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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    give a great deal or Pain and Uneafinefs. It is not therefore, fo much a Wonder, that a Perfon who has been long accuftomed to fuch a way of Living, is fo difficult to be reformed, becaufe the Repetitions of his Bottles, are like fo many Doles of Opiujw, and as he ceafes to be a Sot, he grows miierable. A P H. LXXV. c That Phyfician who has the Care of the Health c of Princes, and knows not what they daily Per- c fpire, deceives them, and will never be able' to c cure them, uniefs by Accident. Explanation.'] This is the fame as Apb. II. St8. L A P H. ’ LXXYI. ' e In the four firir Hours after Eating, a great ma- € ny Perfpire a Pound, or near 5 and after that, to c the ninth, two Pound *, and from the ninth to the c fifteenth, fcarce a Pound. Explanation.] Compare this with the LYIth Apbor. Sett. I. A P H. LXXYI I. c That is the mod proper time of Eating, where- e in the Body comes to fame Healthful Standard, as ‘ it enjoy’d the Day before, when empty: But that £ Apollo himfelf cannot find out, without the Bal- c lance. Explanation.] That is, there is no way of know¬ ing with Certainty when the Body comes exa£lly to filch a Weight, without bringing it to a Tryai by the Ballance. But I believe it will be thought an Experiment too troublefome to put in Praflice; and a Perfon ftudiousand obferving, may exactly enough colled when that Time is, which is moft proper to