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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    riis iteratis occurri pofiit, ex fequentibus clarius cernuntur (a). imo, Offa, qu® in toto corpore jam folidifli- ma funt, olim gelatin® fluxiles, membran®, car- tilagines fuere, qu® paulatim durefcentes, per diverfos foliditatis gradus, offa tandem fiunt ri- gida. ido, Hujus indurationis caufa duplex exiftit, materi® fcil. oflifjc® a fangyin.e fecretio, et fe- cret® appofitio firma, five compreflio particula- rum ad fe invicem fortis. H®c effe&a fiint vi- rium vit® integrarum, et mufculorum vicinorurn incumbentium. Ideoque 2tio, Si fanguis particulis oflium ftrudbur® idoneis minus dives fit, fecretio minor erit, et muneri fuo ineptior. Porro, fi abfit adtio muf- culofa, et vires langueant, altera caufa oflifica- tionis abeft. Hinc itaque 4to. Liquet iftas conditiones, qu® racfiitidem parere poflint, omnes ejufmodi efie quas chylo- poiefin et h®matopoiefin depravare folent. His ergo imprimis erit profpiciendum, et medicina id genus eligenda, qu® et vitium in ipfis officir nis diverfimode corrigat [§ 18, iy, 39.] auferat, nocivos ejus effe&us, in aliis locis pullulantes, emendet, atque impetus motufque fgrrpantis de- fedtui optime fubvenire pofiit [§ 49.] Vifcerum quidem faburram feliciter educunt purgantia: fed fi fortiora fuerint, aut nimis f®pe repetita, (a) Vid. Alex. Monro’s Anatomy of human Bones, p. 34» vires