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Show 340 ‘T175' Tor/Jo/qgic of the Expo/five Ftrczilt},&c. Book I. Part 1 l. mony of Putulent Matter, and alter the Iiitefiiiies being aggrieved dob an inverted Motion of their Fibres, call: the putrid Matter into the Siomach giving it occafion to contract it {elf to quit the Compagc of {o troublefom' an intruder, and provide For its sale and fafety. e "v The lall Difeafe relating principally to the Expulfive Faculty of the Sto- s mach, and fecoridai‘ily to the lnteliines, is {tiled Cholera, and is twofold. grhhoiiliiim The one dry ( wherein a Flam: only is dil‘charged upward and downward). Burnett. and the other moilt 5 which is the molt lignificant, and is deferibed an im moderate Evacuation of ill Humours, both by Vomiting, and Stool which is not caulEd by the faint Retentive FllCLlll'y of the Ventricle, confifiidg in its Weak Tone, as not being able to retain Aliment 3 but from {harp Cholerick Humours, from whence it taketh its Denomination, or from corrupted Ali. ment, or the very acid reliques of Concoélion, or depraved Pancreatick Re. cremcnts, or highly acid Serous Liquors, which being compounded of diff'e. rent Elements, do cnuh: various Eflervelcenfes, and Fermentations dillurbing the repole and :tconomy of the Stomach, which is lo highly diléompofed that all the Right, Circular, and Oblique Fibres, being very much enra ed, do firl‘t Contract themfelves near the left Orifice, and lo upward with gvio: lent Motion, to throw lome part of the vexatious Humours intojthe Gulet . and immediately alter the various Fibres proceed in a Cholera, in an oppoliu: filiilrifiu Order (caul'ed by troublelome follicitations of active purging Qualitiesfivhich mum d5 do more and more contract themfelves, and throw of}. a part of the Afliié‘tive Medicines, and with them lbme Particles of Serous and Nervous Liquors, our of the Extreamities of Arteries and Nerves, and all forts of Contents out of the Stomach, the Alimentary Liquor, and its Fazces , as alfo the Bilious and Pancreatick Recrements, Tranfinitted from the Neighbouring Pal-ES. Elfvi5$255 ~ W'hereupou the Stomach obtainetlra repol‘e for fome time, till the more PM"; ' Valfl‘tll purgatrve Particles being received into the Intellines, and Lacteal, Lilith 3g lVlelentCl‘lfk, and Thoracic Vellels, are carried into the Subclavian Veins, Elihu-15f and affocrate With the Malh of Blood, where the Purgative Atomes make an Effervelhence, and Fermentation 3 and by fetting at liberty the dil'rErent parts of the Blood, which are carried only confided with it by divers Veifels, through the right Chamber of the Heart and Lungs into the left Ventriclc, whence it is impelled fiti't into the Common, and then into the Delecndent Trunk of the Aorta, and from thence by the Catliack Artery, into the Glandulous Coat of the Stomach -. where the {crous Particles and u'atrV Becrements of the Blood (being fecerned in fome parts from the Red Crailamcnt) are thrown off by the Extreamities of the Arteries, and alfo the Recrements of the Nervous juice, are difcliar'fzed by the Terminations of the Nerves, into the Cavity of the Stomach; whole Nervous and Carnous Fi- Book I. Part I l. The ‘Y'orho/ogie 0f the Expufire Focal! , ace: 34.1 and [traiehten the Cavity of the Stomach, to ejeét fome troubled Niatter out of its Confirms. The Hiccop may proceed either from Recrements floating in the Stomach, or by the confent of other parts dilbrdering it. The Humors that ant-a the Ventriele primarily, per "willow, are either cauled by a quantity of indigefied Aliment, or by Humours offending in quality as Bilious, and Pancreatick Liquors which are vitiated with [harp faline Particles, or noilome Vapours, provoking the Stomach to irregular Moti. ons: And Infants are often afflicted with Hiccops, proceeding from the quantity or lharpnels of Milk. A Daughter of Renowned Bart/Joline, being Seventeen Weeks old, was highly difordered with a Convulfion of her left Hand, and perpetual HlCCOpS attending Sucking; which may induce us to believe upon good grounds, that the Convullive Motions the confequents of Sucking, proceeded From the quantity or quality of the Milk. Sometimes Hiccops do take their rife from {harp I-Iumours, vellicating the Fibres of the Stomach, and putting it upon dilbrderly Agitation, giving a high dilcompolirre to the Patient, in reltlels motion of the Ventricle. I, earned liolmems, giveth an account of a Perlbn of Honour, affliéted with this Diliemper, out of Hrfcrm Hermler .- Ferdimna'm III Roma/21M Imptm/or onto obi/not, ex confluxu [liliJ‘ @- Immorir Malone/Jolicz' (non tome); arm: [ll/if) fiilglll/Hfll (ill/Ifi tontz'mmm patiebmur : ijr Ventriculw tametfi pridie moriir, jtx [ii/1o]? d": Melant/Jolici Human)" [ibmr Vomim rcjecerot, attamm cjzr h'tm [:rt‘rcmenti #1sz 51mm ft) tozztinebrzt, 0:qu arrimonia fuit tantra, m: (tr/it aliquot gut/11hr in Pel'I/illl argentcrzm deciding atrimonia 1m mm fecm‘, «Agni; Virrioltzm meta/Ii nitorcm ymrularit. The Hiccop, derived from corilErit of parts, fometimes borroweth its Origeo from the inflammation of the {mall Guts, called the lliack Paflion, which 1;]ZN,‘/J(T;lf8f ftilerh an ill DilEafe, in the Fifth Book of Aphorifins, the Seventh Section, and Tenth Aphorilin, 'Ewu‘ Ems acme. r. ME. may , in the Iliack Pamon, Vomitings and l-liccops, are of an ill confequence, becaufe the Difeafe is very high, when attended with dangerous Symptoms; when the Ilia are obltrué‘ted with grofs Excrements, and noifome factide Vapours, are Tranfmitted upward by an inverted Periflaltick Motion of the Inteflines into the SCOmach, wherein the fiinking {learns and Excrements, do produce Convullive Motions in the Ventricle, by afllié'ting its Fibres, whereupon it' attemp- teth to disburden it {elf from the great prellirre of vexatious Contents. Sometimes Hiccops are derived from great Inflations, and the Putrefaé'tion givfiiorsdcri83m:- of the Inteltines, preceding from a Wound; which happened in an ordi- tincrmmrnanon, and nary Perfon, run through the Abdominal Mufcles into the finall Guts, and ham, Dying, the lbenth Day, was not long after Opened: WhereuPon his Guts 3325?;ng were found highly diliended with Wind, and being Livid and Putrid, gave tthtdfiIkswith their French, a great annoiance to the Spectators. bres being irritated, do Contract theml‘elves, till they expel the impottunam Contents ol the Stomach into the Intellines. ' lir‘éilichoguiS-a . Another-Dilaficeé‘tion of the Stomach, in reference to its Expulfive Power, 2319;???" may be firledal-lrccop, 1:7et7‘lmig'w 1;; (again-g a kind of Convullhe Motion, mm to which is fometimes feared in the left Orifice of the Stomach ( but more fre- quently in the Midrifi') befet With various branches of Nerves; which being dillurbed by forne unpleafant Objeé‘t, do make a kind of ConVlllllVC Agitations ( in order to difcharge it ) which are compoltd of a double M0tron : The one of Dilatation, in which the Stomach is enlarged 5 the other of Confiriétion, wherein the Carnous Fibres firongly contraét themfelvesa an The Stomach alfo is opprefled with aHiccop, following the Inflammation 3,333," of the Liver : According to our great Mafier Hippocrates, in his Fifth Book, flamgarion cf and Fifty Eight Ayborrfm, m: J; rimn rigwmn, M‘E mum : A Hiccop attendeth ‘ c m" the Inflammation of the Liver, becaufe it doth contain Within its warm embraces, the right fide of the Stomach 3 lb that the Liver being inflamed, doth highly aFf'ec't the Fibres of the Stomach, which borroweth its Nerves From the rPar VJun/‘l (as well as the Liver) whereupon the Nerves of the Stemach may be readily draWn into confent, and induce the ConVlilfiVC Motions (commonly called Hiecops) when the Hepatick Nerves are f0 highly difcompoled in an Inl'lammatiou of the Liver. 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