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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    rebri appulfum valde retundunt: fluxilis erg®» hujus compages minus periclitatur, impetu ut plurimum extrorfum determinato; parhm tamen introrfum vis auda devenit.. Et partim forte hinc, partim a virtute ftimulante et evacuante* ratio patebit cur in vertigine, hemicrania aliifque iimilibus, vomitus tanti fit ufus ; cur in epilepfia quandoque in fenibus adeo profuerit* ut faten- tur obfervatorum fcripta ; “ Inveteratam epilep- “ fiam, quae etiam per xx annos aegrum trax.it, w curatam novi,, inquit HofFmannus (aab- £C emeticorum ufu et fpecificis antiepilepticis ex tc animali regno petitis.” Nec mihi defunt hif- torias fimiles* at referre prohibent limites prae- fcriptL. 5J, Impedit eadem ratio* quo minus horum ufus in variolis diltinde enarretur; non modo quatenus evacuant, et avertunt alioqui futura mala [§ 30.] fed ob alios etiam quibus potiun- tur effedus [§ 49*] et eximias inde manantes, mutationes. Puftulis refertam efle cutim pona- mus, vafcula perfpiratoria ita comprefia ut co- adam materiem vis folita nequeat protrudere t hoc in cafu contentorum moles augetur; calor febrilis ita ad interiora exasftuat, ut organa intus exhalantia adeo arefada, vel alioquin obftipata evadant, ut fuum munus exfequi. non poflint. Ex utraque parte cohibetur idcirco fluidum, quod diuturnum nimis circuitum jam patitur, quod- que longiore mora peflima mala pariturum elt„ (a) Hoffmanni difTertat. Decad. 1. p. 204.