Cutaneous, and Qjfeous, the firfFmay be,ferm<fd Meftnteifieal# the
Glands there being obftru&ed, and thence eifuefthe Rickets, or
Gonfumption ; the other fpecies are attended very often with
that Herculean Diftemper, called a Spina Ventofa , 1 have; feen
the Scrophulous Glands of the Mefentery, impleted with a pellucid
Liquor, not unlike the White of an Egg, and fometimes
likeHoney, which no doubt proceeds from no other caufe than the
Serum made too Vifcid by its faline Particles, which then ftagnites
diftends and fwells up the infterftices of the Fibres, and thence
proceed their bignels, and hardnefs , this humour being fong
entertain’d, and lodged there, at length acquires fo high an A-
crimony, as by the perpetual Corrugations of the Fibres* they become
Cancerous, and very difficult, if not incurable, wherefore
in this Cafe,before the Patient is too much Emaciated, or tie He-
dick too far advanced, after the- common Method iM^ nöt. An-
fwer’d, it is prudent, as well as necellary to attempt a Salivation,
managed with great care, and difcretion,as to the Cutaneous Sero-
phules, occafion’d by a Vifcid Lympba , diftënding - the- Miliary
Glands; their Tumours are ufually foft, whiteb* rand without
pain, and common both in Young, and adult Ferfons, but are
by a gentle Salivation eafily removed ; In the Spina Ventofa in the
joints, or elfewhere, the Bone is Carious, and the Humour fo
Virulent, it fwells the Bone like an Honey-Comb, and fdthe-
times throws it off in Exfoliations, or by digefting it in a purulent
matter,this is feldom, or difficultly Cured,but often terminates
in a Confumption; I have known fome linger long in this Malady,
aduaf Cauteries apply’d to the Bones, and Salivation car-
ry’d on very regularly, and that too for no ffiort time, yet all
thefeproceffesunfuccefsful; I cou’d wiffiour Learned Chirurge-
ons in this cafe wou’d make their utmöft Applications, for the
difcovery of fome Ipecifickto correct this Humour, I have often
feen a bright Silver Probe, turn’d to a Livid Colour by merely
paffing it into the Orifice , wherefore to me it feems probable
fome potent Alkaly might be thought of to be of ferFice
here.
And
And now. having) dilpafeGhedr,my remarks on the preceding particulars,!
ffiall enter on the Tr^ftjfe. of other Chronical Difeafee,
and; fince after all myiiObferv^ioniS! ip v Matumi Hiftory,- Man
juftly affumes the nobleft part in the Creation, for whofe good
each individual in r its proper Sphere Idoes, or ought to A&. in
this World ; he only then may Challenge our ftrifiteft enquiries:
Here indeed is a; Field large enough, and a fubje<a too Copious
for thefq Sheets, I ffiall therefibre contrafit my felf.oh the feveral
Heads, and be as ffiort as the -fubjedlsuwil! admit j:: and; ffiall firft
begin with that Diftemper called the Scurvy, as being the Balls
of many others.
^ E C T . ; I.
Of the: XC & R V % Z
I Thought it neceffary to give a full account of this Diftemper^
that I might thereby more fully illuftrata thole that are Concomitant
with it, - in prder to which, I ffiall ifi 'the firft place, acquaint
you with its various Denominations aftiongft the Greeks^
Arabians, Latins , Germans ^ Hutch andv-Dart«; in the fecond
place (hew in what GöuntrftsitismoftEpidemica], and affiga
the reafon of that j and thirdly^ ffiall 'd^ljfibe Its various Symi-
ptoms, with a rationale of thèm.; and * filtjftrate theft by varioüs
Hiftories; and liftly, lay down a general Method of Cure fof
the Whole. The' Word Scurvy. moft probably took its Namé
from Hanijh, Dutch, or Saxon, •'•pdtticidafly:i0 ^n}*M^a3 0 ^:idii
Schobrock, Scorbockj Scheerbimck, Scharmundt,IjScharbeek, which in
thofe Languages fighifie, or denote a feti.dnefs of the Breathy
Gripes of the Bowels, and UhiVerfal pains, a Debility of the
Limbs, and fpots upon the Skin, whim* tê> this* Diftemper being
mfeparated Symptoms, it is evident the Word muft be derived
from thence. By Matceüus in the' time’of Grattan and Theodojiusi,
Roman Emperours, it was fttled nb Gfcitatione, from frequent
yawning ufually attending this Malady ; Pliny affigns it a
different