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Show ,___fi‘_ 0f Corzrunlflom and Conwlflaw 1W0rionrjwl33k1‘ll: "A The cvi {out tank. The caules of Convulfive motion, may be evident when the Sum" N". mfm or Animal Spirits are difcompofed, and the fibrous Compage of the The Protatnrc'i :ck caufc or this Difsafe. Brain being much debilitated, is violently agitated by vehement Pallions, The Procatarélick caufe of Convullive motions fuppofeth a difpolition of Humors in the Body, which being endued with highly Fetmentative Elements of the Blood do vitiate the Animal Liquor and Spirits, by rendrin Book III. 0f in,» ea/zrig./;t.ncj},m ".- C H A P. LXX l. 0f the F41/ing»Sickmfl. them too Elal'tick, highly expanding the Filaments of the Nervous Fibrils; whereupon they briskly contract themfelves, to difcharge the ofl'enfive Par. The continent came of Convulfirc motions, cannot be ilezlvcd from Intuition and llC~ pinion. The continent (mile of Con‘vuliivc motions. ticles of the Nervous Juice. The continent caufe of Convulfive motions, the Antients have fetched from Inanition and Repletion, which they illultrate by an infiauce of Le. Aving treated of Convulfion and Convulfive motions under a gene; ral Notice, I will now difcourfe of them in particular, of the Falling-Sicknefs, attended with a difmal rout of Convullive agitations of the Mufcular Parts, feared in the Limbs and Trunk of the Body. ther, or Mufical Strings, which contract theml'elves, when moiflned with much Air, or flarunk up with much drought; this Opinion feemeth very improbable by reafon the abbreviation of the Nerves, cannot produce variety of poftures in the Mulcles, proceeding from irritated Humors, putting the Nerves into various irregular motions ', and farthermore the beingmacerated in a great quantity of watry Recrements (in an Anafamz) are rendred weak and flaccid, whereby they become unable to produce l'troug Convul-r live motions ; which are acted by the Elal'tick Particles of the Blood caufed by nitro-fulphureous Particles depraving the Nervous Liquor, pulling up the Filaments of the Nerves; whereupon they make a great renitence or oppofition by powerful contractions to fqueeze out the oflenfive Matter, difquicting the Animal Spirits, and irritating the tender Filaments of Nerves. The Convullive motions are more or Iefs univerfal, as the Surcm Nerwafm ( infeéted With Nitro-faline or acid Ferments) is carried out of the fibrous This terrible DilEafe hath many appellatives fetched from the nature, properties, and l'ymptoms of it: And is fiyled by the Grady, emigrant a7: a TheNamctof immafla'rsaw, from the fudden feifure of the funéiions of the rational and {en- £25212"? litive Faculties. And lie" vémwa either becaufe it is a great Difeafe, or as a miraculous Difeafe coming from a Divine power. And is called by Hipewter, yin." mam, by reafon it is familiar to Children 5 and named by the Latina, Cadurm, a Cadcnda, and Comitialir, as perfons labouring of this Dileafe are interdiéted the Comiria. And hath the denomination of Luna: mm, by rcafon the Paroxifins do often invade in the New and Full of the Moon. This Difeafe may be difcovered by peculiar Diagnol'ticks, as the Patient F: Disease is of a fuddain {urprized with this Malady, and lofeth the ufe of Reafon and thigh." Senie accompanied with a violent Fall, froth about the Mouth, and nalhing Compage of the Brain into a greater or leis company of Nerves; To that of Teeth, frequent firokes of the Breal't, and Convulfive motions of the Limbs, and fometimes an univerfal fiiff‘nefs of the whole Body, and an in- the Tendons of more or fewer Mufcles are unnaturally contraéled, whence proceed great variety of horrid Symptoms (attending feveral parts of the Body) which may be reduced principally to Three Heads ; The firli may proceed from a poyfonous nature; The fecond from Malignant Fevers flation of the Hypocondres and Belly ', and the Symptoms ceafe of a fuddain, and the Patient is reendued with Senfe and Reafon. An Epilepfv may admit this defcriprion, of being an Abolition of the mimicry;- ‘ chief functions of the Brain,as well as Senfe, and voluntary Motion, which is ifll,§'g.1ir‘f. not well determined; whereupon the matter of the DilEafe (being not duly difcharged) is carried into the fibrous Compage of the Brain, and into the many pairs of Nerves, fprouting outof the Brain. The third Head of Convulfive motions may take its rife from the Sum: Nora/0M5, lofing its native Tweet bounty, and degenerating into alharpes acid, Fermentative Liquor, highly aflliéling the Animal Spirits, and Prodri€tive of Convnlflve motions. - aflociatcd with Convulfive agitations of the Mulcular parts, proceeding from "E 5' an inordinate motion of the Animal Spirits diiaff'eéting the fibrous Compage of the Brain, and the various Plexes of Nerves, furnilhing the Mufcles of the Limbs and Trunk of the Body. ' . Sometimes the Fits of an Epilepfy do make their Paroxyfms at fet times $55,051:" of the Day, Month, or Year, according to the Conjunétions of Planets, as of uglier the Sun, Moon, or theirOppolite Afpeéts; and other times, the Epileptick " Paroxyfms, obferve no certain type or period, which is occafioned by variety of evident and Procatarétick cauIEs. Thefe Paroxyfms alfo are diftinguifhed as having various degrees, fome Emmi; eiHg more gentle, difcernible in more cafie fymptoms, when the Patient "Em . >doth not full'er {0 great :1 Violence by the Dileafe, as not being affected With "° ' a Stupor, nor thrown down by {irong Convulfivelmotions of the Mulcular parts, but fpeedily returneth to the cxercife of his rational, fenfitive, and oComotive faculties. . And in others thefe Fits are more firong, as accompanied With more dread- ful accidents, (he lofs of Reafon , (Senfe and regular motions of the BOdY) as having the functions of the Brain fiupid, and the parts of the Body lirlt tortured with violent agitations, and afterwards llifi, fenfelefs, and inlmovable 5 And to this Difeafe Children and young Men are molt liable. X r3 AnothEr |