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The Spittle a$ we hinted before in:'this Diftemper is often
Thick, White' and Sweet, ocdifion’d by a Precipitation of the
Chyle upon the Lungs, and fometimes it happens to be thin,and
Pellucid, commixt with Thick, this; I conclude to be the Ljmpha
which inftead of paffing through its proper Duds, by reaf&ft of the
obftrudions of the Conglobate Glands,forces it felf through %ther
fecretory Veffelsj and in this cafe He mightily errs, who 'offers
obftinately to ftay the the Defluxion by Opiates; He might equal-
fy pretend to check the Billows 'raging Stcffnii
At other times the SjHttlesfe Sky CplonS)d,^Sait^ ^nd Bitiefj
thefe happen as the Bile, and Sails of differentfpeciesare «differently
intermixt.
There yet remains another Fattuliar Symptoffi to be explain’d,
how in this Diftemper the Urine becoming foVery Lixivial, and
depofiting fo large, and red a Sediment,yet affords a very grateful
and fweetffmell, notunlike thofe Urinesvoided afterthe Admi-
niftration of Turpentine,and preparations oLSulphur,: its fuper-
ficies at the fame time being all' ovfeifpread with a tffin ‘ Oleage-
nous Pellicle: In this cafe I fuppofe the Urine to. be highly fatu-
rated with Saline, and Vitriolick Particles, the Saline Particles
after their Efferveffence with the Bile Precipitate it, hence ea-
fues that vaft quantity of Sediment, and thofe two Bodies by
Fermentation grow Red, juft like Sulpher exalted by Fire, ’ and
thence it is the Depofita of the Urine appear fo like Brick ; -The
Saline Particles likewife in their Fermentation entangleffome
Oleagenous Particles, which in that hurry being forced through
the Reins, and the Urine thus impregnated, being expofed to
Air, thefe Oily Sulphureous Particles driving to difengage them-
felves, float upon thefurfaCe, and emit fo pleafant on Odour, an
inftancelike to this is in dulcifying Spirit of Nitre, with Spirit of
Wine, which muft neceffarily ftrengthen the Hypothefis, where
the like fmell is very diftinguilhable.
But now the Query is, whether in this State the Lungs areal-
ways full of Tubercles, as the Eminent Morton propofes; I con-
fefs indeed in thefe parts the People are generally as averfe to a
Diffe&ion, as an Execution, fo I neither deny nor affent to it;
yet
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yet ^s jar a^I 1 affirm, .that not one
Sympto^iphan Infl^nyat<^Fiy§r has appear’d in many Perfons
whd hatve-funktun4 ey|h^^,emper; to th^Opinion the .Hi-
ftory^of Dr. Bonnet 'ms ^ ^ skoat .of Theatr. Tablfior. p1 g.'£$.
i f f - ) “ Wh^h IvT iM ’# Phyficjt at[Brifiol, in that VauRel
"c City Confumpdo^^e very frequent, I^pt^ith fom.ethat
“ with no great ^ifficwdty fweetifh'Spittleje^ in
, ^i|fP'%aoe 0^ithtee,M^£it^.werel(gjo'yn>Verytfeeble, and epe!^
“jate, T^gfi^l^djOf afiAvko\much fatigu’d
. “ with Coughing, an^c^^aftipgHinf^nhbly dy§c(jTabid,for fatif-
“ faUidn in this, C^e we pgeued a^eytgin Perfqn^ who after he
“ had ceafed^Spitting ^fSaJt|;|jilegm, far, tone t^Coughedup
“ Blood, the Lpngs indeed^had loftjheir Tone,, (yett,both them,
“ and the other V^fcera appeared found. 1
Howe^miftake .me^ot, asif I,inJe^&om thisinftance, that
the Lungs in, Confumptiye Cafes w|xe pever" fijM wlt&Tuber-
cles, jfor I Jiaye'pften feemthem Ulcerated: I only affirm this,that
in this common Lcmcajhir^ Gonfurpptipn, where the Patient- fuf-
fers a daily decay, and continuallyrij^s off a Thick, and"White
Spittle, in the beginning,, I fay,, and epcreafe.of.this Diftemper,
the Lpngs cou d not be (pierced , nay I have known many die
without one Symptom of an He&ick, through the whole’ cdurfa
of the Difea^fe, fo that we may reafonably conclude their Lungs
cou’d not b^Ulcerated. .
Proceed we now to treat of the Pbtbifis in a. confirmed ftate,
and here we may obferve Nature every day declining , infomuch
that the Mafs of, Blood contra&ing a very Vitriolic habit; the.
Spittle tafteth j^ke Alom, or Salt of Steel, and now it is the
Saline Particles range at Large, and know no bounds, now. the
Fever becomes more continued and ftrong , by Fermentation
of the Vitriolic, and Sulphureous Particles; as when you mix
Oil of Vitriol, , and Oil of Turpentine together.»
By 5tbis Effervescence the Capillary Veffels of the Cheeks become
diftended , hence happens tha^ fixed red Colour on both
fides the Face, a certainrhgfial of approaching Death; juft like
R the