Experiments establishing a criterion between mucaginous and purulent matter. And an account of the retrograde motions of the absorbent vessels of animal bodies in some diseases / [Edited, with a life of the author, by E. Darwin].

  • Charles Darwin
Date:
1780
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Credit: Experiments establishing a criterion between mucaginous and purulent matter. And an account of the retrograde motions of the absorbent vessels of animal bodies in some diseases / [Edited, with a life of the author, by E. Darwin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 5^ ) is poured into, the inteflines, by the retro¬ grade motions of the laitcals. This difeafe is moft litnilar to the aqeous diabaetes, and is frequently exchanged for it: a diftindt in^ fcance of this is recorded by Benningerus^ cent. V. obf. 9S, in which an aqueous di- Arrlisa fucceeded an aqueous diabaates. and deflroyed the patient. There is a curious .eCcamiple or this, defcribed by Synipjon (de re medica)--‘‘ A young man (lays he) was (cized with a fever, upon which a diarrhiea came on, with great ilupor ; and he refufed • to dnnk any tiling, though he was parch¬ ed up vrith exceffive heat: the better to fup- piy him with moiidure, 1 diredted his feet to immerfed in cold water; immediately I ob- ferved a wonderful decreafe of water in the veifel, and then ?n impetuous ftream of a fluid, fcarcely coloured, was difeharged by IlOo], like a cataracl.” 7. There is another kind of d'arrh£*a, which has been called cieliaca; in this dlf- Cdfe the chyle, di-ank up by tlie ladleals cf the fmall inteftines, is poured into the large Intefiines, by the retrograde motions of their ladeals ; as in the chyliferous diabastes, the .chyle is poured into the bladder, by the re- ^ trograde o