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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    I 120 Medicina Statica. Sed. I. A P H. GXXXV. c They are foonefl infefled who have weak Lungs * * they who have found ones the contrary .* And it is c a iigu of weak Lungs, when upon drawing in the c Breath with the greateft Force, the Strength of the 4 PulL abates. Explavation.] Beoaufe it is fuppofed, that the In¬ fection is chiefly taken from the Air in Breathing * although, perhaps, fome noxious Effluvia may insinu¬ ate themfelves into the Blood by the (.uraneous Pores., as Bellini endeavours to prove. Prop 27. De Febribm$ the weaker t herefore the Lungs a/e, the Ids able are they to refill the Mixture of the infe&i- ous Particles with the Blood, drawn in from the Air, or break them fufficiently to alter their Fi¬ gures, and deftroy their Efficacy upon it. And the reafon why the Pulfeis weaken’d, where the Lungs ' are weak upon drawing in a large Quantity of Air at once, is becaufe fuch an additional Weight, preffes lb much upon the Blood* Veflels in the Lungs, that they cannot through the Decay of their Springs, repeat their Pulfations with the ufualQuicknefs and Streng?b, and consequently the Pulfe at that Time muft be much abated. A F H. CXXXYI. c The Peflilence is not as a Fire which encreafes * according to its Supply of Fuel: For the Pabulum ‘ of the former remaining the fame, it will decreafe. Explanation ~\ I cannot well underfland here what is meant by the Pabulum, unlefs it be a:i infedious A;r 3 which if it is. the Propofition is not true 5 for while that continues, the Difeafe will fo too. w .. . . • Ap Hf