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Show Book II, Wherefore I conceive it more probable to affirm, that Watry Steams or Vapors are mixed with the elfaete Particles of Air, which do not fiream from the Heart, but difiill from the Glands of the Wind-pipe, into whofe Cavity they are tranfmitted by fecret palliiges; and fometimes thefe Vapors are im. pregnated with Saline Particles, which irritate the inward tender Coat of the Lungs; whereupon the Right and Circular Fibres of the Wlfld-plPE, are contracted to difcharge by Coughing, thefe troublefome guefis, the falt Va. pours of the Blood, with the impetuous Motion of expired Air. Book II. 0f 4 Corfltmption. A Tabrde Difeafe may proceed, Firfl, from the ill conformation of the Breali, Secondly, from the innate weaknefs of the Lungs, and frottia He- "Oncfi‘ti' 3:632:32" reditar indifpofition,propagated from Confum tive Parents- or Th" ' "-1 "mm" Antecddenr Difeafes of the inflammation of tlib Lungs or)KPleuml:d(l))rI'g:$ 31"):an 1h: frequent Coughing up Blood, or from an Empyema. To which may be added a grofs Air, as clogged with noifom Smells and Foggspr envenomed with mineral Exhalations,coming out ofthe Earth which do make ill impreflions on the Blood ( and nervous Liquor) rendring it grofs, and apt to Ptagnate and putrify, induétive of a Tabide Difeafe defiroying the curious foft frame of the Lungs. ' C H A P. The Conformation of the Breafi is very advantageous to the reception of Air into the inward recelfes of the Lungs in Infpiration, and to the exclufion of Etfa-te Air, mingled with the hot {teams of the Blood in Expiration - the Firfi is highly promoted by the firong Fibres ofthe intercol'cal Mufcles7 and LIII. the motion of a well framed Diaphragme; and on the other fide if 7thefe Of a Cong/a am! Confltmption. machines of motion be ill framed, or affected with fome Difeafe, ,the Tho- rax cannot be dilated in order, to give a free reception to the expanded The unit of a Cough. "] ‘H E Nervous Liquor having loll: its kindly mild temper, and being affociatt'd with ill qualified Lympha, doth confederate with, the Blood in the Lungs, and produce a fevere Cough, made by the irritated Fibres of the Bronchia, which are fometimes acted with violent Convullive Motions, proceeding from the acide indifpofition of the Blood, as mixed with depraved nervous Liquor. The illaffcélion of the Lungs, pro(luccd by the ohllrnclion of the Lympha- dufls. The Fun- Sometimes the Lungs may be difordered by the obfl‘ruétion of the Lympha‘duéts, caufed either by fome vifcous Humour, intercepting the courfe of the Lympha ; whereupon the tender frame of thefe fine Veffels may be bro- ken, and difcharge their Liquor into the fubflance of the Lungs, and from thence into the Bronchia, and their Cells, whence they being provoked by a quantity of Liquor, will endeavour to expel it by Expeéioration; and if the Lympha be difaffefied with Acide Particles, derived from the Acrimo- aCuugh. A fuddain oc- Particles of Air, not freely received into the Velfels of the Lungs, in order tothe refinement and exaltation of the Blood. I The innate weaknefs of the Lun s, doth ver much contribute ‘ "Chm" Tabide Affection, which confifis in aglaxe Campaige of the Bronchiaichttlhgzif 3:35:51:sz um, ealily permitting the (harp Recrements of the Blood to pafs into their dihiuriihririif Cavities; and by reafon the carnous Fibres of the Wind-pipe , and its Branch- es are not flrong, they cannot briskly contract to expel the Blood, and its fuperfluities extravafated in the Cavities of the Bronchia, and their appen- P I dant Sinus; whereupon the fiagnant Blood putrifies and corrupts the fine veifels of the Lungs. fo that the Bronchial and Pulmonary Arterial Branches may difcharge fome part of the Blood into the Receptacles of Air, wherein it being l'tagnant and putrelied, will generate a rabid difpofition in the Lungs. you with the procatarétiek and conjun Conliimption, I will take the liberty now to give you a mileét Caufes of a ifiéizm. of frelh 'Air, Emis‘i'm‘ in which the Lungs highly The fuppreflion of accuitomed evacuations of Blood, either by the by reafon the ill parts of Blood, which were wont to be difcharged by the faid Veilels of different parts, have rec'ourfe to the Lungs, and irritate a Cough, ambulatory toa Confumptiou. The fuddain occlufion of the pores ofthe Skin, (caufed by the coldnefs 0f duliwn arm: the ambient Air, or by a {hower of Rain, or by the leaving offa Garments) doth detain the Efliuvia of the Blood, and diforder its temper, and caufe an pores ufthc akin may produce a Cough. play of the Lungs ( making a difficulty of Breathing) and rendreth them obnoxious to a Tthifis, proceeding froma grofs difpirited, and flagnant, putrifying mafs of Blood, caufed by the defect of the nitrous, elaflick ny of the Blood, it may corrode the membranous Compage of the Lungs, P‘°""‘"°"" cullonird LVJ‘ Hatmorrhordes, Men/hm, or Nofirils, do prove often very difadvantageous, tuarluns of Blood are fomttimcs the caufe of Lungs in Infpiration ; hence in deformed perfons that have nibbous Backs and narrow Breafis, the cavity of the Lungs is fo contrafied,th:t it interce t; the free Efl‘ervefcence, efpecially if the vital Liquor be vitiated with {harp Saline Particles, and furcharged with a quantity of ill Recrements, which having: recourfe to the Lungs, do offend their fine Compage, and often provoke a Cough, ufhering in a Confumpti'on. Thus having given fome account of a Confumption in point of its Gaul-CS; an ill mafs ofBlood, as afl‘ociated with a depraved nervous Liquor and Lympha; I will now make bold to {peak fomewhat in relation to the fubjfft of (his Difeafe, the Lungs, as they are difpofed to the reception of this tabide Malady. A Havrngcntertained pleafe themfelves to take their fill, as mofl: grate- Lungs. ful to Nature, to preferve the foft flame of Life, confifi ing in the motion of the Blood, which Air promotes by her nitrous elaflic k Particles 5 whereupon yvhen it IS moifi and grofs, as in Fenny Grounds, it lofeth much of its purity and bounty, and difcompofeth perfons troubl ed with Coughing ', and then a ferene Air fanned with gentle wind, and influenced with a mild heat, proves amicable to the Lungs, aflliéted with fome kind of Coughs, proceeding from thick Blood, abounding with grofs fulphu reous Particles, f0 that thin Air of the Mountains, free from all fmoak and grofs vapours, is very a-Cceptable to perfons aff‘eéted with Coughs, that have firm Pipes and Sinm of the Lungs, to which the more nitrous, (harp, elaf'tic k Particles of Air are acceptable, as being conducive to attenuate, and incide the grofs chymous Particles of the Blood, lodged in the Bronchia, and their appendant Cells. Bl}! on the other fide, in Perfons endued With tender laxe VeITels, which AF W" "in are highly Opened by thin (harp Reerements (dil'tilling out of the extrem i- iiieasiixrcadcties of the Bronchial and Pulmonary Arteries, into the Cavities of the Bron- 2?:ini'di1rile ch") :1 thin piercing Air, big with pure nitrous Particles, highly increal‘eth ""3" e Cough, and by attenuating the over thin and [harp Recrements of the F 10 Blood, |
