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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    pore cerram, than by how* much the more is taken in, than is fufficient for the Exigencies of Nature, by fo much the fooner will the Body be wore out ♦, becaufe by fuch means all the fecretory Organs, are more and fafter worn away than is needful, and the Elafticity of all the Solids fooner decays $ juft as it happens in the Wheels and Springs of any Machine, the greater Strefs is laid upon one, and the fafter the others move, the fooner it neceffaiily wears etit, and lofes all its Power of Motion. A P H. LXIX. £ A temperate Liver generally perfpires in a Night three Pound : And fuch a one, if he be of a ft long c Conftitution, after a plentiful Meal may perfpire * five Pound. Explanation.] This is to be’taken in the large ft Latitude of Perforation in hot Countries, but will not hold in our Climate:, fee therefore the Remarks upon Keil s Medicina Statica Brittanica. A P H LXX. c Fading is beneficial to a hea\ry full Body, to a * temperate one hurtful, but moft of all fo, to one l that is weak. Explanation.] B37 a heavy full Body is to be un- derftood, fuch a one as has not for fome time eva¬ cuated in Proportion to the Quantities taken m, whereupon there has ariftn a Plethora, and in fuch a Cafe nofhingcan be of greater Service, fo its con^ tinuance has not been long enough to alter the na¬ tural Qualities of the Fluids, than Abftinence, and a very {lender Diet, becaufe by fuch a way of living will foon be fiibftraded the Overcharge, and the Body reduced again to its wonted Standard. But | Ahftinence in a Perfon not fo overcharged, cannot