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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    nimis; alvi fubdudio, fi lenis, parum confert, fi fortius res agatur, debilitat. Natur® inceptis favere medici eft: j febri ergo flammae fubjiciend®, ut irritos conatus abfolvat, crafla fubigat, et ex- pellat fubada quo nocitura non funt. C£ At fl <c frigus eft et torpor, inquit Celfus (a), etjac- l( tatio corporis; non alienum eft, in ipfa febre, te dare mulfi tres aut quatuor cyathos, vel cum « cibo vinum bene dilutum. Intenditur enim ct faepe ex eo febris, et major ortus calor fimul <f ct priora mala tollit, et fpem remiflionis, “ inque ea curationis, oftendit.” Nec quidem minora ab emeticis efficiuntur. Adeft nempe vis infignis fpirituum motum accelerans [§ 18, 19.] evacuantur fordes in ventre latentes [§30.] vifcida fubiguntur, fi qu® abdominis incolas cb~ fideant [§ 39.] denique fanguinis intenditur cur- fus, et augentur fecretiones [§ 49, n. 2, 3,4.] te- nues, per exteriora pr®fertim. Neque ulla fortafle eft methodus efficacior vel utilior, qua fudor elici poteft, quam poft exhi- bitum vomitorium 5 non modo enim in ipfa ope- ratione copiolus plerumque exprimitur, fed ex- teriora verfus tam valide truduntur liquida atte- nuata [§ 49.] ut dimotis obftaculis, qu® orificia cutanea claudunt, effluant pleno rivo humores iftuc determinati. Atque huc egregie confert opiatum, quod poft: emeticum dari optimo con- filio fuadent pradici. Vomitorium pr®terea evo- cat fquallorem primas vias foedantem, et pr®ca- (a) Celfi Medicina, lib, 3. cap. 5. vet