor drawn out, "first which cannot be accomplilhed, unlefs the Stomach every Way embrace the ""23ij alimcnt within its foft bolom, produced by the moderate motion of the right, N oblique and circular fibres, which every way gently contracting themfelves do Idle-n the cavity oftlic Stomach, and clofcly encircle the Meat and Drink performer' by a gentle rcnlion of the fibres, which if they be verymuch relaxed, the Stomach is rendred dcllitute of its retentive faculty, and the Meat flirlcth out ofthc capacity of the Ventricle, with little or no alteration. The Tone of the Stomach is taken away, which proceedeth either from the 1: current of the nervous Liquor intercepted, when the nervous fibres are ob i c: , hint }l',",,i:'[‘;"" ' V "firk- flruc‘tcd in their (it‘ll origen in the Brain, by the grofsn'cls of the firm»: mi- tririiir, or when the fibrils are conipreil‘ed, caufcd by the neighboring Vclfels very much extended, or their interflices much enlarged by too great 2. proportion of exuberant Blood inan inflammation of the Coats ofthe Brain, or when the extremities ofthe fibrils are comprcffed by aquantity ofextravafa_,, ted blood, caufcd by the laceration of the Veffels by great blows upon thC (5," ., n U E l:l(‘3(l, wherein the Blood being forced by an impulfe out of the broken Vef- iziliili' in; - lcls, and pulling through both Tables in a great fracture of the Skull, is lodged at length upon the slum water, near the ambient parts of the Brain, com- prcfling the origen of nervous fibrils, whence the courfe of animal liquor is very much intercepted, fo that it cannot pafs into the par vagum (which imparteth fibres inferred into the I eft Orifice and body of the Stomach whence the nervous fibres of the ventricle are dcfpoiledof their due tenfenefs, and the retentive faculty Wholly loft. Sometimes the abolifhed retention of the Stomach is derived from ade, "ed confiitution ofthe animal Liquorfiowing from a watry mafs ofBlood, "mil" v, hich vitiatcth the due produc'lion ofthc nervous liquor in the cortical Glands, W" "3 wherein the delicate parts of the Blood being deprei'ied by warty recremerits in Hydropick couftitutions, mull; neceflérily propagate a difpititcd animal liquor, which being imparted to the Stomacick nerves, do rob the fibre» of their native tenfenefs, and take away the jufl: retention of the ali~ lllL‘lll. . . proceedeth from an outward caule, from too great a quantity of liquor recet- faculty 5mm,of ,,(L: ved into the Stomach, when debauched pcrfons, eat little or nothing, and gaging" drench thcmfelves with great and full Glafl'es of Wine and firo‘ng Drink 31:22:31" ( which Good Fellows call Bumpers) whereby their Stoinachs are over-char- szk.‘ ged with vifcidc and watry humours, rendring the fibres flabby, and un~ able duly to contract thcmfelves, in reference to inclofe the aliment, lodged in the Stomach. The lail: diliift‘t-étion of the retentive power belonging to the Ventriclc is [13:35? the depraved aétion, producing a kind of palpitation, confiflting in various Alimcrit,m:iy motions of lifting up and dcpreliing the Stomach , the one proceedeth‘ftom‘ Elfiiigrrgl'.‘ Windmufiing it up,and the other from the fpccdy contraélion ofthe Ventricle, magma; to frCC‘iE felt~ from olfenlive Hatnlency, which taketh its rile from the immoderate aiiiimption of windy Aliment,and from too great a quantity ofMeat and Drink, which the ventricle being not able to digefl, turneth into crude and flatulent humours, making great floatings in the Stomach, rendering it incapable, by reafon of unkindly motion, to retain its Aliment. Another caufe of the depraved operation of the Stomach, appertaining to' fotgfgrcxfi the retentive faculty, is founded in great treinblings, derived from that]: bi- fitcntionnf lioushumours, tranfmitted from the Liver into the Intefl‘incs, aflociated Drillilngny with ill pancratiek juice, which are forced into the Stomach by theinvert- $33,??? ed periftaltick motion of the Duodenum movingnpward, and thereby threw- Einsgrsufi ing up {harp bilious, and acidc pancreatick liquor, putting the fibres of cicthe ventricle into a diforderly motion of trembling, arifing, as Iconceive, from various contractions and relaxations of the fibres, difquicting the cafe of the SiOi‘i'mCl‘], \vnich is a requifite condition to entertain the Aliment received into the ventricle. And the difpolition of the Stomach inftituted by nature for the due {lay of Aliment in it, is violated when Meat and Drink being received, are fpee~ dilv cjcc‘ted, either upward by vomiting, or downward by Stool, which is catifed either internally by the disalfeétion‘ of the Stomach, or externally by the fault of the contents, either too much, or ill aliment; or by vitious rccrements and humours, irritating the Stomach in order to expulfion : As to this diliifi‘eélion of the Stomach, it may arife from an inflammation, cxulcerarion, and excoriation, which offering a. great violation to the uni. on of the fibrous parts of the Stomach, put them upon an immediate difcharge of the alimcnt or liuniours contained in it. Which is weakened onely, when the motion of the animal juice is not u holly flopped, but propagated in too fmall a proportion, to that the "m :fil nerves grow lank, by reafon the interflices of their filaments arenot fillCd ,2‘,ff',§;",jj"_30:: with nervous liquor; either becaufe a fparing quantity of it is generated in « 'Iikiwr- the cortical glands, or elfe the free diflribUtion ofit is hindred, which is caufed by the thicknefs of the nervous liquor, or the narrownefs of the interliires, belonging to the nervous filaments, whereupon the overflow motion of As to the cure of thefe disafl'eétions, they do indicate Blood-letting ina ,Blood‘lcrting plethorick confiitution, and vulnerary Drinks, confil'cing of cleanfing, dry- $5352??? ing, and confolidating Medicines lclgiiiliihgm The cure of the Stomach, in order to its unkindly motion, upwardznd 35:35:?" downward, produced by bilious, acide, and faline humours, doth denote foulStomanhs Proper vomitories, and purging medicines, to appmfi: the troublefome motions |
