parts in their ' Natural temper feeing of a loofe and;fpungy
Contexture, and cqnfifting of an infinite of Capillary
■Vei$3 and Aperies l which run «of Ba®allelt*:.ttoteafcdinterwoven
one with another, and corapofe an Aggregate of Spirkl lines;
hence the Blood in this cafe grown too grumoushy theAeid
Salts, more readily ftagnates hefe , and canfequently pqtrifies;
whence proceeds that fetidnefs or ftench of the month, called by
the Greeks r»j«***«**. By the fame Coagulations and Acrimonious
humours lacerating and diftending the Nervous parts of the
Lungs, thence unavoidably enfues a difficulty (^Breathing, and
fometimes a violent Hemorrhage, the Capillaries being thereby
Corroded, whence if thb Biarejts oi Rupture He of any eQftftdfp.-
ble Veffel, the Patient frequently dies. Vomiting Blood gftnoft in
an inftant; TheSpirits likewife by.thefe faline, feculent Particles
become entangled, fo that for wantof a due diftributioa jpf them,
an univerfal Laffitude and Debility happens: From fhef^ kind
of humours likewife falling upon the Nerves , and MemWapes
of the Teeth, they grow loofe, turn black, become hollow gad
decay, and thence enfue yjolent Tooth-Ajehsc^Rydtafe Acrimonious
Particles continually vellicating thofe parts, ajftnpor
and Numbnefs, I prefume, muft neceflarily follow, from an Qb-
ftru&ion of the Spirits, Vermiculations or Gteep&igs, Cqfduefe,
Itching, or Stinging, from the fame Humours lodging upon the
Mufcles and Membranes, as likewife thofe’ violent Hemftranias,
and Head-Achs, which are often periodical.. Somefiingl happen
unruly Gripes in the Stomach and Bowels, fometimef■ dry,
at other times attended with a Diarrhsea or Purging, the one
may be caufed by a Saline Acrimonious Vifcid Phlegme, adhering
to the Coats of the Stomach and Bowels, the other by an Acrimonious
Choler. It is obfervable thefe Symptoms happen frequently
about the Autumnal iEquinox, and commonly after a
very hot Summer, one as I prefume, by the intenfe heat of the
Weather generating too great a quantity of Bile, and the other
by the North-Weft-Winds, common at that time of the Year
which implete the Air with faline particles, which is manifeft at
that Seafon more than ufual. A remarkable inftance in this cafe
occurs
occursin the F h ilo fep h iealïr^ io n s, where a ^ c o ^ f e
given of a Lady
m the following mahner, Lftopd a|,|h? Winder, as|
couMjfeiw the Qouds, fog there fft^ü^riagfejleetir®Cioud^IfH
arife, andjbe fwiftly,earrfed ;bEQfs the \yhoie Rfenjeelt j ^ thefe
Clouds arofe and nighér, her tcaTOe-rtts-e^reafed,^^
were grievous as a Labouring; Woman’s, there was; not the ieat
Cloud but Lamentably affedted he% and . that at a eondderabhe
diftance, but by her' Shrieki , it feengdimore or ldlrac§drding
to the Wgnefs and nearpefs r of the Clouds, .'jfiis hft^pgg’d in
Seftemhery which is the tiipe: before-rented- fn; wfrigh tbe/Sy®
ptomsarermpft raging, and the Air mgft Nitj^s and ;%ltng] ft
is probable the faline Parties may ftiebuppnthe Miki
Prickles upqn an Hedge-Hog, :Sndioccafion thefe tormenting
Symptomiji When this Oiftempgr
firmd .Souryy, fts then frequently attended with fpqfiMy&noua
Colours , as Red, Liyid, ; Yellow, Green y and wkhUleer^
Puftules, or a White Scurff, the fame with the Lepra a-mongft
the Arqkiayfj and Indians j It^ is ■certain lA the jGapfl laty
of the CWix, notjunning in dired but rather SplroilLiMfi aod
forming a Retrg or Net, by the; ftagnation p.f the Bipod there, Y
fay, we difcpver thbfe fpots of various Colours in the Sfehb m
cording to the different Proportions df Choler inteinyxedywhmh
renders them Yellow or Green, &c. And as theHumow^; lae^uir#
a more interife degree of Aerimqny, it them proceed» toajfojntioi
of continuity, and thofe Seorbutick lllcers grow Numeroua ^
Lixivial fomentations are hereof ufe^ aqÉ’comö near to a fp§cS-
fick, an evident argument the Blood does ndt abound with: $0d
great a quantity of Alkalies, as Gdebmb. FboJifMy, and Ignorantly
imaginsv but doubtlefs with too many Acid, or AméMfy
tides. It is true, indeed, the Flefti may be corroded by an Acrimonious
Alkaly,<as in.potehtiab:cauteries;jof Lap. fyfefa&fe
but it is not then thefe Ulcers are Cured again by the fame
kind of Alkaly , their ufe there won’d rather enlarge the tJlr
cers; whence fa neceflarily follows,thofeUlcers that proceed from
the Habit of the Body, and are cured by Alkalies muff arife from
nioA ’ Acids.