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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    and convey’d to the Blood •, what remains for Expulfion by Stool cannot but be hard and confi- ftent. APH, XXXI. ? Chicken does not nouriih even fo much as Letticey 1 if fuch a Quantity of it be eaten, that it turns c into thin corrupted Stools. Explanation.] For whatfoever is put into the Sto¬ mach, and a Diarrhoea immediately enfues from its Corruption there, it will all pais off by Stool, and thereby deftroy the Body of its Nouriihment 5 as has largely been explained already. It may there¬ fore be fo circumftanced, that the molt nourilhing Food may fometimes afford a lefs Supply to the Body, than that which in it felf contains the leaft Nouriihment. APH. XXXII. c By weighing, it may be known, when Failing * will be *bf Service, and when not: It will be fer- 1 viceable, when all the former Days Food is not * thoroughly perfpired-, otherwife it will be hurt- c ful. APH. XXXIII. e When the Body by Diet is reduced below its c natural Standard, what Strength is loft thereby, c is irreparable. Explanation.] That there is a greater and lefter Standard of Weight even in Health, appears already from the LXIVth Aphor. of the Firft SeBion,, and from the XLth of this. This cannot be true, un- lefs it be by too flender a Diet for a long time, until the Solids are deltroy’d. For we often fee Perfons much reduced both by want of Food and Diftem- pers,