Volume 1

The works of John Fothergill, M.D. ... / by John Coakley Lettsom.

  • John Fothergill
Date:
1783-1784
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Credit: The works of John Fothergill, M.D. ... / by John Coakley Lettsom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    36. Contradis itaque [§ 1.] mufculis abdo- minalibus et rigefadis, fere inftar columnae illius offe^, quas polteriora tuetur, vi hujufmodi nulla movendae; compulfo fimul valide diaphragmate, cui inferius offa pelvim conftituentia immobilia opponuntur; omnimodo ventris infimi capacitas anguftatur, dum hinc atque hinc, fuper fubter- que, contenta ejus ardiffime conftringuntur; nec pundum fere in tota regione abdominali ingen- tis preffurae expers reperitur; cujus vim admo- dum infignem effe teftatur vehementia, qua fur- liim exploduntur ventris contenta: certa enim fuadent experimenta, nullam ineffe ventriculo potentiam contradilem, quae illa poffunt exhau- rire ; donec confpirans fimul partium modo me- moratarum compreffio fortis evacuationem inte- gram abfolvat. Tantae ergo violentiae vifcera fubjeda mollia participes fiunt, unde infignes utilefque effedus exfpedandi. 37. Antequam vero harum difquifitio inllitu- atur, incolarum abdominalium adiones, me- thodo fequenti, generatim difponere haud alie- num eftj iit perfpedis horum muneribus, facilius cernantur mutationes morbofe, clariufque pa- tefcat quot quibufque modis in fubfidium venire poffit compreffio vehemens, mechanica, alterna, in haec vifcera. 38. Horum munera praecipua funt, ipto, In- geftorum praeparatio, ut naturae egeftatibus fuc- currendis nata fit materies. 2do, Hujus fepara- tio, ut quas refedioni apta fit ab ineptis amove- atur. 3 tio3 Ejufdem in fanguinein, per inftru- menta