Volume 2

Observations on the nature, causes, and cure, of those disorders, which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric. To which are prefixed, some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves / By Robert Whytt.

  • Whytt, Robert, 1714-1766.
Date:
1765
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Credit: Observations on the nature, causes, and cure, of those disorders, which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric. To which are prefixed, some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves / By Robert Whytt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and fuch like fymptoms,. were owing to the continuity of the membranes affect- éd, the gullet: and fauces ought to fuffer more than|the nofe; and. the lower or middle parts.of the urethra fhould be more pained than its extremity. Fur ther, if thefecinftances of /ympathy weré merely owing to the continuity of mem- branes, why does not the bladder fuffer in a gonorrhea, where there‘is a great ir- ‘ritation and pain near the extremity of the urethra? 102 iti ALruoucn a deafnefs has been fomie times cured by purging, this no more ar- gues a /ympathy between the ears and in- teitines from the continuity of the mem- brane that lines them,* than the cure of an ophthalmia:‘by the fame remedy, proves a fympathy between the eyes and bow- els. The effeét in both .cafes is chiefly owing to the derivation of the humours from the parts affected ; and hence bli- ftering the head often affords a more MOUORTIA.pI °C 2 fpeedy * Haller, prim. lin. shyfiolée: $555.