Medicina Statica

Santorio, Santorio; Quincy, John; Keill, James

Medicina Statica

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:2-635590

Persistent identifier:: PPN588448818

Title:: Medicina Statica

Sub title:: 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 Elastic Fibre. IV. The Gout. V. The Leprosy. VI. The King's Evil. VII. The Venereal Disease

Signature:: Kd 1960

Author:: Santorio, Santorio; Quincy, John; Keill, James

Document type:: Monograph

Publisher:: Longman

Year of publication:: 1737

Place of publication:: London

Language:: English

Collection:: Medicine

Scope:: [1] Bl., VIII, 463 S., [1] gef. Bl., [8] Bl.

Physical location:: Universitätsbibliothek Kiel

Sedi . IV . Of Sleep and Watching . 219 A P H . II . " With feven Hours Sleep the Body infenfibly " perfpires , and without any Trouble , twice as " much as when awake . Explanation . ] Whether the Quantity here reckon'd upon will always anfwer upon Trial , and ther the Difference is lo great between the cuticular Difcharge in Time of Sleep , and when awake , as here aliened , is not very material to inquire into ; or is it indeed poflible , that this Evacuation iliould be found the fame in different Countries , different Seafons , or different Conftitutions i and therefore Allowances are to be made upon any fuch Trial ; but that Pcrfpiration goes on more regularly and freely in the Time of Sleep , than when awake ; is certain , and for the Reafons given under sipb . xx , xxi . Seti . i . A P H . III . " That Pcrfpiration in Sleep , which is attended " with Sweat , docs not carry oft more than when '4 it is infenfible , and without Sweat . Explanation , j This may be true , but not without Reftriftion - , ior without Doubt , in thofe Sweats with which an Ague Fit commonly goes off , there is a much greater Difcharge made for the Time , than is ever made by the largeft infenfible Perfpiration in the fame Space of Time ; and I very much queftion , whether the Body can any other Way more effeéhially be prepared for a large Dilcharge by the Pores of the Skin , than it is by an Ague Fit : Becaufe the ciliions made by the Yawning and Shivering which precedes it , wonderfully breaks the Yifcidity of the Juices which obftruéis the capillary Veflels , and thereby are very conducive to promote this tion . But from fevcnxl / ipborifms of the foregoing Scflions ,

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