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Show Iii-4- 7736' Tat/Jo/ogic 0f the C‘Oncoffirue Faculty, 5‘9 800k 1' Part I 1' Bool' I. Part I I. 7716 Tm/ro/ogie of the Contotiiivc Faculty, (Sec, 325 The Aliment alfo is rendred Indigefled in a Bradupepfy, or infirm Digel'cion, flowing from a cold and moif't Diftemper of the Stomach in Die . lies, wherein the Blood accompanied with too large a proportion of wairy Bccrements, lofcth much of its natural heat and brisknels, and addrefling it felf by motion to the Stomach, much weakneth its Concoé‘tive Faculty. The viral heat of the Blood doth aétuate, exalt, and enliven the Fro. mach, and reduce its Ferments (confii'ting of contrary Principles) into action, commonly called Concofiion, celebrated by Intefline Motion, where. in the Particles of the Mixtum relating to Aliment, are Agitated, Warmed, and Rarefied; and the difiErent parts being feparated one from anorher, the Homogeneous and Alimentary Particles grow more Spirituous, emhod . ing themlclves, as being near akin, do Aflimilare and Perfect each other, and the Heterogeneous and groIIer parts are feparated from the Alimentary, as being del'truéiive of them; all which are performed by a regular heat, exciting the Ferments, and bringing them into aft : But when the heat of the Stomach is di ordered, the Fermentation is unkindly, when the Ferinents are not enlivened by a laudable heat of the Stomach, whereupon the contrary Elements of the Aliment, do not enter into a brisk Contelt one I‘erii'lalriclr Motion, thrown into the Stomach, whereupon the Bilious Rerinwments being embodied with the Aliment, do fpoil the goodnels oi the (El yle, and impart a naulEous trouble to the Stomach, and an ill Taltc to tj Ivionth, l‘tflt‘llllfiing now and then fl'IHh'Ing Fiih, fried Oyl, and other times rotten Eggs, and the like. Thus baring giwn Tome account of the {cvcral kinds of ill Concoé‘tion, I will now endeavour to {peak loincwhat of the Curative part of thele various lndilizoiitions. As to the firflt, If an Ape/fl, or an Abolilhcd Concoé‘tion, If? 1"";fo he caultd by an ill Tone of the Stomach, by the comic of. the Animal Liquor r" flirt; intercepted in its Motion toward the (Par Vagnm, inferred into the Stomach, igiiiiiilslty- proceeding in an A poplexy, and the other Soporiferous l)ii'ealis, proceeding from an Exubcraucc of Blood comprefling the Nervous Fibrils oi the Brain, it indicates a l‘i‘ce evacuation of Blood, by opening of the Jugular Vein, and by the application of Cupping Glades to the Shoulders and Neck; and lometimes Vomitings, Cephalick Pills, and Alteratives, which I {hallpro- mm" pound more largely hereafter in the Cures of Dileafes, belonging to the Brain. with another, wherein the Spirituous parts are not duly exalted, and the When the Stomacick Fibres d0 loofe their Tone, fii‘ifing from Sleepy grofler not wellfeparated from the pure; whereupon the Alimentary extract is tendred Crude, and Indigefied Diftcmpi'rs, by want of Animal Liquor and Spirits (which lliould move , An imperfect Concoétion, is not only derived from a difaflééted natural 1"" heat, and from the weakned Tone of the Stomach, but from an external giggifiiijio Error, by realbn of too great a quantity of Meat and Drink, over-powerorno Emu ' ing the heat and Ferments of the Stomach, or by too great a Solidity, Io gifng‘ftf' that they cannot enter into the more clofe Compage of the hard Aliment; whereupon a well digeflred Liquor, cannot be Extracted. Or when agood orderof Eating is not obferved according to Time, when new Nourilhment is entertained into the Stomach, before the former is Concoéted 3 or when Meats of different kinds, fome of hard, and others of eafie Digel'tion, are il‘éliii‘iiidiflmt fluccjfit‘fif ,1? A ,3," ldiii‘iiliigili‘ into the Ftomacick Nerves) derived from the groi‘snei‘s of the Nervous Ii- quor, propagated from a crude Chryftalline part of the Blood ( the Mater/Lt San/hull; of Animal Juice) this may be correfted by Chalybeat Medi- $21K???" tines, and chiaceous Ponders, drinking upon them free Draughts of Ce- f'u‘h‘l‘lwiii phalick, and Alitilc<ii'biiticlt ,Apozems, to refine the Blood, and iinptasgtiate it with volatil lixline Particles. T ric'c'uu; If the ill Concoétion 0f the Ventricle, be produced by a loofe Tone of "mm" the L‘tontiacick Fibres, caultd by watry Recrements, inducing a cold and glljli‘0rfi0fi: moiFt Temper, it indicates Hydragogues, and hot and drying Medicines, islh: bic mixed with bitter Ingredients, which do Corroborate the relaxed Fibres of 5:: sorta:- fpoiitions; or when we eat fuch Meats, which are averfe to our Nature, all the Stomach, and repair its weakncd Retentive and Concoé‘tive Faculty, "‘5‘ If the narrowncfs of the Intetftices, belonging to the Fibres of the Sto- '13:???"31‘ which {peak a great trouble to the Stomach, and afford a Crude and imperfeét Alimentary l iquor. mach, do proceed From Blood lodged between the Vcliels, and comprefling iiililstti'ic received into the Ventricle, and confound each other by their various Di- A," mm}, And one of the chief caulEs of an imperfeét Concoé‘tion, is the ill difpo- iiiiigiginr- fition of the Ferments of the Stomach, when the purity of the Air is deXVIIHSIIIC ill floured with grois and putrid Vapours, exhaliug the Earth and Water, or lr' when the Salival Liquor is incralTated, and mixed with Phlegm, or dilafl'e- éied with fixed Saline Particles, or when the Suctur Nutritim‘ is depaupefa‘ red or defpoiled of good Animal Spirits, and Volatil Salt; or when the Sc- rous Liquor ( flowing from an ill or difpirited Mafs of Blood) is Tranfmitted into the Stomach, whereupon it being del'titute of laudable Ferments, cannot perfect the elaboration of Alimentary Liquor, which being grolis and the Filaments, whereupon the propagation of Nervous Liquor is hindred, at '11.;into the Stomacick Nerves, whence ai'ilEtli 3 Relaxation of the Fibres, ren- QRfi'SJFW'i" tiring them unfit for action; it indicates the opening of a Vein, to follicite the Motion of the Blood, lettled in the lpaces of the Veiiels, and alfo Einol~ lien: and Cooling Apozems are to be advifed, to take off the Inflammation by loitening the Tumour, and attempering the Mals of Blood. And in call; an Inflammation do degenerate into an Ablceis of the Sto- Tl‘SL'lilWfi mach, attended with grols and ferous Recrements, it indicates cleanfin irrizstoiiiiczl: and drying Medicines: And as an Ulcer (the confequent of an Ablcels) 335::in it liiivpoletli a violated union of parts, and tequiteth Conlblidating ApplicaC‘Kfl‘ilfifig indigeited, and embodied with the Blood, is produfiive of many Difeafcs (ions, to reduce the broken Fibres to Union, Tone, and Vigor, in order to D‘" "We in fevcral parts of the Body; which have been recounted in a more full Dikeurfe. their proper actions of Retention, and Concoétion of Aliment. mdmm, The third kind of ill Concoéiion, relating to the Stomach, is its Deprf' Symgtion or ved Operation, called by the Gretzky, Aunts-drier, wherein the Alimentary L" tiiircii'anciiiiy, quot extracted out of Meat, is corrupted by fweet, fat, and oily Alimeutsi eafily degenerating in fome Stomachs, into Cholerick Humours, which being fevered from the Blood, in the Glands of the Liver, are thence Tranfmitted by the Hepatick Dué‘t, into the Duodenal", and afterward by an ilgch'l'th‘l Cf 3' Egfimfék: In reference to an Emaciated indifpofition of the Stomach, as it arilEth 93:12:12: of from a hot and dry Temper, in a Hefiick Fever, it is Obviated with Cold, Cured by cold Mod}, and Reflorative Drinks, reducing the Blood, and integrals of the ""dmmmm , . . Iteliorativc Stomach, to their natural Temper and Conflitution. Dunks. The irregular diitention of the Stomach, proceeding from an Inflation of Trhfgf‘gfjm \dei over-much. ltreining .and weakning the Carnous and Nervous Fibres, mach. is Cu. V . . , ib E l):dorh denote Purging, Emollient and Dllcutient n K . , o v . 0‘ i ‘ Medicines, to free the Sto- iiiaiid biiiicu-a mach from its iinportnnate Guefis, and to bring the Fibres to their former Efficifw‘di‘ Pppp Temper |
