Volume 3

The commentaries upon the aphorisms of Dr. Herman Boerhaave ... : concerning the knowledge and cure of the several diseases incident to human bodies / by Gerard Van Swieten ; translated into English.

  • Swieten, Gerard, Freiherr van, 1700-1772.
Date:
1765-1773
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Credit: The commentaries upon the aphorisms of Dr. Herman Boerhaave ... : concerning the knowledge and cure of the several diseases incident to human bodies / by Gerard Van Swieten ; translated into English. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But when mufcular fibres are ruptured by a contu- fion, without deftroying the adlion of the mufcle, it feems then to produce that very painful diforder which the ancient phyficians called {a'TrJ.aiJ.ct) a pulling or {onyi^n) a rupture. Galen “ treating of a con- tufion, fays, Manifeftum autem^ quod parv^e ven^e una cum came dividuntur in fuffujionum gene- rutione. Vuljiones (<y7rdafjLct']ct) autem fiunt circa jibras mufculorum amplius difientas^ ut nonnullie rumpantur^ et vacant proprie juniores Medici hos affedius rupturas (ptiy/xalct). Horum autem primus Hippocrates memi- nit^ etc. ‘‘ But it is manifeft, that the fmall vefTels are divided together with the flefh, in the forma- tion of contufions {iitx^[^<»u^rccv,) But contradions (o-Trda-iJLciTct) are made upon the fibres of the muf- “ cLes which are mofl diftended,; fo that fome of them are broke; which diforder is properly called by fome of the younger phyficians (priy/AoJa) rup- “ tures. But among thefe Hippocrates is the “ firfl that remarks, fsfc.” Thefe ruptures are thus defcribed by Hippocrates, ^ Quihufdam autem., cum tm- hecilles in carnihus aut venis vulfiones fadt^e fuerinty non fuppurantur^ fed diuturni fiunt dolores^ vocant rup- tiones (^pnyy.cLTo.'): “ But fome people having a weak “ diflention in the flefh or fmall vefTels, a fuppura- “ tion does not follow, but lafling pains are produced which are called {g'^syucticL) ruptures.” And in the end of the fame chapter he' adds, Fiunt enim vulfio- nes d lahorihus., et cafibus^ et d plaga^ et Ji quis onus majus tollat^ et ,d curfibus., et lubtd et ejufmodi omnibus: “ For contractions arife from hard labour, from acci- dents, and from wounds, or when a perfon lifts too great a weight *, as alfo from running, wreft- ‘‘ ding, and all fuch like motions.” He feems alfo to have fpoke of this in his Prasnotiones Coacs ^ * Commentar. 3. in librum Hippocrat. de Medici officina text. 31; Charter. Tom. XII. pag. 98. Demorbis, Lib. I. cap. 8. Charter. Tom. VII. pag. 541, 542. ‘ jS[°. 425, Charter. Tom. VIII. pag. 877. where