Anecdota Sydenhamiana : medical notes and observations of T.S. hitherto unpublished.

  • Thomas Sydenham
Date:
1845
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Credit: Anecdota Sydenhamiana : medical notes and observations of T.S. hitherto unpublished. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    obstruct ye Passage of ve animal Spirits. Some- times ve Apoplexie is cause [sic] by an Extravasa- tion of Blood out of some of ye Capillary arteries & an affusion thereof upon ye Brain, whereby ve like Obstruction of ye animal Spirits is produc’d, whilst all ye Passages in ye Brain are stopt partly by Obstruction & partly by Pressure from the load of Blood lying upon itt; in ye like manner as Apo- plexies are caused by contusions upon ye Brain by falls. This sort happens especially to ancient men, who are more than ordinarily Sanguine, & is altogether deadly; there being noe solution to be had of the Morbifick cause upon ye Nerves by a Palsie, as in ye Phlegmatick sort. But besides all this it must be supposed y* ye Brain weakend by Age doth contribute to ye foremen- tioned Causes in bringing on ye Disease; For ye Brain being by Age deprived of yu Firmitude & Vegeteness wch shd resist ye impression of ye Humors pressing in upon it, is not able, & is easily overwhelmd wth ye violence of such Phleg- matick Humors, & soe ve Spirits are oppressed: wch is ye reason why ancient men die Apoplectick by drinking hot liquors to excess, whilst young men committing y° same Intemperance escape. But now ye cause of such a proventus of Phleg- matick humors (wch by oppressing ye Brain bring on this Mischief) is y° weakness of ye sev11 Di-
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