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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    to invigorate its Fibres, but lies uleieis and undi- gefted. A P H. LXXXIY. c The Matter of infenfible Perfpiration is the Ex- ‘ crement of the third Concoction : And therefore, c if the firft is not made, the third alfo will be want- C • 9 Wg. Explanation.'] If the Foodpaftes the Stomach with¬ out due Dlgeftion, which is called the firft Con- coftion, fo much of it as gets into the Blood, by its GroiThefs and. Crudity, will ofCourfe hinder the reft of the Secretions, by preventing the due Attritions and Secretions of fuch Parts as are neceffary there¬ unto, being in themfelves too ib] id and bulky to be broke by the Force of the Arteries. A P H. LXXXV. c By obftinate Fafting, the Head will be filled ^ c the Temples heated j the Hypochondres diftended, c and the. Arms and Legs enervated. Explanation, j To account fully and clearly for all thofe Symptoms will neceffarily go into a great Length, becaufe they are not to be underftood with out a confiderable Acquaintance with the Mechani¬ cal Conftrufhire andOEconomy of the Body. It is neceffary therefore to premife, that in the Body there are two chief Springs or principal Inftruments of Motion, viz. The Dura Mater, and the Heart : They both agree in this, that by alternate Dilata¬ tions and Contradions, they take in and throw out again, certain Fluids, which by the Veffels or Pipes annexed to them, are convey'd to all Parts of the Body. One of the Fluids is the Blood, and belongs to the Office of the Heart, and its Appendices the Arteries: The other is the Sitccus Nervofus, or what