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-arir.ng

from

:lO

intern:\1

C;lu (e ;

and

lhe

patient being old.

dirpored 'o ,helc kinJ of dirordcrs, and hO\'ing more ,h an

one; neither ex cifion nor topies are proper.

For unlefs ir be ex tirpatcd, roat, braoch, and fced.

wiIl be exarpented, aod

tlr ike iowarJs, generate

otht!u,

and increare ,hore alrtady formed .

The cauCe! of a

Cílncer

mufl be taken away with

it.

before :m

attcmpt

fhat

kind is mad e.

caneer of lhe fauces,

p:llate.

armpits, or groio, is

incurabJc;

oflhe

Jips is hard to cure.

When a caneer is large,

&c.

as above-mentioned, all

\lit

can

do is to Icave

it al

reO, and to appeafe thefymptoms.

The

(ir(l

poiot is obtained

defending

from exter–

~al

injuries, by appliea,ions eonfifiing of plumbeous in–

gredients and narcedes ;

climinifhing and correél:ing lhe

c~ure.

Fer this

purpare

catharcics with mercurials in a

l¡mll, and Comelimes in a doubte dore, will be proper ;

.as al[o

dilueots, aperients, and fubalkalious remedies;

-taking care oot in any manner to ¡ncreafe the cauCe.

Whe,.

he cancer is ulcerated,

it cannot be taken off,

it filOuld be kep' as clean as poflible, and be appeaCed

''Vith the mon [of( [.11urnine applications.

Mr Gotaker has (ound, ,ha, ,he rotanum hortenre, as

':\Vell as ,he le,hat, o,berwire called belladonna, has had

furprifing cffe{\s in ,be cure of obfiina,e pains, uleers

:wilhout mal ignity, fcorbutic eruptions, and

even

cancer·

ous ulcers of the face, and fcrophul ous rores

(he thighs.

Junker aflirms belladonna bas cured a mofi deplor.ble

eaneer of ,he breafi, The doCe of ei,her is a grain or

two

.at night going

bed, which Cometimes makes the

pa,ien, giddyat fidl. Three will of,en vomi" Cwea"

or purge the patient moderately. Boiling water'muO be

poured upon ,be berb. whieh muíl be af,erwards Cqueezed

out.

O./' the

ELEPHANTlASlS,

LeproCy

of the

Arabians,

leprory i, raid 'o be of ,wo kiud,; ,hat of ,he

Greeks, and ,hal of ,he Arabians. The I.uer is ealled ele–

phaotiafis, from the roughneCs, inequalities, and tubercles

the

(kin,

refembling that of an eJephant. Lucretius

[l1P–

pored il 'o be genera,ed in E gyp', and no where elre ;

bu, if ,he leprory of ,he Jews is ,he rame as ,ha, of ,he

negroe., whieh is highly probable, Ihen we may aflirm

,ha, il ís endemieal

,he Coulhero and inlaod part' of

Afriea,

That

was contagious,

0111

hifiories agree,

wel! ra–

cred as pro(ane ; and ,he Perfian, would no, le, a leprous

perfon come withio the ciiy-walls .

Pliny informo us, ,hal ,he fi r(l appearanee of ,he ele–

phantiafi, is in ,he (aee, partieularly a rmall rpeck appears

the nofe or noChil ; and, as the difeafe ¡ncreafes, the

whole body is (ull of rpots of various eolours ; ,he Ikin

is thick in one place. and thin

another, hard and

rough, with fcabs.

"rocefs of lime, the

O(in

turns

blaek , and ,he direare eats a\Vay ,he Aelh ' o·,he very bones .

Celfus obferves. that the fpots grow tllmid· and red, and

then turn black, and

,he

Ocin is covcred. as

\Vere,

with

feales, Tilen ,he body f. lls a\Vay, ,he mout h, legs, and

i eet fwel l, and lhe fingers anJ toes are hio with a fwcl linc ;

-even lhe l:one5 thcmfel\'cs uo

not

efc<lpe ;

arl ~rwa rds

fe ver alifes, tO which the palicnt falls an eil fy ,,¡étimo

]ju,

fct_,his mau er in a ílill cicare< ligh', íl \ViII be

ncec{fary

add ,hedcferip,ion of ,his difeare from

Cu;".

Chtrll{;ol.

Tho leprofy, fJys he, eommonly begins

Ihe faee and (orchead, in whieh 61,hy ,ubt rdes make

,hoir appearance, and by dcgree, fprcad all

ovtr

,he bo–

dy.

"r'he eycbrows fwell; the notlnls grow widtr

out~

wardly, and (lraita inwATdly; lhe

JlpS

are dl:.figured

with 2n uofightly tumeur; ,he voiee is hoarfe ana fouf...

fling; the ears ílre turned back ;

lhe

forehead is prom·

berant; the face is of

purple colour ; the veins under

the tongue are varicous and black; lhe mufcles between

the

for(-fi(l~e

r and the tbumb ate eateo away; lhe hair

falls off from ,he head and eyebrows ; af,erwards ,he Ikin

o( ,he whole body becomes black and full of rpOIS, rough

and un<qual, wi,h e<ufiy feabs full of knobs and fi{fures.

of horrible arpd l, which makes it appear like ,he

r~in

ao elephant. Af,er Ihis, ,h. fingers and toes begin lO

fwell;

and [hen the Jegs, .which, being coveren w¡tb.

rugged inequalities, feem like tWO facks for magnitude.

BeCides al! this, the patient is iofatiable with regard

.e;.

nereal plearures. The blood i. felid, fponed and black,

aod will nOI co. gula,e.

This direare i. heredi,ary and infeaious : for i, may be

eaugh, by ,he faliva of a leper, if a Tound perron drink.

afler him; by ,oueh; by Iying iD ,he fame bed; aod by

coidon.

An invetente leprofy was judged

be abrolu,ely in–

curable. But Are,reus fays, when the direare i. new

aod

recent, there are bopes of

cure. What he and

Ce){us prefcribe in order

the cure, are not worta re–

pea,ing; for, if any medicines will do, ,hey mufi be of

tbe Herculean kind. Authors are exceffive in the praife

of viper's flelh, whieh Hnffman judges 'o be qui,e infig–

Di6caot. Joel advires bleeding anel purging, wilb xij

grains of

,h~

e""aa of blaek hellebore, or iij gr. of Ihe

glafs of antimony

cooferve

rofes ; but the vinum ce–

ntum is more fafe, and may be given

a Jarger dore.

Towneconfelfes, that antimonial preparations yielded moa

reli ef in Barbadoes; bu, he eould oot ray ,hal ,bey per–

feaed ,he cure , On ,he o,her haod, mercury e"arpe–

rated the dillemper, irritated the uJeers,

aod

made thern

fpread ,he faCl er.

Of the

¡"PETOGO,

Leprory ofth. Gr«ks.

T H' s diaemper begins wi,h red pimples or pufiule.

breaking

out

va riou~

par1s of the body; forot·times

they appear finglC''; fom etimes

great number arife tOge–

Iher, erpecially on ,he .rm. and leg': as ,he direare in–

creares, frefu pimples appear, which joining the former

make a rOrt of cluners, all whieh enlarge ,heir borders

and rpread in an orbicular formo The ruperfió es of ,here

pufiules are rough,

whiti!h ,

and ft'aly: when they are

fera,ehed, ,he reales falJ off : upon whieh a ,hin ichor

oozes out, which foondries and hardens into

fc"ly cruel.

Thefe cI.ners of pnnul.. are, a' fi dl, rmall and (e\V,

that

¡s. 1hree or four in an arm, or

leg

onl)',

¡¡nd'

of [he

fize of a Gl ver penny. Bu" if ,he ddeale is ruffrrcd 'o

inerrafe, they berome

more

numerous. and [he

c1ullelS

cnlarge tht'ir circumfen:ncc

the

bigncfs of

crown–

piCCt:,

but nOl cxatl ly rouno. J\ ftt'Twnds it

&T2du:a lly

incrcal~

l\ch

manoer that tbe

whoh:

boJ)' is

C"o\'éred

wi,h a Icprous fctlrf.

Willis