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
Date:
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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    greateft Damage is fuftained by an increafed Perfpi* ration-, becaufe in this Di (charge the whole Body is more generally concerned, and therefore all the Solids iooner injured by ir, and a greater Wafte made of the nutritious Juices. A P HU'XXXIV. c In the Summer Sea Tons, ftrong Per Tons ])erfpire • moil in the Day Time, but in Winter moil in • the Night* E*phv.itmi!] Where the Strength and Vigour of the Solids is preferved the fame, the Fluids will continue to be circulated with their ufnal Velocities and Impulfes ; and as Perfpiraiion is a Difcharge of the moll digefted and fineffc Parts of the Juices thorough very fine and imperceptible Pores, it fol¬ low's, that whatfoever moft favours any PafTage thofe Ways, without leflening the Strength of the Solids, mu ft undoubted l}7 molt promote Perfpi ra¬ tion. And as it is certain that any Warmth, fo ic be not top great to impair the Strength of the Body, enlarges the cutaneous Pores, and fuch Warmth in Summer being greater in Day Time, by the near Approach of the San, and during Winter, in the Night, by theaccuftomed Coverings of Bed-cloaths; it follows of Confequence, that in healthful, robuft Conftitutions, where the Strength is not at all funk by fuch external Warmth, there will be made at thofe Times, the largeil Difcharges by irifenflble Tranfpiraiion. A P H. XXXV. / * ' . c An obfbufted Perforation in Summer, difpo- c ies to malignant Fevers ; whereas, in Winter, it 4 mates but final! Alteration : For Bodies are more c fubjept to an Acrimony or Sharpnels of the Per- fpirable