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Show .s. ~w/P-w & 0/: i hdania, or Maine/r. T BookTH, Veins into the greater channel ofthe Cart/49nd by other , ' _ .Veins and Ar t6fi€s,in. to the ambient parts ofthe Brain, wherein the Chrif'talline parts ofthe Blood ( as the Afllteriaflrbflmta of nervous Liquor ) being debafed by acide, liline and fulphurcous Particles, doth fpoil the goodnefs and :economy Offild Animal Spirits, by giving them a high agitation, and tumultua ry motion in the fibrous frame of the Brain, carding a furious difpofition, attended WM}, . _ great fiercenefs, boldnefs, clamor, @vc. Madncfs is fnmfl imcs hctcduaty. The Difeafe is hereditary in diverfe Families, who enioy a regular Life of their Reafon and Imagination for many years, and afterward are afliided with the dreadful Malady of Madnefs, which proceedeth at fuch a time from the due cralis of the Blood perverted, and degenerating intoa nitro-lirlphu. reous difpoiition, enraging the Animal Spirits, and putting theminto a high diforder, in reference to a violent and unnatural motion. the rank of an hereditary MJdHLf). And the reafon of this hereditary Madnefs ( propagatecl from Parents to Children by way of Generation ) taketh its rife from the feminal Principle, tainted with a IVIaniack alfeéiion, which oftentimes exerted! it felf after ma- ny years; when the feeds of this Difeafe, bear Fruit, and come to maturi. ty, as fomented by ill Diet, violent Pamon, Envy, Pride, Ambition, or by fome other fevere accidents, or difappointments in a troublefome courfe of life. This hereditary Madnefs is not always continued, but hath many lucid in- Marlin fs may ( om: "Gm 411 iii Diet. der the Blood highly fermentative and fpirited, and put the Animal Spirits in- D‘M‘" to irregular motion; whereupon the Soul is f0 highly difordered,as ifit would violently leap om of the confines of the Body, in which it feemeth to be imprifoned. The active and fierce particles of the Blood put it into an extraor- dinary mOtion and great effervefcence, which highly acting the carnous Fibres of the Mufcles, do render them vigorous and thong, able to encoun- ter the great oppolition ofothers, that endeavour to malter Mad men, and bring them to obedience, when they are guilty ofextravagant ac‘tions,offe1 ~ ing violent hands to themfelves anti others, and give great difiurbance to the Families Where they live and conVerfe. Itis alfo very remarkable, that Mad Men endure Labour and Travail,and Mamrnqr: great conflicts, Without any manifelt wearinefs, which is occalion ed (as! Sigfiithiiim humblyconceive) from the nature ofVital and Animal Spirits, which though they are impregnated with many volatil Particles, yet they are alfo debafed too with nitro~faline fixed Atomes, which do confine the more fubtle and fpirituous parts ofthe Vital and Animal Liquor, not ful‘fering them to evaporate and quit thofe noble Juyces; whereupon Mad Men, when expolied red, but will fight and ftruggle in high fury, to the wonder of the beholders. This Difeafe often followeth Melancholy, and is produced by a great ril‘iffi‘fiafi ebullition of Blood ( rendring the Cortex of the Brain very dry) whence ari- qcisfrompul feth a gea r tfi ercene n ofrhe Vital S p irits, caufin g hi gh boldnefs and furv: , tlifuiliiit'd n . " A CitiZen being firfi: addicted to Melancholy, afterward fell into a violent SHEETS The Blood alfo being infected with a Venenate difpofition, as in a Limatbroyiiz, wdroP/Jobid, upon the biting of a Mad Dog, doth caufeMadnefs, i as the poifonous Miafines are conveyed to the Blood, and raife a high Fermentarion in it; and afterward in the nervous Liquor, and its choice Spirits, which giveth them a turbulent motion through the Interfitices of the nervous Filaments, confoundingthe true ufe of Reafon and Imagination. This Venenate affeéiion lieth long in the Blood before it exerteth it felf, as I have feen in one Dyer 3. Barber of Willirzgton in Suffix, who being bit by a IL u infirm Mad-Dog, waswell Three Months, and then fell iick of a violent Fever; attended with a raging Delirium, and a foaming Mouth, endeavouringro bite all that came near him, and afterward died , about the Fourteenth day Dillracftion and Madnefs, attended with Rage, which could not be appeafcd by the power of Art, and proper Medicines. And after death the Skull being taken off, the Cortex of the Brain appear" ed Very dry, and of friable nature an Inch deep, whereir was hued with Yellow, as tinged with bilious or fulphureous Particles of the Blood. In this Malady the Brain is often tumefied, taking its rife from a great ilicimrmifd quantity of Black, torrefied blood, fometimes extravafared, and other times iliiiiiriricvis { Odged in the Vedas, making them varicofe, and knotty. . A Child complaining firft of a great pain of his Head, aftem‘mrd fell Spacxra‘fg‘glgc, ll‘ll‘O a high diftraétion ( howling like a Dog) and fo continued till he died. gim- in a This venome infecting the Blood (caufed by the biting of a Mad Dog) And his Skull being removed, the Brain was very much fwelled, and the Dam and rPia water had their Veffels very turgid with Black Blood, which Was alfo very much lodged in the Sinm‘, and torcular of the Brain; and in is mixed with the falival Liquor, and hrft carried into the Veins ofthe ambient parts of the Body, and then by greater and greater Channels, is com- ming "Om Particles of extravafated Blood, and afterward the lower Regi- of his ficknefs. . and Sorrow, as in Melancholy, but with Boldnefs and Courage, attempting "dump any alfault, though never f0 defperate, which proceedeth from the Enrao'ea ilf‘sinjhfl Viral and Animal Spirits, afied with nitro-iillphureons Particles, which rin- 2,512: to long and laborious aé‘tion, which is frequent with them, are not ealily tin This Diftafe li tit long, in a p inan‘d was of vzy d tori 6 Hunt. 'll/ii So that this Difeafe is not accompanied with the fneakintz guards ofFear 7),. is vulgarly called a Lunacy. Sometimes Madnefs proceeds from an ill Diet, or from the fuppteliiori of aceuflomed evacuations, by the Ha'morrhoides, Nol‘trils, or Mttmr in Wo- Liquor and Spirits, and produce a Mania. 1. lad Cun- i 1 Martin, or [Marlee/r. tervals, and Frequently returneth again at the change of the Moon, which men; whereupon the Blood ( deprefled by faline and fulphnreous Particles) being tranfmitted to the fibrous frame of the Brain, doth enrage the Animal Tlis Difcafc may he propagated from the Venrnare nature of Blood, m "m t emote inward parts of it, were difcovered a great many Red fpecks, co- municated to the Heart and Lungs, and afterward by the afcendcntTrunkO on of the Brain being Opened, a quantity of ferous Recrements gufhed the Aorta and Carotide Arteries, into the Cortical Glands of the Brain, WllfrC out. Other times hiadnefs ifliieth from putrefaétion of the Coats and fubftance hiygrtyrsgyéhé it infeé‘ted the nervous Liquor and Spirits, lodged in the fibrous parts ofrhe Brain ; whereupon the Animal Faculties loll: their due Oeconomy, and "3‘ ging Delirium enfued, defttué‘tive of Real‘on, Senfe, and Life. . Having given an account of the Effence, and continent caufe ofthis DI- 0 the Brain, (out ofwhich arife [harp and fierce Humors, infelting the Ani- Eunirihion "Ml Liquor and Spirits) which hath been obferved in Dilfeéiions. gffibfifgfii ~ This Difeafe admirteth many defcriminations, as being form-times of a gfl‘chjl-‘fgci'm f‘flft‘s it may not feem altogether amifs to fpeak fomethat of its fymptomesi lmall continuance; orhertimes lafling and habitual ; fometimes continued, zznficormd- following it as fo many attendants. find Othertimes hath lucid intervals, and is very various in reference to its lWeral fymptomes, and dif‘tracciions. Co a Aq s |
