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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230 Medicina St at i ca . Sc¿t . IV . 
more regularly at that Time , as they do in ful Conftitutions , they cither lofe very much their Motions , or have thrown upon them a Fluid very unfit for that Ufe , whereby they come to lofe their due Contractions afterwards , infomuch as frequently to be followed with very bad Diftcmpcrs , and fomctimcs Death , and the firft Appearance of fuch Diforders may often be by a Coldnels after Sleep , which ends in a Fever ; bccaufe the firit ty hereupon in the ( Economy , is a partial Diftri - burion of the Fluids , and a Retardation of the Blood's Motions , which will always occafion a Senfe of Cold , as has already been proved : But at firit , what will be the Confequences of fuch Difcorders God only knows , bccaufe there arc often fo many Ways both of removing the Caufes , or bringing Death , which the Wifeft cannot forcfec in Time , either to bring about the one , or prevent the other : But doubtedly it will fare much the worfe with the weak - eft Conftitutions , as not being able perhaps to ftrug - gle with it . Where Digeflion has been bad , and Perfpiration leflened for fome Days together , it is moil likely to be difcovcrcd at the Time of waking , bccaufe as foon as the Nerves arc relaxed , and Sleep comes on , that Matter which is intended to be difcharged by the Skin , will by the natural Courfe of the Circulations be crouded that Way - , fo that if the firft : cannot get through , the continual Pro - tufion à ( ergo of freih Matter , will at lait make the Obftruttion fo great in the Capillary Arteries , and diftend them in fuch a Manner , as to occafion a great deal of Uneafinefs , and at lait raife a Fever ; and for this Rcafon it is , that the firit Attack of a Fever is mod commonly felt at thefe Times . 
A P H .

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