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Show 0f the Folling'fr/(ncfrt 1180 Book ll[_ of the Brain did highly idifconipofe the Nervous Fibrilsznd put W violent agitations, productive of Epileptick Fits. 1 181 firfon of Honor having frequently indulged Vcnercal Embraces, was amnesia fcnfible of the meannefs of this natural ac‘t, did addiét himfelf to a ‘chafie 3,3221%"? afllifted With Erwin" . and Ve‘rtigino grew he us, whereupo life, n abflcmious and A young Man having drunk a great quantity of cold Water, and lyin long upon the Ground, fell into a high Fever, and Delirium, acc omPaniCd with a great pain of his Head , and Epileptick concuflions Of. his Body, and Limbs, which concluded in death. And afterward his T'I'WI‘X being Epileptick Diflempers, attended with a tremulous motion of his Tongue, convulfive agitations of his Head, (after the manner ofa Rotation) a p316;ncfsof his Face, and dimnefs of his Sight; fo that after few days, his more opened, the right Lobe of his Lungs were found black and gangrene, Noble and Divine Part quitted his Body ; And afterward the lowelt, mid- A Falling-ficknefs may be fometimes derived from the Ulcer of the PM. dle, and highcll: Apartiment being opened, all the I'lfocm appeared to be opprcfl'ed with a large quantity of grofs concreted Blood. ‘AkFallling- Off/.70 [‘n/léing/Ick/tc/r, and in Carer. Book Ill. found, only the Velicular Cells were found full of virulent Seed, the caufe thing from an (YUM, tainting the Blood, which being tranfmitted by proper Vcfl‘e ls to tl Ulcer of the Cortical Glands of the Brain, infeé‘teth the Nervous Liquor, Whereupofl 1]: J‘anrrm. being received into the Origens of the Fibrils, putteth them upon irregular of his Epiloptick Fits. The Indications (that relate to this Difeafc) are Curatory, which have Th" huh:regard to the Pit, or Prefervatory, which have refpect to the Caufe of the nanny. Difeafe. motions, cauling an Epilepfy. V' , [Kl'rfilll An lnllante of an I pilepl'y flowing fi om an Lllcrrcd Panrrm. An Epilepl‘y I An example of this may be given in an Hyl‘rerick Woman, who laboured with violent Convullive motions (the retinue of the Falling-ficknefs) end- All As to the firli, Purgatives, Vomits, and Bleeding have no place, as giving As totheCu' ing in a fatal Iiorm; And afterward her Body being opened, the szcm were found very free from any Difeafe, except the (Pancreas, which was highly Ulccred, and the caufe of her Death. An Epilepfy may be alfo derived from the Difealés of the Stomach and too greata trouble, and overmuch debilitation to the lick Patient when very weak: So that then the moll proper Medicines in this condition, are good Cephalicks and proper Specificks, which compofe the enraged, and fortifie the weakned Animal Spirits, and recline the Animal "quay, the fub- f:;:',¥,‘;g‘,‘f"‘ """"""""‘ gsioifiisoiiiii iiimiifif Fismcflid'gifl Intelicines, labouring of a greatFIatm, givingahigh difcompofur e, which is jtétof them. 0"" Epileptick Fits) impregnated with Volatil or Armouiack Stilt, and with Vi- iiitzlii'ciiit'il 33;:535, very familiar to Children, often troubled with Gripes, proceeding from vifcid Humors mixed with yellow or green Choler, caufing violent Convol- triolick Sulphur, as Oyl of Amber, or with other Volatil Spirits, of Harts {ive motions in the Inteliines and Stomach, (which are fine Contextures of Horn, Spirit of Sal Armoniack, either of it felf, or fuccinated, Spirit of Blood Nerves) which being firl't aggrieved by flatulent acrimonious Recrements, do or 800:, or Tinéture of Caller, Compound Spirit of Lavender, Compound Briony Water, Comp. Paaony Water, (yr. And as to the Prefervatory Indication, which regardcth the taking away I," Il'rélrffga- afterward draw the Nervous Fibrils of the Brain into confent, and produce {irong and fatal Epilepticls Fits; which I have often feen in Children tortured with thefe fevere difalfec'tions, and after Death the Abdomen being opened, I have difcerned the Stomach and Cuts to be highly tumeficd, and full of yellow and green Choler, affociated with a clammy Matter. An Epilcpf'y Children and Perfons of riper years are often troubled with Worms, which coming from Worms. highly aflliét the Stomach and Guts with Convulfive motions, which are afterward imparted to the Brain, wherein the Origens of the Nerves are feared, which very much fympathize with tliofe of the Guts and Stomach in their affliétive Difeafes. ficfal‘iggaling An Epilepfy may be. alfo generated by a hard gangrecned Spleen, coming "WWW, from too greata quantity of full inflamed (and afterward extravafated con- iiiiihiim creted Blood) fome part of which being tranfmitted to the Cortex of the Brain, vitiateth theAnimal liquor and Spirits, making great agitations in the fibrous Compage of the Brain, and afterward in the other Nerves of the Limbs and Body. Ar errmplc oflhis cult", Such are fatide Medicines (which are highly efficacious in 2,3,5; ‘11:? O the Caufc of this Difeafe, it is principally founded in the rectifying an ill "fisherm- mafs of Blood, and Nervous Liquor, which depend much upon the lauda- fff,?fj,:‘f'n"n;' blc Confiitution of the threrzz, and chiefly upon that of the Brain, and the 3‘13;,f‘ good difpolition of the Animal Spirits. 80 that the ill Diathefis of the Blood and Viflcm is taken away by Vomiting, Purging, and Bleeding, which though they do not perform the Cure alone, yet they prepare the "from and Blood, and Nervous Liquor, by taking away their noyfom Recrements, whereby the Specrfick Medicines, can more powerfully exert their vcrtue, uponthe Vi (era, being ocob- llruétcd, and the Blood and Nervous Liquor being depuratcd :, whereupon the difcompofcd Animal Spirits, and Convulfive motions are calmed, and by de- EWCS the Epileptick Fits are firl't alleviated,and at lafi wholly conquered, and Nature refiored to a {alutary condition, which I have often feen by the Blefs fing of the Supream Phyfician upon methodical Prefcription and Application Of this cafe Learned Ulingim giveth an account in Mfi'flllll'lo Curiafir mm. 1674., 167;, and 1676. p. 280. Air illr, Serenij]: a: rclfifllmi "Prioripir, DFerdinandi Alberti Dua'r Brunfwiceflfir, (9»Lunenburflgenfirfiliolm1mius armi, Conwulfltmibur Epilepticit admoa'imz era! obnoxim‘, tum Iii; Iraq;grin/1' tor afiigeremr, at tandem Wham rum morn: Colllllllltdfef. Corpm (j!!! (lie 27 74% Family, Roots of Valerian; The Leaves of Rue, Lavender, the Flowers of 1673. aperui, (9" lientm induramm, kirrbnflznl, (9v fore lapio/ofitm inc/eni- Time, Lily of the Valley, Betony. Preparations made of Swallows, Daws,é\r. fin "Cii-"fr' A Falling-ficknefs may be alfo produced by a. quantity of GenrtalLiquofa fixiuiylilrilfl. long lodged in the Seminal Velfels, or Proltatcs, wherein it acquireth a VI- iiiiiffnm rulent nature, communicated to the Blood, carried by feveral Vclfcls to the Of Proper Medicines. ' . _ . , Specificks (which highly fpeak an advantage in the Cure of thrsDifeafc) iiaiifiddi are numerous, viz. Amber, Captor, Coral, Camphor, Mug. Altos, a Hu- Shir?" mane Skull, Mifletowe of the Oak, or Apple-tree, Roots or Flowers of . Theft Medicines work by fectet qualities, and it is very difficult to de- 31133525 tin-mine the manner of their Operations, in taking away the caufcs of this Spkzyiyci; ifeafe, which I humbly conceive, do conlii'c much in over-fermentanve ‘ 4" " Cortex of the Brain, where it infeéteth the Surcm Nerwofitr, giving 3 are?" annoyance firli to the tender Fibrils of the Brain, and then to the Nerves of the Blood, vitiating the Surtm Nero/oft", caufing the Falling-ficltncfs as It the Body, (which are a continuation of them) cauling Epileptirlt Fit-S and A PetDeath. ‘3 received into the fibrous Compagc of the Brain, and Ple'xes of Nerves; whereupon demerits, in Nitro-fulphureous, and fornerimes Vitriolick {harp Particles of |