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Show . 2:; 8 5475 .. K The Tathologic of the Cancofz‘wc Prim/t}, &c. Book I. Part I I. Qular Veins, to free‘ the nervous Fibres from compi‘eilion, and to give a iitedoni to the Animal Liquor to be admitted into the Origen of melt minute nervous Fibres, feared in the exterior parts of the Brain, commonly called '.e Cortex. And a: to the grofsncli of the neri'ous Liquor, lilntll'iiig its motion into eitrcamiiies of the fibre», placed in the Brain, and afterwards into the tight pair of New ‘, infertcd into the Stomach, it indicates cephalirk, PUF‘ gitiie, and alteratiie Medicines, that refine and attenuate the grofsnrfs of ihe animal Liquor, and open the Extreamitics, and lntcrfiices of Sromacick c. {Verse-s, to tranlin‘it nervous Juyce into the Cavity of the Stomack, to open ' the Compage or the hieat, in order to its Dilfolutioii, and the Extradion of Chyle. , 131:: if the motion of the animal Liquor be not deficient, either by reafon of the flagnation of Blood, inducing a coinpreflion of Fibres 5 why its grofsncls whereby it cannot: be freely admitted into them. Yet another indilpolition may happen to the animal Liquor, which maketh it an un- Book I. Part I l. 37-9 wherefore my humble Advice is, that we would confult our Reafon, and not our Senfe, in gratifying our brutifh Appetitcs, in too great indul- ence of our felves in pompous Treats (in which we kill our Friends with kindncfS) and not to eat too freely of variety of Dillies, which are fet before us , to make an Election of One or Two, as mof'c agreeable to our Talia, and Health, which is fupported by Temperance, and not by, Luxu- Treats are not made in order to ca; ofcvcry Dilh. but one or two are nioft agreeable to us. ry in Which we feed Death and Worms; and in it fond compliance with Quit unreafonable Appetites, we inol'c ungratefully difobey the Commands of our Gracious Maker and Redeemer, in fei'feiting at once, our Health in this World, and our Happinefs in that to come. C H A P. XXXiiI. fit Ferment , in order to Concoélion, when it is difpirited, caufcd bynercotick Steains in foporiferous Diteafes; whereupon cephalick brisk lVIedi- 0f the .Expque Faculty of the Stomach. cines are to be given, mixedwith pi"lt of Harts-Horn, Salt Atmoniack fuccinatcd, roimprccgnate the depart, "rated, and incraiilited nervous Liquor, ‘ with the accefs of new Volatil, o l" Particles, the great ingredients, coni , {limiting the animal Liquor and "pr 0 ‘ And the Stomach is often burd by a quantity of bilious Humours, and ill panercarick juyce, tranfmittt ,ti‘otn the Pancreas into the Inteflines, ' and from thence into the Stomach, in which are alfo generated pitutioiis Hume-rs, and acide Reliqucs ofthe Concoélion, which corrupt the Ferments of Concoc'tion, the Serous, and Nervous Liquors, and the Aliment it "fl" fclf, and by embodying with it, do pervert the Economy of the Stomach, ~ ""1" in order to accomplilh a due Fermentation of What and Drink. im in \onnWheteup-, iiiiii. on the vitiated bilious Recrements, and pancreatick Joyce, and acide pitui‘ am," am h"‘"""‘"' coétion) in reference to open the Compage of Meat and Drink ( which though ordinary,yet are heightened into Delicacies,by the advantages or Hun- ger and Thirft ) by infinuating themfelvesinto their inmoft reccifes, to colliquate the Contents,and extraét an alimentary Tinéture,fecerned from the grofs Faaces, bya kind of precipitation in the retort of the Stomach. . So that the Ventricle, by the afiiflance of its gently contraéled Fibres, efpouferh the Aliment in its nearer Embraces, fpeaking a great complacency to it felf in a repafi: for fome competent time, till the alimentary Liquor is tious Humours, doindicate purging and gentle vomiting Medicines which difcharge the otl‘cnfive Excrements, Without any violence offered to the Tone of the Stomach, in overllreining its Fibres, produced in extravagant drawn out, and then the grofs Reliques after Concoétion, being altogether differviceable, grow naufeous, and give a trouble to the Stomach it detain- motion of the Ventricie, upon firong Vomitings, whicl being performed do more briskly contract themfelves, then in the retention of nourifliment ( to difcharge the Farces through the right Orifice into the Intcftines) W hich if longer deteined in the Stomach, would be expofed to putrefaétion by too and the Stomach cleared of ill Humours, corroborating Medicines are to be prefcribed, Elixir propricmtis in Hammer Wine, and other fpceitick bitter pl‘C- ed long in it ; whereupon the Fibres of the Ventricle, in their own defence, The Fibres of great a Fermentation, and give a {tench to the Ventricle,which would prove as little falntary as pleafant. ‘ . , . Sinoak, and long kept in Salt, "hence they grow hard and tough, as being defpoiled of their fucculent parts, which render them tender7 and cafie ‘0 as in an efficient Caufe) are the various Fibres of the Stomach, which as they. be Digef'ted: and our various Courfes of Meat are attended with mime- play firongly upward, towards the Gulet, and more gently dowuvvards towards the Intel'cines, do produce Vomiting, or. Purging; and this 139; is Caufed, when the Fibres commence their Contraétion near the Quiet, and fo make their progrefs tov‘vard the Pylorus, and right Orifice, and this is called Vulgarly, the Moridn of the Ventricle downwards; though in truth, and Meats not eafily Coricoéied, as fat Beef, and Pork, Meats dried in the rous Bottles of generous Liquors , which make the Meat fwim in our Stomach when it is over-charged with too much Drink, confounding the natural Heat, and Ferments of the Stomach, fpoiling it, in order to the extfla" on of a. proper alimentary Tiné‘ture, in reference to the Center, and the fituatio'n of the Stomach: fometimes Wherefore 31': more briskly con. tracked in expulfion then , The expulfive poWer of the Stomach, pi'eduppofeth divers reqmfites to ac, complifh it; The Firfl is a condition qualifying the inward Coat of the Ven~ tricle, by which it is rendred foft, and pliable, by the Liquor ( extracted out of the Aliment) befprinkling it, and making its furface flippery, and more capable to throw ofi'the Recrements ( left after Concoé'ciori) With the greater Eafe and Expedition. . . The Second and chief Requifite ( in which the expulfive Poweris founded , V, ' 0t weakened Tone of the Ventricle, and ill Ferments; but alfo by the Aliifiorhvhith merit it felf, offending in quantity and quality: As [0 the Fir-ll, we do ill-V iii. ‘ J dulgeour fond Appetites , in eating too freely of variety of Difhes, or of the stomach in retention. parations of Gentian Wormwood, Chamomel, Centaury thelt-fs, Catlin" Bencdifim, which do firengthen the Fibres, and rcétifie the ill Ferincnrs 'riitcmn. of the Stomach. 3"" ('1 [he The Concoétion of the Stomach is not only diftnrbed, by renfon ofa loilt {in ‘ Aving given my Sentiments of the nature of Fermentation in the 31:0" H mach, and of the various Ferments, the Caufes produétive of Con- its Motion is celebrated upwards, and fometimcs laterally, and is perform~ 041% Cd The firfl rct quifitc ofthe‘; cxpulfiv: Paculty, is the flippctincl‘s of the in- ward Coat of the Stomach. Vomiting and Purging, are produced by the various motions of the Fibre: |
