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Show Boole II. 0f 1m Afl/yma. 359 Another kind ofConvulfive Aflbma may be caufed by a depraved tier- gufonvulfiy; vous Liquor, infei'ting the nervous Fibrils of the Lungs, which being often bedZidi-iiy CHAP. contraé'ced and relaxed, d0 hurry the Lungs With various irregular motions. ilii‘fuii'clc" LIX. An Aflhmd alfo may come from the obiiruéiion of the Origens of the A" Alum Nerves, feared in the Cortex of the Brain, proceeding often from aqua"- maycome . Of an flfllzma. tity of Blood ( as in foporiferous Difafi‘eétions ) comprefling the extremities £12215;iii?" of the Nerves, whence the intercoflal Mufcles play with great difliculty, $22122?bi making a deplorable Aflbma. Sometimes an Afihma may proceed from the narrownefs of the Blood-Vef'. An Afim N Aflhma is a high Difeafe, full of Troubleand Terror, as it often A threatens death by a fpeedy Sui-Focation, which to prevent, the Qtgans of Refpiration, do move in a molt diforderly manner, and the Tho. rax is very much dilated to receive free draughts ofAir into the Bronchia, and Show of the Lungs. _ . . . . fcls, as not able to give a free reception to the mafs of Blood, which happen 223252;: in Convuliive A/Hamar, wherein the circular Hell-1y Fibres being unnaturally sum-16hcontraéled, do lefTen the Cavity of the Vellels, and hinder the motion of Blood, whence enfueth a great difficulty of Refpirarion: other times an An Ai/Imz mam So that an Aflbma may admit this del‘cription, as being a difficult, and flflbma may be fetched from agreat quantity of Blood, difiending mayp'c‘c‘" _ _ . , . the Blood. froniagteit iirionufan "mm" quick breathing, attended with violent agitations of the Breai't, perfcinncd moit of all without a Fever. . Refpitation is very neceiiary for the prefervation of Life, as mild good the circulation of Blood through‘the Lungs, in whofe inward Reccfles, the Blood is impregnated with the Spiritous, Nitrous, and Elaf'tick Particle: tity of Air in one Infpiration; whereupon the Lungs are afled with double and treble Diaf'toles and Syfioles, to make good Relpiration. Another Aflbma may be produced by an ill conformation of the Bteafl, as An Aflbm fiine Motion, and allimilation of Chyme, into the nature of vital Liquor by affected with narrownels, hindring the free play of the Lungs in Refpim. from ""V "m" an ill . thD. Conformation of the comminution. This curious Machine of Air, is made up of variety of Blood, and Airveflels, Nerves, Lymphedu&s, which fume way or other are fubfervient to Refpiration, or the Depuration of the Blood and Nervous Liquor, which are ture to the inlargment of the hollow perimeter of the Thorax, in order to celebrate Infpiration, made by the help of the Diaphragme, and interco- much enobled by the reception of Air into the greater and lefs Cylinders l'tal Mulcles. and Cells of the Lungs. The Coats are hindred in their Contractions, either in thei‘nterception of the Animal Spirits, not flowing into the Nerves of the {aid Mufcles, caufed by the compreflion of the extremity of the Nerves, in the ambient parts of the Brain, as it hath been hinted above in a. former Difcourfe. . . . _ . . . Prurbed, and have not their regular courfe, the Oeconomy of Nature is very much perverted, as the motion of Blood (in which the flame of Life Sometimes it proceedeth from the Organs of motion, configned by {13. Btcail. , Ti , naieiiiiicri: 53:33:33. "E's?irks are interctpt‘ The intercoi'tal Mufcles are alfo hindred in their motion,in an Inflammati- frigate" is conferved) is diicompofed. . The great errors in Befpiration feem to confii't chiefly in Two things, "Pk""m' Firlt, That the Blood is not regularly injeéted out of the Right Cyllern of the Heart, into the pulmonary Artery and Vein 5 or the Air is not freely received into the Bronchia and Show of the Lungs. Thetauf'eof The defeft of motion of Blood in the Lungs :( which makethadt"3,252,222; ficult'Refpiration) is derived fometimes from the depravation of the Blood, as mixed with crude Chyme, or other grofs Recrements, which rendertht The Air ing l'traightened in their Cavities, are notable to entertain a liiflicient quan- of Air, which open the Compage of the Blood, and render it fit for Inter- Whereupon, if the repeated acts of Infpiration and Expiration be di- memo" of veilels, which comprels the -neighbouring Bronchia and 8mm of the Lungs, Blood. "am" °‘ - and highly difcompofe Refpiration, as the numerous receptacles of Air, be- Blood apt to Ptagnate, to that the Lungs are forced to double and tieble the aé'rs of Rcfpiration, to attenuate and refine the vital Liquor, by the o . l ' on, caufed by a quantity of Blood lodged . . . in the. Interftices of Vefléls, com» {lalMufclcs h. preliing the carnous Fibres, which doth hinder their free play, and render Re- fgihc'iidifgfi. ‘ ' ‘ ' lpiration difficult. onintheir inflammation. An Afihma alfo may be fetched from variety of Air, either on the reps of id‘minflbii‘m high Mountains, where we hardly breath in an Air not impregnated with mind a flore of nitrous Particles : Or when it is grofs and fiagnant in Fenny places ( whofe watry parts deprefs the nitrous) where perfons afl‘eéted with ill mailcs of Blood, labour with great difficulty of Breathing 5 which is alfo celebrated in a clcfe hot room, and in a Church filled with a great croud of 3.";fh",°‘£fih° reception of a large proportion of Air, to quicken the flow motion of thc People, fpoiling the Air with fuliginous fieams. Blood, The Cure of this Difeafe is chiefly managed by three Indications, the one The Tm: in reference to the Blood, and the other in relation to the motive Organs #st ‘" Blood when it is depauperated, as made of warty, or grols Sulphur, and fixed filine Particles, when the more volatil are exhaui'ted. of Refpiration ‘. and a Third in point of Convulfive motions, belonging to And other times the Compage of the Blood groweth Laxe, as burdened Grog, Mm with too great a Source of ferous Recrements, as in Dropfies, wherein mmmixed the faline watry parts of the Blood, are not difcharged by the fecretion 0f with the Blowhcaufe the Renal Glands through the Urinary Duels, Pelvis and Ureters into the 25.2253?" Bladder ', or when the ferous parts of the vital Liquor are not in fomc deW- gree tranfmitted by the capillary Arteries into the Glands of the Skin) and thence difcharged by their excretory Duéts; whereby the Blood groweth clogged with an exuberance of watry Fdeter, which having r'ecourfe to tilt Lungs, do give them the trouble of frequent repeated Acts of Rei‘piratigfl' the dil‘afi‘iflions of the Brain and Nerves. if the Blood ofl‘end in quantity, a Vein is to be opened in the Arm with Emma" a free Hand 5 and in cafe of an Efi'ervefcence of the Blood, temperate Pe- 55%;," ftorals, and cooling Eniulfions are to be advideIf the Blood be gtofs, as confederated with a crude Chyme, ( produét- _iV€s of an Afllmm) by reafon the Phlegme is thick, lemons, and clammy, it indicates attenuating, inciding, and detergent Peétorals, made of the Roots 0f In}, Enula-Campane, A/paragm, Dogs-grab, Hyfop , Horehound . of L IO Anot er Which |