M
E D
' Vhcn lhe
lJloo~l
rufhc; widl
imrc{Uori,y,
and
ill tOO
p.r~.H
pl.:nt}'
¡Iltu lhe!
membrancs ,
whidl m,IY h:lppen 10
(he ph:tho,¡e.
to
tho(c
whofe
uru~1
blccJing
fU
lhe
nole
is
fupp r~ltt d .
~n
..11O y(,ung perfuns,
there
is a
p.tln
in
,he
whol~
hCJd , which b..:cumc:s hOI,
r\Vell~1 ach~s ,
amllooks
n,' j;
Ihe
,'drds (\Vd l,
anJ there
Is
a
UranA
pulrd.tion
in
thor< o: the oeek .od temples. The oon ..ils are dry aod
r archcd, lhere is a burning hcal anJ
drol1gllt
in lhe
fAuces.
' Vhcn lhe
\'cfTds
of lhe hcaJ are tlulT<!d with a mucous
fl.:rum from a Hoppage of
Ihe
running uf
lhe
nole,
tlu:n
there is a he
lVy.
ob;:ufe, preJling paio, chiefl y in Ihe fo rc–
pan of the
h~aJJ
in
which tht:rc
Iccms
to
h~
fu eh a
we'ght, that
,he
píuient
C,lO (¡;.trCC
hold
il
up. SOITIt:limes
lhe 11(ill is fa
(\\'clJed,
lh
It
it
wi ll
pit.
Somelimes
it
hJppens (ro11\ lhe faous,
fh arp,
eauftic
matta uf the Frt'neh difear..:, \\ hi ch in:"c...1s the pcrierani–
um , ami orlcn cauCes a e.lries in the
Otu l!.
SOlncrimcs
it
.may proceed (rom Olatter of a falinc cau–
fl ie
n;Hure,
dri\'~n
bACk fruln the external p;¡ ru
j
as, in
the guut, ¡tch, eryfipcl"s of lhe head, guua rOrttCea' j in
t l~
fmall.pox
and me.IOes, before lhe Illorbid m,Htcr is
cxpelleJ to
lhe
outw.trd
n(in,
or,
which
is
wOlfe, when
it is
dn ,'co
back. In theCe cafes, whc:n a fmal!
qllantity
of canll íc matter cau fc:s the
pain,
it rAther prot.:eeJs from
a violent Hriélure of
lhe
membrane5 than frorn thci r dir.
lenrion.
'T here is Jikewife a mo(l
violent,
fiKed,
conftant,
and
almoll intolerable
head· ach, which brinp,s
on a
debiJ.lYuot h 01 body aod miod, hioders Oeep, diO urbs digell ioo,
deHroys lhe
:a rp~tite,
caufes a vertigo, dimnefs of fi ght,
l.tlinJu-:fs, a nOlfe
in
the ca rs, con\'uHions, :md lhe t'pdep–
fy;
aod,
by
confc:nt of lhe other nervous parlS 01 Ihe
body, produces vomiting, coniv¡;!oefs,
coldnl.fsof [be
cx.lrt'me
pl U S,
ano
lhe
cou:aenancc
of
a
dying
perron,
Sor.'H.,timcs Ihe
head·aeh
is
fym }HOmatic,
and attends
upon
canli nmd and intermitting revers, and efpl!cially
the
qu::\rt dn,
irregu1.lrflowing of
lhe
menees, the hypo–
chondridc pa(Jion, and the
Jike.
A hel11icrania gcnerall y
proc~cds
from
a
fAulr in the CloOlach, froOl crnoll ics or
indigc:Hion, and com01only
app~;us
when digdl-ion is per–
formed
The he::td·ach is not alwzys
withaU l
daor,er :
Ir
lhe
caure
of
lhe paio is within Ihe
fl.":1111, and
is violent
BnJ
canOanr, atten.:lcd
with
a
fev(f and
want o(
OllCp,
it
porteods a phreory.
Ir
it f"dJeoly att,cks
1110
lIyp"dIQn–
driac,
or thofe
lhal
are
rrone
tu
mc:l ancholy, cfpc"=ÍAlly
jf
preceded by a
",iol~nt
pJni')n of
Ihe
minu, and c!"IH'l vt:s
the
patlcnt of
Oecp
and app·: titc:, ar..1
i:ol
jllincd
to
dlHi..:u l
ty
of hc..
rin~,
¡:¡nd an íntern
J
puli:ltion of lhe
vdlcls.
2nd
all
theCe witllOu I a
{cler,
it pli<. fages
Ol ..
dnéfs.
Hu l
when lhe p;:in in the
It~:".d
is fucld::n and rcry
<tcme,
with
a
n<.tire
in
Ihe
(';H S,
¿ jllicult w;(lkillg,
íl
wl!i\knels oC rhe
kncts, ,,"
i.nr,ul:r,lcnl aod (JíJ',v.,:!fs in fpec.:h,
it
is
Ihe
Corc:n;nn,:r uf "n "'pnpil.:';" y
or
a
p~i fy ;
in which 1.11
Ihe
p¡:¡in
jo;
gre:11Cr on the.' wd l
(i.-!t:
lIlan lhe cilfl.aCcd,
bt:CiHlft:
the I..
ltcr
has 1011 ,d i fcnlÁ.lio:1.
T hc
cunui\'c
int!icaliúns
are,
1 .
T I)
d¡vcr!
,h~
impe; lIs
(Ir
'¡I(;
L.ICHd
itnJ hnrnours
Crf)r:1
th~
hl,III, and
lO
(J¡fcllfs
Ihf.!1ll
tly
fi.; 1
;(,.llc rCIl\!. díts.
2 .
T u rcl.. :<
Ihe
fl 'aHic
Hn(turc=:: uf
111C':
r.H::ll~ r.1:1~:
0f
.dIe
b:;"d
l
~!,~
c'!lJc
(J!'
e
N
119
which
ís a O'i\Tp cauHic m:lltcr, that tht:
nuids
nltl.y
have
a fn:er ei rcul.ulI,)n , 3, 1 '0
COflla
lhe
pccc,~nt
nllttef,
and
l\itCUllc
it
gcntly throllgh
Ih~
mofl
cnnn:nient
cll1un~lonts.
J!..
'r o prevenl a
rClurn
by
nrcngthening
lhe \Vhol. nen
ous
fyHcll1 by
propcr
rt'mcdies, and t(pe–
cially
hy
an
3ccurate
c!il!t ;¡nd a [ultable recimen.
' ''hen
Ihe
hlood
rllOlt.'s to the Ite"d in 100 great quan–
tity,
bleedl ng 15
necdr,r)' ,
more
panicu larJy
unner lhe
tongue, in
lhe
forehc:ul ,
In lhe
jug,uJa rs, or by
Iceches
bchlnd lhe cars.
If
Ihe
bo.iyabounds with
toO
much
blood, it will ¡'e bdl to blccd in Ihe aocle li,
(1,
. od Ihe
next
d"y,
or Ihe
c!"y
afler,
in
a \lein aboll t lhe head.
El![ lidl or.1I ele.ore the bocly by .oy emolli<ot clyl!cr,
or
by
gi ....ing ao iufufion
of
rhl1barb and manntl., with
erealll
oC
Lin ar .
1'0
reOraio the
org.fmof the blood, it \\"ill be proper
to
givc
a diaphorelic :\nd ctbCarbent mixtu re, wilh dlapho–
rellC
~nti mony,
purified nitre, burnt
han(horo,
and d¡a–
eO';lUm. di lurcd with a fuflicieot qUl olily of fuitibie
fimpl e dirlilled waters.
\Vheo
lltere is an intenfe pain rcmaining rixed
in one
pla<c,
IYlng
pre.lt)'
d~cp
in
lhe
membl'tl.nes ,
Ihe
herb
ranunculus,
uleu
as a "t!fi c3IOry, has a wonderfu l
dIicaey_
It
is
lhe
upright
meado '.I/-cr<lwfoot,
wilh
Jea\'es
like
lhe
anC:l11"lne, and, if tttlled, is extremely biling
to
lhe tongue.
'The: IC:JI/es
OlUn
be bruifed
iR
a nlélrble
mon ar, and
the
part, ir hairy. fu,noeo ; theo a /liekiog plailler is to be
Jald on
¡t,
\Vilh
a
hole
aboul lhe bignefs
oC:\
filver penny,
and
the
lea vé6 over
that;
jufl in
lhe
f..
llle manner as a
cauHic.
"'f his
is
an
experimcnt ofChefnau
'S j
and like [llecef.!
may be had by mixing cqual parts 01' volalilc
fal
:lJ'ilrnoniilc
and
powder
oC
Oluftdrd -fl.!cd,
laying
it
On lhe
pilrt
in the
fAme n,,
,nr.er.
\Vh~n
ir is e,ufcd by a f"ppreOioo or. eoryza or ruo–
oiog uf the oore, , fmelliog-butlle or vol.tile r. h s nlOuld
be hcld frequeotly th<reto. Or the patieot n"y take
herb· fn~fF,
with lhe additioo
made
offlowers
01'
bt:njamin
and powder of c1oves.
' Vhen
liJé
hcad- leh
arifes Cr(lm
a corrupleo
mafs
of
blood and :in
impll re
ferulll,
;(5
in lhe [cur\'Y
and
lues
"U,t'rc:\
i
a
,kcf)ét iun
or Ihe wonds Wilh crude anlilllonl
m
Iy
be fcr....
k~ttblc,
a(ter cvacuations, CaOing a day now
and
tll";I,
wilh labou r aod exercifc,
wil!
Itkcwife be
uf..:L.d
j
as
allo a
fu\lorific.
A
h~lI1icralli a.
efpeciJ'l y
ít
pcriouic:d
one,
i~
r.enerally
Clwing 10
ti.
rlJltllll,f:,; in Tite
fioma, h
and
priu:.t' ui.c;
(or
whi .:h
g~
nll(' CIll(!cics will
ue
bener.~i~l,
;\s
aJlo
p,¡rgJli"cs
to
.\""1
i
IIl'
Ihe h\1ll1ou rs from Ihe he.-rl
j
aftcrwards 110-
Jn<Jchi(s ,
Ir
il I'l'oceeds
from profll Ce
c\':iclIations
of che
menles or
ha'Il1onhoid5,
thoft: f1 uxl!s
ml!~t·
be rcdu.:ed
wlth in
houllos .
1
r
th. hr"d aeh
is (o intolcrt\hlc :as lO
endi1ll~er
lhe
pat ient '~ !ir~,
or is .I.tlcnded witl! conlinual
\~·;¡tchi 'lgl
fa ilHi ng
fi lS ,
a
revcr, l'\ n
iIlJ1.lml11<lrion ,
ur a dl hriulIl,
ret:(II. ,
'c
nH1H
uc
imOledi:llcl y
hao
10
('l'iíl ltS
with
n uve
cinn,lh,I!', arlt r
ti
clyHcr h:ls
bccn
r.rf~W':t:n,
\ Vhen
Ihere is
:10
intola;¡blt:
rai n in dl r r.nllfés of Ihe
nore, ur th e
bony
fi mlfes
of
lhe
hl'ad, pl oducctl
hy
:lO
cXtr,lVílCl lhl1l
of
{(\Illl'
nuid,
Ihe only
(,lIr~
is fca:ificujon
uf Ihe 110íl lils, 01' c;(\I:ing the nofe
tu
b!ccd wi th a ([L1W
fuc.!J'.!nly lhrull Ihcl't:i n,
If