Medicina statica: being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius / translated into English with large explanations. To which is added Dr. Keil's Medicina statica Britannica with comparative remarks and explanations. As also Medico-physical essays on I. Agues. II. Fevers. III. An elastick fibre. IV. The gout. V. The leprosy. VI. Kings-evil. VII. Venereal diseases.

  • Sanctorius
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1723 [i. e. 1724]
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Credit: Medicina statica: being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius / translated into English with large explanations. To which is added Dr. Keil's Medicina statica Britannica with comparative remarks and explanations. As also Medico-physical essays on I. Agues. II. Fevers. III. An elastick fibre. IV. The gout. V. The leprosy. VI. Kings-evil. VII. Venereal diseases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Velflis, will likewife alter the Textures and Cohaefi- ons of the Blood, by giving it a greater or letter de¬ gree of Motion than it had before. Where therefore the Spirits are diftemper’d, that is, when the Solids are not duly fupply’d with that peculiar Fluid, which is neceffary to maintain their Elafticity, their Contractions will be changed, and the Blood confequently alter'd in fuch a Manner as may difl pofe its Parts to more forcible Attractions andCohae- f!ons,by which fuch Grumes and Stagnations are ge¬ nerated ; but if the Conftitution is ftrong enough to keep on the Circulation for fome Time, they will gradually be thrown upon fome particular Part, and collected in a confiderable Quantity, fo as to form thofe Tumours *, and in fuch there is much the greateft likelyhood of Recovery, becaufe by thofe Difcharges, the Blood will the fooner recover its na¬ tural Conftitution : Whereas, when it is not fo thrown off, it is a great Chance but it induces a total Stagnation, which is Death. A PH. CXXXIV. c There are two ways of checking a Peftilence * ‘ one is by removing thofe who are found to diftant c Places, and the other, by giving Room to the c Infected, to air themfelves ; the latter likewife is c to be done two Ways * by not confining the infe- 1 Ctedto Places difagreeable to them * and by not c burning their Houlhold fluff. Explanation.'] We are here again under fome ob- fcurity, in what is meant by Burning of Houftold- Styjf\ for it is not eafy to conceive how that can propagate a Contagion, unlefs by flattering the in¬ fectious Particles, but this is not eafy to conceive in moft Cafes, and Experience has confirm’d the Ad¬ vantage of Fire in many Inftances of this Diftem- per. I 4 APH,