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
Date:
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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    W-,-.„^'Al*JW111 ■- ■ l1 .1 H ^ 'if i mi .i.i—, , —■ ... „ 74 Medicina Statica Se£b I. i full Stomach, which contra&s the Nerves, and hinders Perfpiration as above mentioned *, or by an lucreafe of the fenfible Difcharges, which has the Ikne EffeQ:, by diverting the Matter another way, mid cutting off its Supplies. The Term in it felf is very obfcure, although frequently made ule of! By Diverfion is the Enlargement of lorne other Eva¬ cuation* A decay of Spirits from what Caufe foe- yer, cannot but lefTen Perfpiration, becaufe the In- vigoration and Force of the Solids, upon which Per- fpuation neceffarily depends, is by that means de¬ stroyed For the Elallicity of the Fibres arifes from i due Supply of a convenient Fluid, which we com¬ monly call Jmmal Spirits^ of which whensoever thejr 4ie defrauded, they become unfit for Motion. A P H. LIIL f To this Purpofe It appears upon weighing, that % during the Operation of a Medicine, and after 4 repaft for the Space of three Hours together, there 4 is but very little Perfpiration; For in the Opera- 4 tloo of a Medicine,Nature is employed in the fen- 4 fible Evacuations ; and after Eating, in Digefiion. Explanation.'] In this Jpborifm again the Propofi- fion is true and eafly demonltrabie ^ but the Rea- |bn for it given, none at all. The Word Nature be re being fo general and complex, that no diftinfl Idea can, be fixed to it, and inftead of giving any potion of a Mechanical Procedure, which in fuch Matters always ought to be kept up to, it leaves the Reader altogether in Qbfcurity *, it has been ob- Hrved before, that the Encreafe of one Evacuation inuft leflen another* and the Reafbn is, both be- caufeby how much more one abounds, by fo much the lefs Matter will there be tofupply the other* and hecaufc the fame Fluid cannot move in different Di- reffiom