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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    fharp ; by which the Fibres will be too much irrita¬ ted, and alfo by giving Idler Refiflance to the com- preiiive Force of the Veffels, the Arteries wrill be contracted oftener, the Motion of the Blood increa* fed, and the Pulfe quick’ned, and fuch Kinds of Fevers produced, which are called Heftick. And therefore of Confequence, A PH. XVI. c Such Falling as reduces the Weight of the Body * below its natural Standard, is bad. A PH. XVII. ; • • J c Why do any die of hunger, who have no want c of Blood whiift living? Becaufe the Blood croud- c ing towards the Stomach, leaves the Heart c empty. Explanation] This is another Mi flake owing to the Ignorance of the Bloods Circulation; which has been fince the time of Sanflorius difcovered, otherwife he would, without doubt, have given ano¬ ther Account of it. It can be no wonder why Per- fons may die with hunger, although well flock’d with Blood, to thofe who are at all acquainted with the Waile that is continually made by the Adtions and Attritions of the feveral Parts of the Body, and tb&t the Circulation of the Blood it felf depends upon the contradlile Force of the Heart, and its Appendices the Arteries, and that fuch Contractions are owing to the Elaflicity, or Springynefs of their conftituent Fibres, which Elaflicity is alfo prefer- ved and maintain’d, by the continual Supply of a convenient Juice, feparated by, and communicated to them from the Brain, and therefore when fuch a Supply happens to be cut off as itmuft needs be by the wane of Food, the contradlile Force of the Ar¬ teries