Medicina Statica

Santorio, Santorio; Quincy, John; Keill, James

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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.

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Seét . IV . Of Sleep and Watching ,
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A P H . XXII .
" A plentiful Supper after a larger Perfpiration u than ufual , procures a larger and plcafanter 44 Sleep .
Explanation . ' ] Becaufe after fuch a large tion , the Nerves will be emptier of their Juices , and Hand in greater Need of a Supply ; therefore upon a good Meal , as foon as they arc relaxed by Sleep , they will continue fo , unlefs irritated by any foreign Difturbance , until the Food taken in by that Meal be well digefted , and they are thereby recruited with a frefh Stock of Spirits : But ,
A P H . XXIII .
44 A lefs Perfpiration than is needful , is followed 44 by unquiet Sleep and a reillefs Night .
Explanation . ' ] Becaufe befides the additional Load of the obitrudted pcrfpirablc Matter , a full Meal , at fuch a Time , will much increafe the Burthen ready laid upon the Solids , and thereby render Di - geftion very difficult , and occafion more Uneafinefs than is confident with found Sleep .
A P li . XXIV .
44 If after a íhort and reftlcfs Sleep the Flefli 44 feems cold , anil a little Fever arifes , in weak 44 Pcrfons it is a Token of Death , but in the Kobuft , t4 a Fore - runner of fome long Diftemper .
Explanation . ] Such a Senfe of Cold after a little Sleep , is a Sign that there is fome great Diforder in the Contexture of the Fibres , or the Fluid , which fhould give them their Elafticity , whereby as foon as Sleep comes on , and they fall into a State of laxation , initead of performing their Contractions
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