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Show 126 ‘ s and Virtues. Of PHARMACY: 0f MEDICINES zyéd m SURGERY. We have an Inflance of this in the Digellion of fieliiiieents in the intefiinal Tube, by the Help. of the fahval diffolvent, and animal Heat, whereby their intimate Union and '1 exture are de. firoyed, their Taile, Smell, Colour, and Confifience, and all other Qua» lities are removed; from whence new Chyle is generated, and the Ftrees which go off by Stools. We have another Example in the Fer. mentation of Vegetables, particularly [tweet Grafer, which by that Means are deprived of their fweet temperateNature, and. are changed . . into an atldaflz'rituam or vinous inebriating Liquor. ' _ The CAUSE of this putrid andfermmtatz'rue Dzflilutzon is the intelline Motion of the moilt Parts, and the copious Influx of an extremely ac. tive hot Matter; for no Solution of any Subllance'can. be brought about without Moifture ; f0 that without Water, which is the principal Moifiure, neither Putrefaction nor Fermentation .Wlll enfue. This is the um'ruer/al Menflruum which infinuates deeply into the Pores of B0dies, and by its confiant intelline Motion disjoins their l'arts, and alters their Situation. But this is performed more lpeedily With the Ailiflzince of Heat, which is a. more rapid Motion of the mthereal celelhal Matter, endowed with an expanfive Power, propelling from the Centre to the Circumference. And while the Moiflure afts upon the fermentefCible and putrefcible Matter, it refolves the faline, fulphureous, and earthy Parts, takes them up, and carries them along into the fame Monon of Fluidity. . Fermentation and Pumfaflz'on agree in this, that they both are performed by the intelline Motion of the moiit and hot Elements, though their Eifefls are greatly different ; for aful/iljuremr inflammaélc Spirit 15 produced by Fermentation, and a volatile uriflou: Spirit by Putrefaéhon; whence this lalt is always attended with a firong foetid Smell. Anion! juice: being void of Acids, will never ferment, for without thefe, which are lirlt to be fct at Liberty to act upon the oily Parts, there can be no {uch Effect produced. There are Ve etables likewif'e that will not ; ferment but they are all {ubjecl to Putrefgflion. Some of thofe that evil! rial few/1671! are Gar- lic, Onions, Leeks, Squills, Horfe-radiih, Muftard, Arum, Cabbagess Scurvy-grnfs, and other Herbs, Seeds, and Roots, which when rubbed or fcraped, exhale an acrid Vapor, that will excite Sneezing, and hung Tears into the Eyes. Thofe l/egetaélsr that mil/ferment are all the beads of Plants that may be ground into a dry Meal, fuch as Wheat, R)'€~ Barley, Oats, Rice, Indian Corn, is}. All l'ulps of ripe Fruits [hat have a tartiih Stveetnefs. All Flowers, Leaves, and Roots that ténd rather to Acidity than Putrefaflion. The Sap of certain Trees \i'thh diflil from them when wounded in the Spring, as the Birch, V'inc,ti‘alnut and Pine-tree. All faponaceous juices of Vegetables, flich as Illallllfl) Hang, the Pad) thtI m, Sugar, and other Kinds of them that are no: gum/av, halfamic, ail/fluent, or rqflzrow. 1'29: 19/: ofSh-eiigr/v depends on too great a Plenty ofBlood, which may ren~ der the Pulle flow and weak. In this Cafe Bleeding is necellhry, and the Pulfe will mend foon after the Blood begins to flow ; all the {slum- ,ry Excretions will {con after become more‘natural and free ; and it is a common Obferva tion that the Men ['5 will often bleeding in the Foot. Likewife the Co/z'z'rvmg/r flow regularly after of [fipocoomlrxarr has been removed by the Kii‘ne Means. Even Perfons in Years who fan: well and have a good Digcllion', have by frequen t Bleeding arrived a good old Age. , . . lllit'zllnf in (mliizual and acute Fro-err is often ufeful , and iiecezlla ry', and if oniltled a P/xreigfir , Qazfifly, Pcrzfizriimozjy, or {ii/Tmmzazfm of the Sta» :‘ita'lz may lupervene. And if there i: a Plat/Jerri it.will be proper in the inf/tag, (alarrltal, pilgrim , and maria/loll; th‘rt, for then Nature will be enabled to throw the noxious Matter upon the Skin" But if the Flu»~ n"; are deficient, the Strength fails greatly in the Beginning, and the l'ulli: isu‘eak, flow, and hard, with a Dejeétion ol‘Mind, Bleeding is dangerous. bumeti'ncs it may be ventured upon witlLSu ccefs when the Spots are ou‘, as has beenobfcrved in the milz'ary Freer; of Childvbed women, with great Anxiety and Fainting, as alfo in the Smallpox, when a DE/l-~ mm has been coming on, and a great Slralglj lmf/J of the l'rrzartillt {cem- 61 to threaten Death. Bltealizg is dangerous in the Pmoxyfm: ' . or" intermitting Fevers ; in (lf'liptz'r, hjflrric, and bjylacljafldrlsz Fitr, when With internal Heat and Anxiety. , But when the Extremities are cold, tliereis Spalhis ofthe lower Parts, and the Blood is carried inipet uoufly to the Head, to as to threate n 0n "pap/ox}, then Healing in HM firm willbe proper. A fligl‘l‘ flpapli‘xj 3f"? be cured by bleeding freely. ,This, in hyfleric Women full of ‘ load, is often mil'taken by the unflrilful for fainting ; whereas in Faint» fig the Pal/E (ea/u, and the Faceis pale ,- and in an :Ipop/efiic Fit the Face h ml, and the Pam? is large and gum. , . . " Iiviolent and obllinate Pains of the Head, ; in melancholy Madnefs, 'ffllgv, Ophthalmia, Quinfey,' Eryfipelas of the Head, Bleeding will be £032? ChCHl'orelimd, Temp/er, Miller #33 Tongue, and iii the yiign/m'r. 1.0;] at; mills .eii)d.ach. Ophthalmia, and, Quiniey, it is .bellV uncerr the {migr‘mflf a rlirenfy, Melancnoly, and is lo uhlkilliiluglj'lmltm" be melt properly internal Palllroi the lac-am, opened :. _But itthc Surgeon, Lem}! of [h tFat ,e cannot find it, then the Von: winch runs the. l?f\'§the Tume orefiead and is a Branch of the external jugular, will W", and thry l' l: igature muft .be made round tne Neck under tie yliifthe Blood fitient mull ltold his 'Bre'ath :r. t Re IOWer Pals cargieo to tne‘HeaCi With to faCilitate the Qperiiticiz. lmpetuofity from me Spaims {mm}, o‘fEloncsiyflt e‘n'bleed in the Arm or foot firlt, leh too great 21 int 6 me P/0 llOUlfl DE‘JIn‘llltcd to the Head. , ' 1 1-, lei/uni Pi/mflf/fyl/y (and 1 m-zlmy‘eummgv it is bell to bleed in tue "Lit, . >10 inake a Kern/tho be cured by a Dianna-ifs alone. . . inc lost, When Elle/ii: It is belllto bleed <1n a neighbouring l'att, as zit t, Butifthcb ill-ales are suppreh led‘; as alllo Ill. 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