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Show \-« 0f [1 Conflimption. Book 1[_ Lungs; whenc the ferou-s and grofs Ftracer of the Blood, do How in lo gm," aquaritity into the Cavities of the. Bronclua, and their annexed Cells, that CHAP. they cannot be ejected by Sloughmg, f0 that the great lake of {EaguantHrn LVII. mors, doth make great Iifiei‘velcences,.andfome part of thefe \ccrements, being embodied with the Blood, is l‘CCCIVCd into the pulmonary Venus, and imparted to the Heart, ptoduétivc of a Fever ( which frequently accompa. mm], a Conliimption) and hath for its attendants an unkrndly heat, a deyeéli. on of Appctlt ‘, Night-Sweats, and an Atrophy of the whole‘Body. 'l'i‘ie mem- liraiq‘s nl't‘e l'. oncliia may he turnttl Callous. Sometimes Nature armeth it felf againft the return of thele corrupt H". mors, out of the Siam and Pipes into the mafs ofBlood, by rendring the "75,115 of their vcfi‘els hard and Callous, which is mentioned by mofl Ingenious Dr. Willir,Sc&'. t. Capo. Dc (Pt/"fl Pulmormri. q). 57.1Izterdnm affidittjllf. madi [Jail/I, fiw frmeanumicam, autfor/im in pulmpnibm cfiymari, eafg; m. rrtmrirm parictcr Cal/afar ablincre, iftl ut materiel ibl 60119574, In HiltffztnlfziIIgIm 71mm minime transfemtur, fed quotit/ie tam lice! ingemi rapid cxpefiaremr. Perlons affected with thefc confolidated Pipes and Siam, or as it wcrea TI: remote (arr-[is o! .i Conl'uinption TheBlooJ grometh gl0l5,55 not refined in the Glantlsof the Vlftera. fountain of Faculent I-lumors in the Lungs, throwing out a quantity ofthiclt yellow Spittle, 1'eleinbling purulent Matter, produced by its long {tagnatiou in the vcflels of the Lungs. This grofs Phlegme being every day expeétorated in great proportion, dotli cafe the Air-vellels of their loads ', whence a free Refpirarion is made, and the Appetite preferved, and natural Refi enjoyed; but others clogged in their Lungs with fuperabundant ferous and chymous 'tecrements, do Spit leis, and having thefe foul I-Iuinors ( Ilagnated in the veflelsof the l tings) corrupt them,generariug a tabidc indifpolition,the fore-runner of death, Having Treated ol" the continent caufe of a Confumption, I will take the freedom, with your leave, to difcoutfe of the more remote, evident, and antecedent caules, which may be comprized for the molt part within their two Heads, the perverted Crafis of the Blood, and the wealtnefs and difalibéiiori of the Lungs. As to the Fill}, the choice Liquor of the Blood is depraved, when it is not depurated in the Glands of the szcera, (which are inflitutcd by nature, as lo many Colatories of the vital Juyce) or when it is not fecerned from itsbilions Farm" in the miliary Glands of the Liver, or from its ferous Recrements in the Glands of the Kidneys; or from its hot l'teams through the pores of the Skin, in a free Tranfpiration; or from its watry fupeifluities N thin dil'tillations, Linéi'm made of Syrup of Jujubes, Coltsfoot, dried Rofes, mixed with powder of Cum-Tragacanth, Arabick, are very pro. In great Catarrhs, flowing from hot thin recrements of the Blood, incrall faring Peétorals, mixed with Syrup of Red Poppy, dc Mecom'a, and drops of liquid Laudammz Cydoniatnm are proper, which do thicken the thin acide Ilnmors, and hinder dif'tillations; and in this cafe Balfome of (Peru, and Tblu, are very beneficial: As alfo Tablets of Red Rofes, prepared with Diacodifum, and Trochifces, prepared with Extraéts of Liquorice, and Sulphur, which do telltore the loofe Compage of Blood to its due tone, and pteferve it from fupetabundant ferous Rectements, flowing in too great fufion. As tothe Second Indication, in reference to difrharge the Recrements of Gentle Purgatives, mixthe Blood, fitted for Secretion, gentle Purgatives of Manna,Syrup of Peach- ed with PC. Flowers, added to pectoral Decofiions, prepared with Senna, may be adminilhed 3 and afterward Diuretieks made with Roots of Dogs-gratis, wild Powders of Crabs-Eies, and Claws, of Pearl, Coral, (7c. may be given, which take off the acidity of the Blood, and promote Sweats, which are proper in the beginning of a Cough, when Bleeding and Purging have been celebrated. The Third Indication is fatisfied in corroborating the Lungs, by {hurting up the too much opened Pores of the Bronchia, and their Siam, whereby their loofe Compage is rendred more firm by peétoral Medicines, mixed with gentle aflringentsmade of the Roots ofTormentil, Cumphrey,Dayfies,mingled with the Leaves ofBugles,Prunel, err. boiled in Barley water, and after (training, it may be fweetned with Syrup of dried Rofes, Coral, we. Thefe and the like Medicines, firengthen the weak frame of the Lungs, and hinder CorrohoraJ ted Medicine: are good in Laxc Lungs. the motion of hot thin recrements of Blood by IncralIation; which is al- ‘ fo effeéted by LinEiur, prepared with Syrup of Field-Poppy, dried Rofcs, de Mewnio, mixed with the fpecies of cold Diatmgacantb, to which may be Air, doth there flagnate and acquire putrefatftion,de&ru&ive of the membra- added fome drops of Laudanum liquidum, an excellent Medicine in Difiillati0113, falling into the Air-vefTels, which are generated by thin, hot, or acidc nous tender Compage of the Lungs, thereby inducing a tabidc indifpofition Recrements of the Blood. of them, infecting the mafs of Blood, circulating through the Lun s 7 where- Before I Treat of the Cure of a Confumption, I {hall endeavour to {peak more flllly of a Cough, and particularly ofthe Chincou h of Children. -4..- proper in Coughs. pedes, boiled in water, to which, when fltained, a little White-wine, and Syrup of the Five opening Roots may be added. In this cafe alfo teflaceous monary and bronchial Artery, into the greater and lelIer Tubes and Sims: of a"... a" florals, as filial-43145, Brit/€145, Leaves of Golden-rod, with the cooling Seeds, and Mille- terogeneous Particles ) through the Right Ventricle of the Heart, and pul- by it is rnedrcd unprofitable for Affimilation, into the fubl'ranceo the Body The Cure of thin Dilllllil: tions. fitable. 4-1" through the Glands, and excretory Duets of the Skin; fo that the many Wonted percolations of the vital Liquor being deficient, its conflitution is vitiated, and being tranlinitted ( as overcharged with variety of noifomc hC- Of a Cong/s [my] Confltmption, and their Cures, (Poughs ( as I humbly conceive) proceed chiefly {gem grols Phlegtne, which is crude Chyme, running confiifed with the Blood, and is tranfmitted through the more loofe Compage ofthe Bronchia,and their annexed Simu inIf) their Cavities, by the terminations of thc Bronchial and pulmonary Arte"35, or elfe the Blood growing fower like Milk (as Dr. Willi; phrazeth it) doth quit its native fweet Ingeny, and its ferous parts are broughtinto 2. Flu- 0F, by exalted faline Particles; whereupon the acide Recrements being thir‘i an The canfcl 05 a Cough. |