6;q
pfes Gonftkutions, and fo eârly ©fJlâîe
the P^rfonbecbmssGonfomptive. f
Upon the whole it is my Opinion, that
■^ÎJlma i& . Aforbed bÿ1the extremities of the Pefplf, ,«nd
theûeeeommùrijcated tp the mafs of Blood, whiehby its-CireP-
lation impregnates the Qwyfor.hovy is it poffible the Gout ór the
Stoke fliou’d be derived from the Father by a Seminal Air ? The
conclufion is very evident to the contrary ; but of this ! hake
treated before.,
1 lhall proceed now to the Symptoms of this Difieafe,• y hich
I will very briefly lay down as I have Experimentally found
them-
A lofs of Appetite, and Strength, generally attends the Path
entj.aarith a ftraitnefs or compreffion of ithe B r e a ffa tickling
ÇpUgh, the Spittle Large, Thick, White, aqd fometimçs Yçllâw,
Pgljpcid , Sky Colour’d , paetid, Salt, Apid ? Sweet, more
qccprdingto the Difcrafy of the Blood,..anft, the quality
dgffay Qbftruffico, with profufeTweafings in th| Night îfitnè,
a tabitoSpfthe Flefli, hot and çpld fits alternatelyî%cç§f^iki,
th§ Pfine Lixivial, with 3 very large ftdimentjijifl^tiihes f e llow,
andfpoietimes Red, many time? a Diarrhea, a.qd.Gripes
of the Belly torment them, with fwellipg pf the Extreme parts,
p Thefe thingspbferved 1 will now endorvpur to affign thefea-
fpn of thofe Symptoms, and firft, as to the loft of Appetite it
may thus happen, thofe Glandules feated in the lower part qfohe
Sjtpmaeh, which, were wpnt tp feparate fubacid Humpurs flowing
frpm the Arteries , by \yhich the Nervous Fibres irritated, the
Appetite was excited, but they being now clog’d with vftcpus
Humours,are render’d very unfit fpx that motion, hence proceeds
that loathing fif Meat : That there are fuch Humours is very apparent
in fo«ie Perfons after taking a Vomit, if we obferve the
great quantity of tough flegm they difcharge. '
By the fameVifcid Humours extravafated in the Lungs, the in-
fpiration of the Air is interrupted,hence proceeds that ftraitrjefs of
the Brea ft theFer fop complains of ; this glutinous matter feparated
by the tracheal Glands is often thrown up in large quantities, and
thik
this aIfo belmearing all the ^ | | | ihccafiôas hoârinefs the
Conglobate Glandules thus ftuft by thefe-Coagulations,' and the
Imall Foramina of the Lymphæduôts at the fame time obftruded i
:that Lyr^ha which ufed to pafs through, them,- now deprived of
its proper Emanâmes,- regurgitates into themafs of Blood, and
forces its way through unwonted Paffag.es, and thence it happens
tliat by the Glands or the Wind-pipe thofe continued fhowers
a»e diftillyLasis plain iffu^ckling Cough/ - r
T ^ ari^ ’^ îreafen H H H I « fe d b fk -
quent, .and hencè^bmesïhe BiarJhea^ -(^ipes, andi Swellings of
the extreme paft^'itcTk i {•;! - I „ .“r! | | g v ,
' Sometimes bJ thefe tough and clammy'HtLoufj the Glam
ddles of ths-Mefentery become Obftrnded, and even, the Chyle
it felf is intercepted in its Faflàgç.to the Blood, whence the whole
Body rob’d ofife daflymooriflimeat, the fftjepgtb decays, the
Patieht Emaciates, and the-Eicrements are often White,, the’ve-
ry La<SeàI, VfpfelsÉifappear , jpftas we may oblërvff«thé Milky
Way in the Heavens, .’ fereened from us by interpofingGlkuds. . ' if
Some portions 6f.r thie Chyle are precipitated ; by Saline Parti-?
des, thence liappensyhe Ipitfle/emitted by GqugH tb; be white,
thick, and fweetilh ; and fometimes urged through the Kidneys*
the Urine then becordes fiffed witSk white ^.land pleotifhllSedT
ment.
By the fubfidehcè’ of the Mtrfdes, the Prognoftication is Q*
minous, as the common People apprehend, the Soul then being
about to defert the Body and ready to take Wing; Hippocrates
and others of the Greeks Denominate fuck PerfOns irUtfvyuS'ii&.
The Glands of the Liver Obftruded forbid a due reparation of
the Bile, which rebounding into the Blood,and Fermentihg there
with its Acids, thence a flow Fever enlues^ anil the fame reafôn
may be alleged for fo large, a Yellow, of Red Sediment in a
Lixivial Urine. '
As'to the hot and cold fits fucceffively intervening, they may
very ealily proceed froth fuch a Fermentation* and fo unequal a
mixture of the four Chyle in the Blood.