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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    bat bring the Body below its healthful Standard, and therefore muft needs be hurtful, but more efpe* cially to a weak Conftitution, becaufe fuch a one will with thegreateft Difficulty recover its Lofs. A P H. LXXI. c A plentiful Meal after long Fading, will in- * creafe Perfpiration a Pound more than ufual. Explanation.] But this muft be in very robuftCon- ftitutions, where the Solids are very ftrong, other- wife fuch a plentiful Feeding would over reach the Fibres of the Stomach, and difable them for thofe neceflary Contractions upon which Digeftion de¬ pends, and thereby the Body would be lefs nou- rilhed, than from a light Meal, and therefore a le£ fer Supply afforded for the cuticular Difcharges. A PH. LXXII. c After immoderate Exercife, to feed very plen- * tifully is not good : Becaufe a weary Body Per- 4 fpires with Difficulty. Explanation.] This alfo confirms what is faid un¬ der the former Jphorifm, fuch Exercife ftrains and weakens the Solids, infomuch that they are not able afterwards to repeat their Contractions with that Strength and Quicknefs, as is neceflary to circulate and digeft a full Meal as it ought to be, to render it fuirable, either for the Occafions of the OEcco- nomy, or Perfpiration, and therefore muft needs lef- fen the Quantity to be difeharged that way. By immoderate Exercife alfo the Veflels will be fo much emptied, as to occafion a quicker Derivation of a freih Supply, than is confident with its due Dige¬ ftion, and thereby the Capillaries will be filled with a vifeid grofs Matter, which will hinder Perfpirati¬ on. See under Jpb. XL1V. Sell. I. APH,