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Show 'fi‘. "1' l r m 0f the Screws}. 13.06 F'fi «‘7'? L, ,7 7,, ,, 7, 7,. if #ifi/fl- "mm", fiance ofthe Lungs, maketh a diflicult Refpiration; and this over-fretting g'iflasyfl: vifcid Blood taking its progrels through the ventricles of‘the Heart, maketh tiittimgmni Palpitations, Lipothymies, Syncopes , Irregular Pulfanons, and polypofc gfniiitiiiiislin Concretions, which proceed froma grols malls of Blood, which m Oving "" "m" (lowly, highly opprefleth, and is ready to fiifiocate the Heart. Having difcourled of the difcrafy of the Blood and its Elements in 3 Scot. butick difafl‘eétion; I will take the freedom now to declare, how the ill principles of the Purple juyce do infect the nervous Liquorwvhich in its own The ngrvous Ingeny is very mild and thin, endued with fpirituous, and Volatil [aline #353333 particles, much improved by the fubtle nitrous Particles of Air, advanced mfi‘c‘pfig‘?" with athereal Atomes,and is exalted by the more benigne influxes ofthe Sun, desof‘Air, d Moon, and Stars; whereupon the Animal Spirits hung a flibtle elallick an WW Nature, do infiiiuate themlélves between the Filaments of nervous Fibi'ils (conflituting the curious Compage of the Brain) and render them tenll: and fit for the exercifes of the nobler, and more mean operations of Reafon and Senfe, which they celebrate in great perfection, as long as the Blood is by tlicinlluentes oftiic PianCis. accomplifhed with fine vital Particles, which being very much impaired in an acide difpolition, or when it is debafed with grofs fulphureous, and laline Becrements, too much deprefling the fpirituous parts ofthc Blood; or when it is tendred vifcide, and oleaginous, by too much exalted oily Par- ticles, (combining with the laline) putting the Blood into an over-fretting difThcnttvtus polition, which vitiateth the purity of the nervous Liquor, and taltethofi‘ 323%}; ‘3; the brightnefs of the Rays and delicacy ofthe Temper, relating to the Ani- Mi. Of the Sartre}, and it: (urer. 1207 Cavity of the Stomach, and diliharged again by Vomiting; and Black Blood jsallo tranfmitted by the meltintery Arteries into the Inteflines, which dif- burden themfelves by bloody Stools; and other times the Spleen is {Wel- led, and the Liver fcirrhous, and the mefentery enlarged by tumefied Glands. . Aperfon of mature age, endued with a melancholy Conftitution, as havirig a Black fwarthy vifage, often bound in his Body, making a deep colonred Urine (highly tinged with choler) lomewhat rcfembliiig that of Fevtrs, was often difiurbed with naufeoufnefs, belching, and a pain of his Stomach, and with a bloody Spittle, and Bleeding, ulcered Gums, and {ometimes with bloody Stools, and a Tumor of the Groin and Belly ; thefe ['ymptomeswere much alleviated by Antifcorbutick Medicines for fome time, and then returned again, and were attended with more dreadful accidents 0F diltharging extravafared Black Blood out of the Stomach and Intefiines, by Vomiting and looltnels, which gave a period to his Lite. His Belly being opened, the Stomach and Outs appeared to be very much difiended With Wind, and being opened, they were found to be lined with BlackBlood, fpued out ofthe terminations of Catliack, and mefenterick Atteries, implanted into the inward Coats of the Ventricle and Cuts. The Liver being Diffeé‘ted, appeared to be hard and fchirrous, and its liibltance of a deep Red colour, refemblinga Heihy fitbllance; his Spleen was very much tumefied with grofs extravai'ated Blood, and the Mefentery 3551:53in mal Spirits, (by making them decline toward an acide difpofition) whereEiffhiinifrih. by they grow depauperated and difpii‘ited, as lofing their elallick Nature, and brisk active temper, the caufe of many Cephalick Difeafes, of Mealealcz. grums, Pallies, Tremors, Pains, Convullive motions, (‘76. which take their firfi rile from a difcrafy of the Blood, and nervous Liquor, refiding ina Scorbutick habit of Body. Many Learned Profeflbrs of our Faculty have made the Scutvey a kind of Far-raga of all Difeafes, which renders the Art of Phyfick confufed, in a complication ofnumei'ous Maladies, having one appellative: This may be truly was befet with many tumefied Glands, and the mefaraick Veflels were ten- allerted, that a Scorbutick habit of Body, proceeding fromadylcrafy 0i if:f,35ri‘:‘:":g Blood, is a Parent of many dilal‘leaions, from which aimed all ChroniCk maniDifcafcs Difeales take their firl‘t rile; whereupon in fuch cafes it is proper to mix Antifcorbuticks with other Specifick Medicines, that relate to particular Dilfleaics. The Antients As to the Cure of this Malady, the Antients conceiving it to proceed from Opinion tonifglniaiiilllracufe a melancholyHumor (feated in the Spleen) have direéted all their Medi3:;llk stur- Lines to the relicf‘of that part; butupon Dilleétioti it hath been found; rim tide Taft in his Mouth (coming From excoriated Gums, and other Ulcers of his Mouth ) and loofenefs of his Teeth, which were the attendants of ill Viftem, the caulEs of great licknefs determining in death. . _ 353,013,133", Patients ( labouring of many {ytnptomes of the Scurvey, as cutaneous 31?") "Emmy Scurfs, Tumors, Ulcers, wandring pains ofthe Limbs, fpontaneous WeariaAitiii-jim °f 119(5) lOOI‘CUCi‘S ofthc Teeth, and bleeding Gums) have had found Spleens, 2mm: I earned Horfliwt giveth an account of this, Tom. 2. lib. 9. 0M 4- (11" fl," ottiicScur- VE" Nflbilit Bart/arm almorum 36. Carpiilemm, Iaflima'iue flummnm, 7}"("111'11'5/1dis, nigrefrentr‘lmr, inn/rem degeneranlibur, in tritribtu (5‘ brat/stir [flee-fungi!" mania [0173c ante gingicmrum fanguinolemia, (J exitlt'emtin pmteflerdt, in tit/"‘1" t/iibiiaizdum qirin frorbuto confirmata labourer, in gym pofl matte/nlimflztwtiil‘ SM: 5 m. [WM Cor/litutianir, ewflua finguinem referent, invert/m fair. . . . rt mgr," Sometimes in this Difeafe the Stomach, Cuts, are opprefied With vomiting Stiffhigfi, 0f BiOOd, and Black Stools mixed with it, which proceed from a hot {2111ch at. mafs of Blood, of which fome part is thrown by the Caliack Artery, "1;: t An in {lane of the {aid cafe. TheCaiilc is o t» n i- flamed and corrupted, and the Pancreas l'cirrhous in the Scurvey. dred lo obfcure by many Glandulous Tumors, that they could be fcarce dilcerned. The Caule is oftenxendred, Firl't inflamed, and afterward ulcered and putrid, proceeding from a quantity of extraVafated corrupted Blood, fetled in the interltices of VelTels; and the Pancreas is fometimes difafl‘uéled with many lcirrhous Glands, proceeding from a vifcide Blood, full of concreted fa.~ lint Particles. , APerfoti of Honour fome years before his death, was anoyed with a fat- His Body being opened, the Caule was found (linking, and putrid, and his Pancreas full of indurated Glands, and the Melentery deformed With many Black varices of Blood-veilels. Iconceive the firft heat of this Difeal'e is the Stomach, flowing from an i1lCOncorStive Faculty of Aliment, proceeding from ill Ferments of the Sto- An inflante or a corrupted Caule. and {Cirrhous Pancreal. The fear and can re ofthc Scumy; m‘mh; as endued with acide faline Recrements, which infect the Alimentary fahne Extract, rendring it fometimes crude, and other times full of earthy do render the Parts, Which being carried with the €hyle into the Mel'entery, Glands of the Mefentery fwelled 5 and the grol's Chyle being allocated With the Blood, and not well allimilated into it, is carried by the Galiack Arte- and ry into the Stomach,and maketh Naufioufnels, Belchings,Vomitings, five. eing tranfinitted into the Guts, produceth Diarrhxas, Dyfenterys, accom- panied with rear ri es. ‘ The origiugal oféihg Scurvey being an ill Ch) le, proceedeth Ia Loefa Cims radiant»; whereupon Vomiting and Purging are very proper. to disburden the S(Omaeh of the crude reliques of Concoétion, and of biltous, and filinc ecrements, the ill Ferment of the Stomach, vx hich hinder the concoctiVe ch is difcharged of its Faculty) and vitiate Aliment : And after the Stoma troublelbme F 14 The original ofriie Neurvey isan ill Chylc. |
