A treatise of the rickets : being a disease common to children / Published in Latin by F. Glisson, G. Bate, and A. Regemorter. Translated into English by Phil. Armin.

  • Francis Glisson
Date:
1651
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Credit: A treatise of the rickets : being a disease common to children / Published in Latin by F. Glisson, G. Bate, and A. Regemorter. Translated into English by Phil. Armin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    firft origine of this difeafe feents to be made manis | feft by many figns. Fift, becaufe this difeafe | for the moft part followeth after many other great; | difeales, either acute or chronical, which ingreat. f fs ‘meature have beforehand weakned the fanguifical J m vertue of the Liver. Secondly, Becaufe this dif- ] i) eafe doth not only depend upon outward, but in- | ward caufes, namely the vicious humors. And § 4, feing the victous humors are generated in and with: § ,,,. the mas of blood in the liver,the firft effence of this jf indi affe& feemeth to be referred hither. Thirdly, The § bis Liver is perpetually obferved to be bigger tham. j fri ordinary in this affe& ; which maniteftly witneffeth uk the Liver to beaffe&ed. Fourthly; thofe internal J...’ d : B vus Medicines which have a faculty to putrifie the f blood are requifite to the cure of this difeale, and f ;, being exhibited are found to be very profitable. $4. i The iiffian of blood trom the veins of the éars f n ET = (which is notthe meaneft help to vanquifh this fj. affeét)doth more than fuffictently argue {ome fault | i, to be inthe blood, which feemeth to be afcribedto B É the conftitution of the Liver; ih as muchas it doth | ii fanguificate. Thefe Arguments have fo far prevai= |” Jed upon fome very famous Phyfitians, *that there. | tpe upon they have attributed the firft effence of this f 7 difeafe to the Liver alone. | Hy Which But we conceive that thefe things may be fut Jl > ficiently anfwered, if we fhall firft grant what can | the befurtheror what hath already been rightly {aid | elu concerning this matter, and then diffolve thofe nh. ] things whichare inferred by bad and invalid cons li fequence. | atta Firft, Therefore we grant thatthe mas of blood | is viciated in this affect, and that from thence is) conveied a continual fuppeditation to” the difeafe. | : qe Bs
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