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

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Persistent identifier:: PPN687922771

Title:: Medico-Physical Essays I. Of Agues. II. Of Fevers. III. Of an Animal Fibre. IV. Of the Gout. V. Of a Leprosy. VI. Of the King's-Evil. VII. Of Venereal Diseases. By John Quincy. M. D.

Author:: Quincy, John

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398 lì S S A Y III . cumftanccs of Life , inures them to Labour and crcife - , and thofe whole Inclinations and Condition , indulges them in Eafe and Inactivity - , the former are ilrong , hardy , and healthful , but the latter weakly , tender , and difeafed . Only one thing further I would take Notice of , before I clofe this EfTay , and that is with regard to cither fudden Evacuation or Repletion . It is certain that neither of thefe can be done without altering the Tenfion or Diftraition of the Fibres all over the Body ; for upon fudden Evacuation , by what means foever the Matter is drawn off , the Refinances of the Fluids again il the Sides of the Veflel , mult more or lefs , in proportion to the Quantity fubilracted , be diminifhed , and confequcntly mud every Thread which enters into the Compofition of thofe VefTels , draw up or contract itfelf into a fhorter Compafs : And if this Evacuation be made in any particular Part , although the containing Part does more mediately draw up , yet in a very little - Time will the Fibres of the whole Body be brought intoCon - fent , and acquire a clofer Pofition of their confti - tuent Machinuiic : As for inilance , fuppofe the Fibre R S Fig . 10 . be equally diílraéted in all Parts , by the Impulle of any Fluid equally prelTing againft it from one End to the other : Now if that Im - pulfe be taken off , by taking away the Preflure of the Fluid againft it , only between 1 , 2 , it is very tain that its component Parts will draw up into a clofe Contadi with one another , immediately upon it , but the reft of the fluid Mafs , receding towards the Phcc where the Subftraclion was made , lelfens its Preffure againil the Fibres quite to the other End , and therefore will all the Macbinuls , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , from one End to the other fucceííively draw up , quicker or llowcr , according as fuch Recedute is made , and as the Elaftick or Contrattile Force of the Thread is 2 greater

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