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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    long Fading, 7tis very proper, efpecially if Caie be taken to eat light Meals, and often : But very fpa- ringly indeed ought it to be ufed, by thofe who in¬ cline to err on the other Hand by too preat a Ful- nefs. See Apbor. IV. and V. of this Settion. Santlo- rius might here alfo err as to us, becaufe in hot Coun¬ tries it is certainly not fo wholelbme, and veiy li¬ able to Corruption in the Humours, as it is here in the hotter Seafons, but it is both fafe and excellent Food for ftrong Habits, in cold Countries. A P H. XXV. 4 Melons Perfpire fo little, that they lefTen the 4 Quantity ufually difeharged by a fourth Part. A PH. XX VL . c The Perfpirable Matter retained by their Means c generally goes off by Urine or Sweat. Explanation.] If it be underdood here, that they go off* this way in fuch as are drong, the Reafons will appear from Explanat. to Aphor. XIV. of this Sett. For in a drong Perfon, when fuch Things get into the Blood which cannot be broke fmall enough for infenfible Tranfpiration, they will yet be enough digeded for Expulfion by Senfible Tranfpriation, which is Sweat, or by Urine. A P H. XXVII. c New Currants or Raijins, and Figgs fomething c leflen Perfpiration, both of themfelves and other c Food: But it may be by increafing the fenfible 4 Evacuations. APH,