Dr. Gregory's conspectus medicinae theoreticae : embracing pathology and physiology / with the original text, an ordo verborum, and literal translation. By John Steggall.

  • James Gregory
Date:
1855
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    provenieniia ex suppressione corum; nimirum quce imple- ant, de])leant, roborent lax- ent sHmulent soqnant corpus, ve dirigant sanguinem versus uterum; qualia sunt lautior victus, detractio sanguinis, stimulantia medicamenta, veluti niger helleborus, aut calidagummi, electrica aura, exercitatio, balneum, fomen- ta, oqnum, Sfc., neque erit mirum omnia, etiam lauda- tissima remedia scepefallere spem medici; neque sane credibile quodvis remedium unquam repertum iri, vel casu vel ratione, quod fuerit semper utile, que sanaverit morbum qui agnosoat tot que tarn varias causas,que noceat corpori tot que tarn diversis modis. 818. Porro menses hand raro vel prqfluunt nimid copia vel redeunt nimis fre- quenter : que alterum scepe jungitur cum altero vitio; nimirum quia utrumque ag- noscit fere similes causas. 484 eorum suppressione provenientia; nimirum, quse corpus impleaut, depleant, roborent, laxent, stimu- lent, sopiant, sanguinemve uterum versus dirigant: qualia sunt victus lautior, sanguinis detractio, stimu- lantia medicamenta, veluti helle- borus niger, aut gummi calida, aura electrica, exercitatio, balneum, fomenta, opium, &c., neque mirum erit omnia, etiam laudatissima re- media, spem medici SEcpe fallere ; neque sane credibile, remedium quodvis, vel casu vel ratione un- quam repertum iri, quod semper utile fuerit, morbum que sanaverit, qui tot tamque varias agnoscat causas, corporique tot tamque di- versis modis noceat. 818. Porro, menses haud raro vel nimia copia profluunt, vel nimis frequenter redeunt; alterumque cum altero vitio seepe jungitur; nimirum, quia utrumque similes fere causas agnoscit. the disorders proceeding from the suppression of them; as being things which can replete, deplete, strengthen, relax, stimulate, lull the body, or direct the blood towards the uterus: such are more sumptuous fare, abstraction of blood, stimulating medicines, as black hellebore, or the warm gums, the electric spark, exercise, the bath, fomentations, opium, &c., nor will it be wonderful that all, even the most celebrated reme- dies often deceive tbe hope of the physician ; nor indeed is it credible that any remedy ever will be found, either by accident or research, which will be always useful, and will cure a disease which acknow- ledges so many and so varied causes, and hurts the body in so many and such different ways. 818. Moreover, the menses not unfrequently either flow forth in too great quantity or return too frequently: and the one often is joined with the other disorder; doubtless because both acknowledge nearly similar causes.