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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    Sect. I. Of Infen(ib le :P erfjnr at ton. 8 i A P H. LXIIL c The Body is then moft free from a Diftemper^ f when it is in the Mean of a Healthful Standard, ‘ not by any Spontaneous or Medical Evacuations, c or by Abftinence, but by the Means only of fuch c infenfible Perfpiration, as goes off in Sleep, after t a perfect Digeftion. Explanation ] It is not to be fuppos’d, that a Body cannot gain or lofe a little of its Weight without falling into a Diftemper; therefore all that Lati¬ tude of Alteration a Body is capable of undergoing with refpect to its Weight without being diftemper- ed, is called by Santtorim here, and in feveral Pla¬ ces of his Jpborifms7 a Healthful Standard , the greateft Weight iris capable of, is its greateft Health¬ ful Standard, and its lealt, the lowefi Standard, and between both, the mean or middle Healthful Stan¬ dard * and all all thefe are different, at different Ages and Sea Tons, as will hereafter further appear. A P H. LXIV. j e How much is neceffary for every one to per fpire,in order to preferve a Slate of perfect Health • may he thus known. Take Notice in the Morn- c ing following a plentiful Supper, of the greateft c (Quantity that perfpires in the Space of Twelve f Hours : Suppofe it be fifty Ounces ^ fome other 1 Morning oblerve the fame, after eating no Supper, c ( provided there was no Excefs in the former c Days Dinner) which fuppofe to be twenty Ounces: c 1 hen chufe fuch a fettled Quantity of Food, and c keep to fuch a life of the Non-naturals, as will c bring the Quantity perfpired to a Mean between * fifty and twenty Ounces, which is thirty five v Ounces j and by this means may U Perf'on be Ci brought