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Show The Tnt/ao/ogie of the Liver. 4.66 Book 1. Part 111. of Blood, whereupon the fpaces of the various VeIIels, clofely conjoyned in Nature, are parted from each other, to give admiflion to the The ferous partsuf the powerful Itreams of Vital Liquor (diitending the body of the Liver) Blood wht n whofe ferous parts, by their fiagnancy in the fubftance of the Liver, do turn Putrid, and afterward grow Ulcerous, proceeding from Pus, eating its way through the fubltance of the Glands, and Coat encircling the thravalatttl, tlolurn putrid, produ- Crire .vl'an Book I. Part III. The ant/oologie of the Liner, and lift Carer. 4,67 medium di affirm, grumoz ac ‘utre a6¥i San uinis in ar com aruz'r olidi ‘ mfnbflantig‘qnaft eolliqn£faéi§ f g fl P ' f are I"; The Cure of an Inflammation ( relating to the Liver) as it proceedeth 7": Cu" 0‘ from a quantity of Extravafated Blood, lodged in the Parenchyma of the hiiihgiriiiia' Glands, doth indicate a 'Vein to be freely breathed, to make good the Cir- $332712: culation of the Blood, and to divert the courfe of it into the Liver; and a """d mm" Clyf'ter may be Adminifl'red, made of Emollients, and Difcutients, and gen- LIlccr. Liver, productive of an Ulcer in the Liver, with a Flux of Purulent Matter out of this Bowel, into the cavity of the Abdomen. tle Purgative Medicines, which are to be celebrated in the beginning of the The Inflam- The Liver is fometimes opprefled with a great quantity of Blood, flagnated in the fpaces of the VeiTels, highly enlarged by the divifion of them in a Plethotick Conflitution. Inflammation, in which Bleeding is moIt fuccefsful, which may be repeated "K" one from another; whence enfued an eminent Inflammation, ending in a In a high Inflammation, Cooling Medicines are to be Advifed, which cons Mortification of the Liver, which was Suflbcated, and its heat and life defiroyed by too large a proportion of extravafated Vital Liquor, which Nature was not able to turn into a I'us, and therein difcharge her troublefome Burden, the caufe of a Sphacelated Liver. A Boy about four years Old, the Son of a Servant belonging to the (been, having been highly noutilhed with variety of good Meat and Drink, acquired a Plethorick Confiitution, and upon diforder fell into a Fever, attended with great Thirll: and Vomiting : Wherefore I being fent to advife for him, in a defperate condition, very evident by reafon of his Intermittent tremulous Pulfe, made this Prognofiick, That I conceived he would Die in a lhort fpace; and if I had the happinefs to have feen him in time, I would have ordered a Vein to be opened, which is now too late, and preliently after he violently bled at Nofe, and Died. Anli llanCe of The next day, the Mufcles ol the Abdomen appeared highly Tumefied, a Murnfltd temperate the hot Mafs of Blood, in the form of Liquids. And in cafe of Evacuation, when the Peccant Matter is Concoéled, gentlc Purgatives may be Adminiflred, of Senna, Caflia, Tamarinds, (9T. as Liver, in it concave parts. 5 which being opened, with the Terilonxum and Caul, the Guts appeared fphacelated in divers places, as being difguifed with large black Spots, and the I iver inflamed in its convex Surface, and mortified in its Concave, being clothed above with Red, and Black below. A Drcpfic dcA Droplie is often produced by a corrupted Liver, which being Ulcered rivcd from a "mum, (as a confequent of a high Inflammation) f0 that a great quantity of faetide purulent Matter, infel'teth the cavity of the Belly, and fpeaketh a clofe to Life. A Droplie A Droplie may alfo arife from the glands of the Liver, full of ill Blood, flowing, From the watt y which being received by the Boats and Branches of the Vena Cat/a, doth parts of the Blond in the vitiate the Mafs of Purple Liquor, by rendring it watry and putrid, which Liv. er. being difcharged by proper Velfels, into the Cavity of the Belly, ptoduceth an Afritir : An Inflance of this Cafe may be fetched, Fx Obfirwnr. Melcbiani film a 1. Anna Jacobi Ribes trxor, 'z/entrir inferiorir Tumore inflgni, ac ptene incredibz'li, tori: at fere integrir fix nnnir, fine ulo tame" donleflicorunz aflieiomm, ac rei familiaris jute impedimento laboranr, tandem ipfi; Anna qua obiit, meme mph; puerulum perclcgantem, ac perfizélum, witnlemq; peperit, parmnnenti nibilominm infigni, illi 712mm Tnmore, magma fm't inter A/fedieo: dzflenfio, 411115 A/folam, alii: Hydropem, aliir aliud quid utero gefiari indicmtz'bm : E0 ipfo Anna qua obiit, diebm circiter quamordetem ante obirum, menti priflimt' , reflimta , tandem inferijt. Apcrm ti me pofi obitmn ip/im Ventre, tantam (opium aqua purridifl'z'mce @fielidét, in ipfa tnpacitnte Abdomini/r inweni, ut 1‘71"ng dun/5 (mm: noflmrz'r men- fum facile adx‘qmm', finon fupemre poniijfet: Confideratia fummo cmn fludia @ diligenlin, internis Corpvric wzficribm, nihil u/ind obferlwre potui, quam hepatic gibbam parts»: livid!) plane, (9‘ mgro quodaln colore infefiaiiz : Lienir (vi/£11217" . ' ' me um: alfo Purgative Mineral Waters giVen by themfelves,or in Pollht-Drink,which are endued with a Diureticlt quality 5 and alfo Apozems, made of the Roots of Dogs-grafs, wild Afparagus, the Four Cooling Seeds, of the leaves of Strawberries, Betony, and Winter Cherries, may be very beneficial, as they are Cooling and Diuretick; let them be fwéetned with the Syrup of Five opening Roots. But above all things, Bleeding (if the {trength of the Patient will admit it) is often to be celebrated, to hinder Abfceifes, Ulcers, and Gangraznes. Decoftions of China, Sarfa Parilla, mixed with Vulneraries, are very ufe_ ful in Abfcelfes, and Ulcers, the fad confequences of Inflammations of the Liver ( which molt commonly determine in Death) not to be fubdued by the power of Art. And as to Droplies, I refer you to former Difcoutfes, wherein Ihav‘e profefledly Treated of them. The Liver alfo is very often difaffeéted with the Jaundies, produced by ob- mm... flrué‘tions of this Bowel, caufed by Choler mixed with indigefled Chyme, fromanobg. or efi‘tte Pituitous Matter, which being not difcharged by the Terminations gfisliilirfm of the Catliack and Mefenterick Arteries, terminating into the glandulous coats of the Stomach and Guts, are returned by the Veins, and arociate with the Blood, and are carried by the Crew into the right Ventricle of the Heart, and afterward by the Pulmonary Veifels into the left Chamber, and then by the common and Defcendent Trunk of the Aorta, and Caeliack Artery, into the Stomach, Fpleen, Mefentery, (at. and from thence by the (Form, into the glands of the Liver, where this indigefied Chyme is fcparated with the Choler (from the Blood) and rendreth it ['0 clammy, that it cannot be entertained into the Roots of the Excretories, appertaining to the Bladder of Call, and Choled'och Duct; whereupon the glands of the Liver are clogged with Extravafated Choler, whichecquireth an "9310941". EH'crvefcence by its ftagnancy, and growing Acid, is endued With a piercing inifi‘jjnfjfg; '9 Iharp quality, whereby it openeth firft the Roots of the Venn 611714, and Bilcinthct'e after is carried through its Branches and Trunk, into the Heart, and is thence 3:333:22" tranfmitred with the Blood, into the ambient parts of the Body (which 22:55:" are attinged with its Yellow attire ) difguifing its‘ elegant Surface, ‘ The Jaundies are fometimes generated by the firaightnefs of the Extreamities of the Excretory Veflbls ( relating to the Bladder of Call, and ChoIC‘doch Duct) whence they are made uncapable to give reception to the f{reams of Bilious Recrements, fecerned in the fublta‘nce of the Glands; {'0 that the Cholericlt Matter is impelled by the motion of the fDinpbmgme, 60m! |
