tKê’éaiifè of intermittent Diftempersin a certain Spirit, pièrcing
through the Mood and ertfringeven the Pknetralia oF the Nerves.
To évincé this take Hippocrates's Thoughts, (out jPrimitive Stan-
dkrd in-Phyfick) lëF âdy’one èoàlhlt his Boofette FMtèbtâÇ fwfrere
they may firid-iieafligns the caufe of intermittent Diftempers to
cértain Maligiiant Spirits commixt with the ■ Animal Spirits ; I
will ofilÿprodùëe, twö1 ihftàncfe Mafing to the thing,!>Ae l5 rft
fe this Aphörifm «* «c ww« Tux>a,lx) off«« pfTrcLTriirlwt (tiwpoeswiQn which
words Duretus:, thus Comments, ‘‘The Senfi 'tf a h f xÜd Caufe
fir jt arifes m ihe L im bs f hen oourfingthrough the Back e fe& s the Head^
but fu ll occa/iond by an ill Di?eftiân, Iniaiiother
Aphorifm thus, A» c* »»t« «a^ cct©. dpfeTnt af%*« Aov, i om&hich
words the fame Author thus proceeds, Bor.: 'aRlgourorChitiinefs
in the Back, denotes the S e a t o f the Diftemper there;, hut fepeatetfte
words oceafion’d by an ill Digeftion, # # as ! Hippaèmes
faid before, it is plain fromthefe Aphorifms and Commentaries,
this Catheöick Habit- of the Blood affixt to the Nervesy j wai the
caufe of intermittent Fevers, in pag. 130. & i 31. Ke add&thus,
“ This caufe may be given for the Yawn ings, and .Strê&hmgs,
T which are common Symptômes: in this Diftempgf£ fan thé
« Nerves,Tendons,andLigaments,by cortcenter’dBlood grow hot,
“ and are contraled, and by the Flatus’s force: are as it wefe
u diftorted,
HoUerius in his ffeêoml Book of Diftempers, a^.Tays,
“ It was Cuftomary among the Ancients, and pra&ifed by the
|f Modems, that befides other Medicines directed befofé the fit,
“ upon its approach to Anoint the Spine, Scapulas’s, and Arms,
“ and ufe the Oil of ChamOmel prepared with Wild Cu-
w cumers , with a Decoâion of Rofe-Mary in it ,, and other
‘‘ ingredients agreeable in a Pàïfy , fo thofe crafs Humours
# which Pccafion’d die Quartan, and produced the Palfy, were |
prevented.
may be noted, “ In Diurnal intermittent Fevers after the Spine
w is Anointed with Peruvian Balfome made warm, half an hour
“ before the fit, let five or fix drops of the fame, be taken in a
“ little
,rt: little ^ jue ^f^fore,; d^% §ï'it EdUysjall their, Rymptpjnsif
f‘£^pe^ted |w i^ :!9rrthr^i^ ^ I
Valkfiufi in-his fixth Se<ftipjTjof Epidécnick Diftempers,^. gm,'
tbps proceeds; To wha# -yvay bffq^preferibed the Mgypftfói
Nitre may he added, !, witliCoriander and Cummin Seeds applyed
. to3 the iQrjfice qf tbg ^er^, in Barrennefs and in intermittent Fq-
ver^ to the Cpip^and tflf whple Spine; He alleges the tits arife
thence, from all which it is, evidept,- the Qp.ini^ns ,pf the And--
.e:ntS;jiyere, that all,int^tmiftent Fevers arofefrptK, % certain fermentative
matter*. impaled, upon tbfiNfffifh bufknpw not hpw
tpexpluin tfif; Modup through: th^ir; JgnQjrance Jin Anatomy,which
>i& .brought to a* :Noble pef fe^tjpn.in.Pay§9>rhut; thf£ is;npt
not fo much to. our purpofe, it is fufficient for me. .to fhew J^efe
were the Sentiments óf |hPj Ancients. kj3
I cannot therefore fee why the noted Dr. Morton m his.firft Ex-
erdtatipn ofintermitténtFeyer^^.ja;; thus argues againft the Ancients,
in thefe words,Argumentu qua hiHypothefi mftfggeaerali
limus penJitatisy Tiemo qpinor ip receptaciilis.,
Mentem veterumCollocabit,vpumdngremioSpmpJum £e%$ffyr'e cpnce^ •
the arguments duely confiderd which ..we ur.gedj.in our genersl
Hypothefis, no one, I think , will place
fchë common receptacles,. the 6p\y#lf, pr pther ^cefTes ip^jNa-
ture as the Aocients wou’d, but fplely ie the Spirhfj JSa^-gC-
furedly bylhe inftances quoted the Opinions of : the Ancients,
placed the Caftfes of intermitting Diftempers in ,the ,Spirits. , ,
paying npw m^deit' highly probaMf ithftt intermittent
arife from Saline Particles Coagulating the ferpus partof,jfie
Blood, it now remains, to fhew how it produces thefe Tfage^
dies,and aflfign the feat of the Diftemper : Upon the Coagiü^ti-
ons accruing in the Mafs of Blood, the Lympha is render’d too
Vjfcid to be feparated by its proper Veffels , lienee .it regurgitates.
back or forces its way: through more open Paifages, .x\yh^ch.
we may reafonably fuppofe to be .ithe .CpnglomerateGlands ;%téd
in the Amjaj.oï the Stomach, and Bowels, hence by repeated
'Circulations thofeSalt Humours are difeharged uppmthe Stomach
arid Bowels, firft, producing but flight Corrugations, or Tremblings,