m The n A t u t y k lLM H
Acids. The ttès-THftëi»»
per is theiLepdi•aa^lsas,'dïÉélMl^€örél4 fe dfcf;tMt<J«aKs/ta
ObferVatfoif, , lts '• caü’fe ï také j g g ‘frotii ¥&fetile Aririmomous
Particlësv:t e withaTecülentBile'1 and fepêïatèdr%|v the- Mil-
GlahdM thé $$% dttèoVffd iby-IL'ee^hóck^ tiüAsJ&dpfi-
gw y aA^fting^teafEónör-éte intö a Dr£> Whité and M o »
furte^That the caufe of thisS^|*omsds:.ffcfwfudi^b^m(*ii-
öüs Particles* is eyidént from ihrMcoïMimr;oi éievÓëiml^
jandthê Gleéting, continual ï t e h ^ -and- Stingn%rydw(bichaih
very obvious. This Symptom is- not fo-common amou^^sthe
Europeamf as the Indians, particularly ïn the- Mindm^Ahigan,
and PH/ijf^ihe'IflandsP where it is^almoft E^idëOftiOai ^the^l^tives
there are Bohmueh diftnrbed at it, ï‘ia^ingU^minlCahé.‘4 y
getables there produced, the difcovëfy of whidiHcotfd^uotjyet lie
extorted? from -them fey any Method whatever.-r In thisfra-te of
the Difeafês*I haVe frequently Salivated-thfe P ö t i ^ ^ f tV t ó
as <ïflëxi' return’d, yet have .more than once known if Cu*ed<by a
^ong ::êontSnuancé Ülthé- AïMöIse of1GMlyiÉatë A¥af^^höïd
Baths, and an univerfal abfHnènce from Flefh Meats*- b f ! which
Regimen that Learned, and ingenious Gentleman, Edward Bay-
fiord, Do&or of Phyfick, and Fellow of thèCollege ÖfrPhyiictans
gave me the firfrintimation. Who fome Years agoirbcbVerqdra
Patient at the Bath, when Bathing, a nd Drinking tfttfe* Wafers, I
and repeated Salivations had altbeen infuccefsful -, theiPêrfcml
faw at Löndb«, in perfeét Health, and I believe to this: dayceon-
tinues fo ; fometimes in this Diftemper there happens a< flux Of
Blood from the Bowels, ftiming and black as Pitch, cauFed by a j
Rupture óf the Veffels, but this Symptom being in a -great mea-
fure accounted for before, I Chall not recapitulate.: By the Vif-
cidnefs of the Lympha in this Diftemper, thé Nerves that ibrhnch
into the Mufcles become Obftruded, hence in the hands I have
often obferved the jChorea Santti. Vhi ^ or the Dance ó f Strtfitur,
when fey the Antiek motions of the hands, the Perfons feems
to Mimiek Buffoons and Juglers c And fometimes-in the Thighs
from a parallel 1 caufe arife ,thofe Unaccountable Cohvulfive
Motiohs; that orièmight reafonably have concluded fome living
Animal
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Animal had fhére.takèn its abode, § } motfon^ '.pefojjiv-
ed by every Mufclejf except thefSphioófers) ..hayjngcfëoppófitè*
or-Antagonift, henceasorie: Dilates ft hei other Cont&aSj fotlaat
the NërVes obftru&ed irféitbfer pfetherq^: èhfe: Humours* ffuch
kind of m & f t i x Having now -affighed
the. Rationales of kstfivafrious (%riipfpms 3 n-ja:limple ^tatfe, imlhe
hexélpkce withV ttfe Jaundi&i
Strumas I period# ■ Hemrania^yEpdepfies^Merkgoh § 3 f
Aftbmasj, and:
the SyihptomsfedngibefqteaacoUiMsd f^arArtp^tswcahplkatis
on with thq Jaundice arid Dropfy ,• I flisHl g|®;|orflfo;m©feifta®c^
in my eofuing: DifooUffe
Hypothefis by peculiar Demon fti-atibnjn ..the Diffefribris of fome
Perfonssthat died; of the Fatn^ f £ will onjyiiïferti tl%cfco£fwo
Perfont yet i livings iand* in Health ,fo this ToVvn of óH^mhefkerf
the one was of Mr. James ;Sc$y the ridhsrlqfeMrs.3mltm,Mifo
to one of our Ghéplains; theSfeih wa^Yello^jvarid Tiivid, the
Eyes YelknV, theUririeBlackj.and ffefcteMng^Murri, :itsquan4
tity fmall, the Appetite dejeöed^ the TiroHsiwéw4 ;;gnd fitted,
a continual Thirft., and: univerfal Wéaknefs prlthefè ifey
Emollient, Hjdkaggp., Amijmkttks, >Arkë(iems^aiAfeHtives)
Stomachics , and Ghalibeated. SyFups prepared irorm.Sjd Marks,.
were to the furprize oftheiracqUaintance-reftofecl tofthéfripéig
fe£t Healths: By a method not much kmlike'-this
covered the Lady Leiceftetj of Higher-TaMèy. An ^hëJbire' ', who
was then afflióled with the black Jaundice,/j. a violent 'Memcratiïa
complicated with'ihis Diftemjjer.;
| One remarkable inftance I will infert iribre^i :df MroS^b«-:^^
burn, Steward to the Honourable. Bartholomew Whaknefyrof
Dunkenhall in Lancajbire, Efq; in whom thefe Symptoms were
obfervable , he was inceffantly tormented with an intolerable
Head*Ach, to that intenfe degree, that even Life it felf grew
burdenfome, and had not the Dictates of Confcience interfer’d,
cou’d have acquiefced willingly in a Manumiffion; The Spirits
fey the (aline Particles of the Blood, were put into fuch diforder-
ly motions:, that he often fancy’d the Perfons attending him,
P were