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Show 88 SEMEIoTICE;or,‘ 972a SIGNS ofDISEASESJ jec‘t, or has contrafled; the Pofiure he was in at the Time of be" in:r wounded, {3°C. iThe DI A G NOST r c Sign: difcover the prefent State of the Dif'. cafe, and aflifi injudging of its Caufes and Nature. They are diliinguifhed into common, proper, po/ifi‘ve, exclnfive, unimm], annimrnl,feifléle, rational, and Pat/yognomonic. Common Signs are thofe which are always met with in the fame Kind of Diteaies. As for lnf'tance, a Tumour is a common Sign of all [nipzfl/ynmcs. Praper Signs are thol‘e wich are particular to each Dirreall', and make a Dzfldrcnce between feveral Difeafes of the fame Kind ; for Example, Fluff/ration is a particular Sign which fliews the Difference between the Tumour Where that is found, and the Tamonr where it is not found. Panties Sign: determine {0 clearly concerning a Difeaie, that we cannot doubt ofit ; thus a mnfiderabie Hemorrhage from a Wound 89 Patbognonzonit Signs are proper to a Difeafe, are infeparabler from a, and arife from its Nature. Thus the Sinai/rife of the Pal/é is [he Pat/ngnomanir Sign of a Fever, and a Flux of Urine from a Wound in the hypoga/irium is a patnogncmonic Sign that the Blad- der is penetrated. PROGNOSTIC SIGNS are thof'e which help~ us to forefee the Duratimz and Event of a Difeal‘e. They are taken from the Degree, the Didereiice, and the Complication ofD‘i‘eal‘es; from the Nature of the difordered Parts, and their Necelhty for Life and Health 5 from the Accidents, Age, Temperament, and Sex of the Patient; from the Dificulty of applying Remedies, and the like. Nothing is {0 important in tome Difeafes as to be very attentive to the enfin/e Signs; the (Quantity and Qiality of the Urine and other Excretinns, fuch as Sweat and Perfliiration; the Manner in which the Patient lies; the State of his Stin, Eya, Counlenance, is a pnfltiw Sign that there is a Veliel opened. Excinflvc Signr, by teaching that :1 Di cafe is not of fuch or {uch a Kind, difcover of Nature and Degree ofthe Difeaie. what Kind it really is. Thus when a Patient has the Hicrnp with a l'hmiting of mm; JWaHer and Excrcnzrnts, if there is no Tnnwnrin the Groin or about: the L's/i; we know there is no Hamid, and there- The Knowledge of the PULSE is highly xiecefiary; for the Pulfl is produced by the Dilatation, and by the alternate and fuceeffive Contraction of the Heart and Arteries, by the Means of which the fore we conclude that it proceeds from the Mac Pnjfzrn. quiiwral Signs are thole which appear in leveral Kinds of Difcafes. For lnilance, Pain in any Part and Di unity of [Motion are (nine/rm! Signr, becaufe they equally belongr to a Luxation anda Fracture. Uniwcnl Signs are never met with but in one Kind of Tongue,and Pui/e, which generally give a {uflicient Infight into the Blood is conveyed by the 'ieart into the Arteries, and by the Ar- teries into the Veins, which bring it back to the Heart. Thimlb and charaéierife it: Thus in fearching the Bladder if we meet with a lira-d Body it is 2 animal! Sign that the Patient is afflicfited with the Stone. Sewn: Signs are thofe which are evident to the Senfes. Thus by the Sight we know a bad Conformation, an external Solution of Continurti', (5 By the [fearing we perceive the fraélured PICCCS make a crackling None. l By the Smiling we dikover a M'ortifica- the [1' Eng we are hire of the Extent, Depth, and Direc- 15"th 1» H'Ol‘ml or Sinus. By the Til/fa we may determine tllC Kind ()iiiluiti which proceeds from a VVound, that i3, if it is 131/6 or any other jUZ'I.'-z:n:-'. Rational Signs are that: which Reaion dil‘overs; Theli: arc mt properly lpeaking Sig/Jr, hut Cont/2553275, that are dru‘vfli iioni m it)" my! Sign: relating, to the Difeaib, their ngi'ee, their Circzmg/inna‘fi and roir‘wnisnt Rat/Main. In this Cale we mull have Regard to tilC 'l‘hnttitnm that are impaired, to the Part afl'eétea' , to the Evacua- Lilill‘i hippientri ur p11-tcrnatural ; to the Situaticn and Kind (,l‘l'ain \Ai‘lliLil tilt‘ l).i!i<‘l‘ri lite-153 and t0 il‘iC (I‘lllllglhl Wife." "I; .. i-iiV-‘y-l {Lime-. L11. l,/i'\_/,‘.Lr, '- I \ -Iu Hum Thus this Puifation which arifcs from the Circulation of the Blood, is very proper to difcover the Alterations that are made in it. Of SIGNS from we PULSE. . With Regard to (Motion, the PU L5]: is only ot‘four Kinds, great, I'M": Will's flow, from whence ari‘fe two others, VIO LE N T, WEAK : For though a PM": may be {aid to be HARD or SOFT, this refiners the flrtery not the zifotion therein. There is another Well worthy to be taken Notice of, and that is the Con vu LSIVE, nth thrafl‘or)', tremulous, {uhfultory l‘viotion, as ifthe A'riery were drawn upwards. This in acute Finer: is a Prefage of Death, and may be called the Paw: of the Dying. "laugh a Pal/2' may be termed FREQUENT or RARE, E‘LUAL 0" UNF- QVUA Liand lN'rER MIT T l N G, the former only "thrill the Sand/ion and Series of h'iotion, the [atler the Smog/[373}; and Order. In tome Vi/"riters we find the Diltinétions numerom though, Thus with them the PM]? is fining, violent, great, fir/Z. if). 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