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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    Explanation.] The Quantity obftruefed will al¬ ways be greater or leffer, according to the different Diminutions of the Excretory Paffages, by fuch Changes. See Jphorifm XVII. XVIII. of this Section. APE XXX. c If it be a mild Summer, the Body is reduced to c a Standard fuitable to the Seafon, by Sweating. Explanation.] Sweating, Is infenfible Tranfpira¬ ti on made Seniible, either by a great Increafe of the Di(charge of Perfpirable Matter, or by the going off along with it, that which is grofs and undigeft- ed, and not broke fmall enough to exhale by infen¬ fible Steams. If therefore Sweat he not immoderate, that is, if it does not carry off with it too much of the ufeful and nutritious Juices, it cannot but be the moft eafy and fafe way, efpecially in warm Sea- ions, to clear the Body of any Superfluities or ill Humours, occafioned by the Obflrudion of the Per* Ipirable Matter. A PH. XXXI. • If in the Beginning of the Summer Seafon It € fets in violent Hot, there will arife a great Laffi- c tude $ which, if the Pleat continues to increafe c gradually, will wear off, becaufe thereby the c Quantity of obltrufted Perfpirable Matter will be c much diminiihed. Explanation.*] The Laflittide, or Weariefs, upon fuch fudden Heat, arifes from weakening the Ela- fticity and Contraction of the Solids by it, as was faid before 5 whereupon the Body lofes of its Strength, and therefore even without any Increafe of Bulk from OhftruSions, wifl labour under a Senfe of a greater Weight, that is, will be under a Wearinefs or