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eV;lcuations,

t rann.nions

the marhi"..:

m:Hter in

~Cl1tc

difiem pers

whatevt!r'

dillenes,

diflon :;,

compren"..:,

contratls the

n e (VC!l,

llt'ong Jigaturcs .

luxJtions,

frac–

tUTes, wounos,

gangre,ocs, intbmmatory 2nd other tumors

of lhe toan of lhe

nCTves, in

the

gan~lia .

or Ihe

ncrves

themrelves ; extreme h\!;u, violent cold, min: ral

CJl1UVi3,

and the !oo frequent ufe of

bOl w;Her.

P aUies of the hean ,

lungs ,

any

murcies

(crving

fUf

rerpiration, are fooD fHal ; of lhe fl omach, bowcls and

bJ<\dde,r. from intt:rnal caufes, very

daogeTaus ;

,he

face is

b:ild,

and

eafily

clla.nges

l O;,ln

apoplexy.

I[ (he pan is

coId , ¡nrcnrible, ítnd

waHo!s away.

fel –

d om

adOlits

a cure;

attended

Wilh

a violcoLconvuHion

aod gre:u heat of lhe arpoGIe" pan,

is \'c:ry bad.

T hc rcgimcn

this difc:afc: ought

be warm

:toJ

atte–

Duating. confifling or rpicy and «phalic vegetablcs, rueh

2 5

crc:ae a fe\'e riOl heat, becaure it

neccfrary to difpel

. he \·ireofity. Soap)' \·egct>.bles arc bect, . no rUCAasconfict

a[I

:lCrid volati le f.llt,

and.oi

l, m:Jrbrd , horfe rctJi(h ,

be,

ni mu l~ling

bíJll9C1mia¡ fneezing; relaxinr. lhe

bdly ;

promotiog f'oVeat

fueh motioos as can be ufcd,

0 1'

other

mean,;

by (lrong fr¡aion,

be.

T he cure of the p. lry is ' o be attemp,ed by attenu.n"

and dircutients; fu eh as, arom:uic, ccphalie, nervous-

and

uterine vcgetables ; theír fixe-i and volatile falts; as alfo

theí r oils ; fOApSm¡¡de of their oils an,d falts¡ lhe Chong

feented pan s of

-animal,

the juiees, fpirits, oils, and

tinaure, of inrea, ; ' foClile ral.., me..!lie cryct. ls, and

medicioes compou oded of theft:.

L ikewire by ,hings which Oimulate ctrongly, . nd which,

1Iy

excitiog a tremulotls and convul(jve motion of the

nel'V~', dri ~'e

om the impatled man er ; tO this clars, fler–

Dumories and eme,ics chieHy belong, . rpecia!ly if oflen

ured a, firct .

Ry purginR with w¡¡,rro. ope ning, aromalie vegetables.

with acricl foffils , Wil:' mc:reurial and anti moni:a l prepara–

tions, in a large (lofe, and repeated fuecefTi vcly for fe ·

vera1 days, by the me..ns of which a copious and

Jafii ng

díarrha: a may be excited . .

By filling ,he veercls of ,he body wi,h drinking a large

quantity of the attenuants Ilbove nlentioned. and then by

cx.citing a r,reater motion and fwlta[

lhe vapours of fpi–

rits (et

0 0

I1re.

Outward ly, [riétions

O1ay

be ufed, either dry and hot,

til!

the pUL i5 red ; or wlth (pirits endued with

a film\l'o

lating vin ue ; or with nervous oils , J¡nimenls, balfams,

('Ir ointments

vapour or immer(jve baths ; aerid, aroma–

tie, and dr.lwiog plaiflcrsi eupping, rcaril1cations. blifie rs;

whipping the pan with rods; exciting

Oight inflamma–

tion with nCldt" , and the like,

courfe

eletl:rihl:atioo for (ame weeks hilos beeo

known

ro have el1red fome inveterate

p¡¡, l~e,.

though it hath fajl·

cd in o\hers. See

E L ECTIU € I T Y.

O/Ihf

E PIL l. PSY,

F ALL.I NC

S I CKNESS .

SOMETI ME5 this di(cafe comes on fuddenly and una–

u':uc:s ;

bUI

it oftner

~:\'cs

notice of

iIS

accdJjon by fOnJe

I'recediog rymplOms; ,he chief of which are, a laClitude

of ,he whole body, a he.\·y pain of ,he head Wilh rome

c1iflu rbanee of tbe fen(es, unquiet fleep, unufual oread,

dimncfs of Gght) a noife: in lbe ean : in fome thcrc is a

violent pal"itation of the hcart, a puffing Or ínll aOlOl:uion

of [he pr::ccordia, a

noppin~

refpiration', a murmuring

noi fe in lhe belJ)'. (Il!tid Uools, a ft ux of urine, a refri.

geration of the joints : in others, there 15

rl!nfe. as it

were. of a eoM ai r afcending from the extreme parts to

tlie hea n and hrain .

T hcn th<y full rudocnly on ,he ground, (whence the

~ame

o( 'he ralling fi l kn·,r. ;) the ,humus are Ih", up

cl..

In the p<l.lms of Ihe I¡;mds, and are wi th difficult y taken

OUt; the eyes are dj(tonetl or inverted , fa as not hing

but

the whites appear

a.1l fenfa. tion is fufpend ed. infomuch

that by no

fmell,

no noire. nor evcn by pinching the

body, can. chey ue bronght to thentrrl '1es ; they frolh

the

OlfHlth

with

hiffiog

kind of

nnife, rhe

tongu~

is J¡¡,–

ccr:u ed by the tceth,

and

thcre is

nlítkiog or trcmbJing

of rhe joion .

H O\Vt: ver, lhe eonvu)(ions v,,"ry. ,,"s wdI as the dcfcét

of the (<:nfc5. halh in dcgree and kind : for fometí!ll!s, in–

(I ::aJ of

convul ~ve

motiQns. \he limbs are aJl {l itr, and

the p<llient ¡s

immovc~blc

as a flu ue. In ¡nf"nts

the penís is

er~lted ;

in young men (here is an emiffion

of femen, aod the urioe very ofteo fireaOls out tO a grcat

diOance.

leng,h ,here is a remifli on of ,he fymp,om., . nd ,he

patients come

themfelves aftcr a )onger or fllOrter ¡o–

terval

then they eomplain of

p"in, torpor and heavi.

ner, of ,he head . and a I"Clitude of aJl their j oiots .

T hefe fits are

mor~

frequent or .reldom, or 10llger or

fh arter. according tO thcir different ea\lfe"

Some re–

turn on ccrtaio da}'s or hours, or e"en month!, according

to the

qll~d r.Hures

of-the mooo .

b UI

efpecialJy about the

new or fu ll moon ;

womcn, ehiefly about the time of

menClruation

and what is moll rcmark';\ble, often

upon

ver, llight occafioo ; for in(lance, any fudden perturba –

tioo of thl! minn, as a fright, anger. fudden joy , ¡otenfe

applic:u ion,

(ho!lg

liquors, exceJllvc heat or t.:o)d, or

ve–

nereal exercires .

As to the 'prognoílícs ; in boy!. this difeare termin¡¡,tes

about the feventh, th e

fou rte~nlh ,

orthe fevcntcemh year

th.n

¡s.

about the

time

of pubert y ; in ; omcn. about

th~

fourtccnth ,

viz.

the time of menfl ruation. L ikewife it

has

becn fotJ nd hy expaicnce, (hat chronieal cpilel'fies have

fpontaneou(]y ceafed

(he change of place, dit!t, and W;¡¡y of

Jife Sometimes a qu¡¡,ru n ague

wi ll

pUl 3n end tO J.n l"pilep–

fy and convulfion-fils.

a~ro

r-cm

¡:11

kable. thal the iteh,

or ¡¡,ny other eutaneous diHempcr, fuch as lhe fma.1I pox,

r.)ea(]e~,

miliary eruptions,

tIc ,

will

either abate the vio–

lence, or quite fliRe this difC:iIofl! ,

T he r :uient therefore nt:ed DOt dcfpair of

cure,

the

direafe is not of long flanding, the fi n (hon , the

diforder not hereditary, and ,the years ad vanC'ing

11)

the

time of puberty; or

f it procecds fronl

[.ult in lhe

}rillltr vitr.

from worms, from a

b..d

rcgimen, or from

a..

fubcutaoeou, diftare ill éured. N or i, ,h<c. re derperate

if lhe epilepry be Oigh', and when ,he G, is forereen by a

fenfation of eold ¡¡,ir, arifing fr om the extreme p:l rts to

the back, prz cordia, aod head, ano <tIfo

wht.'n

it is ufh–

er~d

in by anxiety. by ",'

a.nt

of Cl rength, o¡nd a pro–

penGty lO vomit; or whcn the [eoCcs are nOl quite abo·

lilhed jn lhe time of the flt, oc. when

comes on jn (he

night, without ule incurvatÍun of the: thumbs.