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Show Of Sleep} Di/E'aflt and their Cures. 313+ Book III. Boot in: _,/ In this cafe, purging Medicines may be advifedpfSenna, Agariclt, Enharb Flowers of onny,Sage, Rofeniary, évc. infufed in Diflilled Waters ofFlow.' er of Lime, Paeony, mixed with a little White-wine, to which ( being firain- CHAP. LXV. ed) may be added Syrup of Buckthorn, Peach‘flowers, and Syrup of Rofes foBleeding pro- lutive. per in this coutfc. Afterward Bleeding may be freely celebrated, which by leifening of the quantity of Blood, and by making good its circulation, doth prevent In. Of the Vertigo, or rl/Imgrtmz, flammations, Abfceffes, Ulcers of the Brain proceeding from the ftagnation Apozcmts. Powders. - . . _ 5, ; i 1 _, hieut pants7 and more inward Recelfcs of the Brain; the allodgments of the Animal Spirits (in which their firfl rife and motion is produced) themiiii- & ficrs o'fthe inward Fenfes, as well as the intellectual l‘iiné‘tions. Thefe active emiffaries of the Soul, the more refined Particles of the Aniw pared with Conferves of Lime-Flowers, Lilly of the Valley, Peony, the Powders of Amber, Cafior, Pearl Coral, and Humane Skull, the Seeds of Peony, and Goats-Rue, made up with the Syrup of Lime-Flowers. After which, a draught of an Apozeme may be taken, prepared with the nialLiquor, fometimes exalt the Proceifes of the Brain in great companies, Flowers of Betony,Sage, Rofemary, Lavender, and with Vifcm @ercinm, or and Lethargy, in which fome glimmerings of the more noble and lbnfitirr Vifcm 'Pomorum; to which may be added Stermr (13471072115, and when it hath been well boiled in Spring-water, and firained, it may be fweetened with Syrup of Lime-Flowers, Paeony, or Lilly of the Valley. Powdersalfo may be advilied, made of Paeony-root, and of Specie: Diambm, Cal'tor, Angelica, Zedoary, Contragerwa, and of the chips of Oranges and Lemons, drinking after every Dofe, a draught of a proper Julape, or Apozeme. A Cams, (own, and Lethargy, being all Sleepy Difeafes, have great alliance with an Apoplexy, and do admit the like method of Phyfick, and Mcdicines prefcribed in an Apoplexy, the highefi of all Sleepy Difeafes. operations of the Brain appear. My Province at this time is to difeourfe a \‘Crtiginous difpofition, fome- and other times in finaller numbers, and are carried in irregular motions,liigh-ly difcompofing the fibrous Compage ofthe Brain, wherein the lucide l'ar- titles fufiEra total Eclipfe, as in an Apoplexy, or a leifer in a (Kn-m, (mm, A V: irott times a Herald of greater Maladies, the Sleepy Dileafesof the Brain, where- lnmrt' s from a diforin the Animal Spirits have their motion fometimes difordered, and other times u. flopped, fo that they cannot be duely minificrial to the produétiou of the Animal Operations. A Vertigo is a difafl‘eotion of the Brain, wherein the objects of tight fecm .t! t us l'rnnianintcr(clued moti on of the A'imri'i Syria m to wheel round with a great fwimming in the Head; (0 that the Animal Spirits are highly difcompofed, as fuffering a great confufion, produced by , an irregular Motion ‘, whereupon they have not a due influence7 firfl'. into the Fibrils of the Brain, and afterward into the Optick Nerves, product- pt Vt ive ofaloll, or diminilhed fight, and progreflive motion. in the Paroxyfme of this Difeafe, the inward Senfes admit a deceptioii, CHAR whilereeling Objeéts feem to be htirried in motion; and the rational ConCcption is not much difturbed, while we apprehend the difcompofure of our inward and outward Senfes. A5tothe caufe of this Malady, its worth our inquiry how it is made, in ifeafes, or by a violent motion of the Body in a circular manner, or by a Pl‘Ofpeél from a high place, of fome low dillant Objeéts , feared immc‘llmly , or directly under us , or by going over narrow open Bridges placed over great and deep waters, running in liafty torrents; 0V in a Ship under fail, carried with an impetuous motion in aftrong Ttmpel‘r. Whereupon the Animal Spirits run fo confufed, that they caufea Vertigi= Th- l‘.:.ax3f:n ol'a Vertge. The canfes of this Dn'cale. "OHS difpofition, which may feem worth our confideration, to underfland ‘llé‘ reafon of this difcompofure, as conducive to the better underllanding' Ihcintrinfick caufes of a Meagrum. When we have long hurried our Bodies in a circular motion, alioutward ObJCéts feem to dance round about us; and though we repofe our lelves, yet A Vrrtigo coming [mm a i‘ilonl: rly motiin 0'01" r iSPhanCy continues; and fometimes we tumble down upon the-ground, . or floor, and have an apprehenfion of a circular motion in our Brain. And the reafon may be, not that the difalfeé‘tion islodged in the outward 'enlfi‘: 0" there continued, but from the agile temper of the Animal Spirits, I L I: "3 - vent the Apopleétick Fit; in order to it, an Eleé‘tuary may be advifed, pre. Vertigo, or Meagrum is here Treated of, as a fore-runner to the Apoplexy, and the other Sleepy Difeafes, and is fared in the am- ‘ Elccluaries. of Blood, the great caufe of an Apoplexy. When a Purgative hath been celebrated, Vomitories may be adminil'tred made with fome proper Emetick. Afterward Two large Fontanels may be made between the Shoulders, to divert and difcharge fome illHumors, having recourfe to the Head, to pre- Body. aw: "a-1g". . Vomitories may be given after Purgalives. Fetitaneis. |