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Show Book [I 790 . quated Seed, and fo conveyed it to the beating point, and afterward the At. teries were framed to make good the retrograde Motion of the Blood, began in the Heart, and carried on to the circumference of the genital matter, And as many fmall Rivulets of Water begin in little Ducts , and afterward meet in the large channel of a River, conveying a great Forte," of Water; fo in like manner the minute {treams of Blood begin their Motion in numerous capillary Veins, and are afterward tranfimtted through greater and greater Branches and Trunks, till they arrive to the greater Cifiernfeat. ed in the Right Ventricle of the Heart. C H A P. Book II. The ‘Pzzt/w/ogj of t/ae Veins, 4715/ in Carer. attenuateth the mafia of Blood, which is effected alfo by purging Antifcorbutick, Diuretick, and Chalybeat Medicines, refining the Blood, and prepa- ring good Ferments for the Stomach, confifiingin the more mild Particles of the Blood, and good nervous Liquor, affociated in the glandulous Coat of the Stomach, and conveyed into its Cavity by proper Duets, or Pores. Another Difeafe of the Veins cometh by their Compreflion, whereby $3,133?" their Cavities are leffened by the neighbouring parts, whichfrequeutly hap- Vcinr. peneth in very corpulent pcrfons,whofe lumps of Fat adjoyning to the Veins do highly retard the motion of the Blood, rendring the pulfation of the Heart very flow; whereupon all the Body becometh Languid, by want of adue fupplement of vital Liquor. A grofs habit of Body,furc‘h‘arged with over much Fat, as lefiened by fpare Diet, and conftant exercife, and proper Purgatives, and Diet-drinks, which give an allay to the excellive oily Particles of the Blood, the Materia Sub/tram of Fat, which are extravafated fulphureous Atomes of vital Liquor, concreted in proper Receptacles, , Another Difeafe denoting Bleeding, (to which the Veins are incident 13,2230": XXXV. by Compreflion) may be deduced from the Veins, as from the inflammation of dering upon the afcendent Trunk of the vity, and hinder the free recourfe of the The Tar/Jolog} oft/9e Veins, and its Carer. HE Veins being the alfociates of the Arteries , are near akin to them as they are, both Channelslranfmitting Blood from part to part, and both much alike in Figure, as they are both Cylinders, endued with oblong, round, concave Bodies; whereupon thefe different Ducts are much related to each in aflinity of Difeafes, and the Veins as well as Arteries arc difaffeé‘ted with Obl'truétion, Compreflion, Laceration, and Vatices too, which is a Difeafe peculiar to the Veins: and as being a fwelling (arifing from ftagnant Blood) hath fome little Analogy with that of an Aneurilme. the tumors of adjacent parts to the Mufculous ‘Pflm, which borVenn Crew, doth narrow its CaBlood to the Heart, in like nun- ""4"" rived from tthuW 253161135: _ ,liltfl'tifufh ner all lnflammations ofthe Vz'fcem, do hinder in fome degree or other, {:"IZ‘CS‘JS; the refluxe of Blood toward the Center. This Difeafe denoteth Bleeding, (as it floweth from a quantity of Blood fetled in the Interflices of the VelTels,) by reafon the opening a Vein, doth leffen the quantity of Blood, and diverteth the courle ofit from the part aflEéted; whereupon it is molt readily relieved, by taking away the Tumor; f0 that the neighbouring Veins are freed from Comprefiion, and regain their proper ufe and liberty of tranfmitting Blood toward the Heart. tiltinogriiii' An obllruéiion of the Veins, making a more general unnatural diltenrion, ygfg‘glfigflg then that of the Varices ( which make particular fwellings, efpecially in the fmaller Branches) doth arife from the grofsnefs or quantity of Blood dilating the Veins, which happeneth moftly in the afcendent Branches of the Ca«wz, wherein the weight of the Blood much hindreth its afcent toward the Right Auricle and Ventricle of the Heart awhereupon its pulfe groweth faint and languid upon the dcfeét ofa due proportion of Blood to give fpirits to, and fill the Pores ofthe flefhy Fibres, with its warm juyce. hiccdingis The Cure ofthis Difeafe in reference to a quantity of Blood, obflruc‘ling fifiliir'r‘éll‘f the Cavity of the Veins, doth indicate the opening of a Vein with a large Elam; Orifice, and a free million of Purple Juyce. $315,533, In relation to this Dilatation of the Veins, eaufed by grofsnefs of a FatvBllgfigclsof culent Blood, Purging Medicines, accompanied with antifcorbutick Apo- U' zemes,and Chalybeat Tiufiures,Syrups, Powders, (given in a fit Menflruum) are very proper to attenuate and refine the thick difpirited mals of Blood, Obfltuflions gfn‘,",;g‘";:;m 3:1:ng :dr'vithmood difaffeéted with a melancholick Conflitution. An obftruélion of the Veins may proceed alfo from a crude Chyme, obfiruéting them, in which it is fornetimes concreted, which [have feen in the pulmonary Vein, obfirué'ced with a White coagulated fubltance, wholly intercepting the Current of Blood in the Lungs, toward the Left Ventricle of the Heart. This Difaffeflion may be cured before itcometh to a hight, by prefcribing a thin Diet of eafy r igefiion, which maketh a well concofl'ed Chyle, and . A Difaffeétion of this kind may proceed from the great difiention of Alcfgfrtffithe Womb (caufed by a great Etta!) comprelling the Iliack Branches, and the afcendent Trunk of the Vena Own, whereby the afcent of the Blood toward the Center is very much hindred, producing a languid Pulfe in the Heart and Arteries. And on the Other fide, the Veins are not letlEned only by the Compreflion Efrcirfiirg of the adjacent parts; but dilated too by agrofs mafs of Blood, making 2:23,":"m Varices, to which the Veins of the Tibitc are very much incident, whence Knots and Tumors arife in {mall Veins, from a quantity of cmulent Blood, flagnant in fome parts of the Veins; whereupon they grow fometimes very much diltended from the Knee to the Ankle-bone, which gi- veth a great difcompofure in walking. In this cafe a Ptraight Stockin may be ufed, and aflringent Plail'ters prelcribed, and in fome Varices, the Tumors may be opened, after Ligatnres have been above and below the fwelli‘ngs, and p'r0per Medi. Cmes, endued with afiringent qualities, may be applied 5 As learned 7'4new hath advifed in Lib. 1 2. De Ulcerilmd, F{filth/S, (7c. Cap. 20. (P. 390. Cum mnlti Varicer (9: tit/aria impliciti in crm‘ibzu exiflunt, thrombofo flePf' 6'5" reflrtato faflguine tument, dolaremqne fatilmt, qui incefl'ir, 6v Coiitprrfl fz‘mie c'xizccri'mmr, Ejufdcm Varies; jmlpello die/ifa 7mm aperiena'i fruit, 6" (omprefiz‘une flo- um, dear/111711121: fire-ii; flmguir i119 exp rimmdur atqué rumm- dlm And addcth afterward at the end of the Chapter, (Pamela optrc, (rt/id. R g attenuateth iiiaitvirns, gii‘fiifigfi" ,"nl3:: $1,750; 6‘34""- r/Ir'ifivur |