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Of H -,1o:,tORRIIAGES ¡'lg!Il~·rtll.
T HF blood, w!tidl I1llwS rp~ntdn':OUny, gencr~lIy pro–
cccJs frü ,n d l'l[": ~S Whh.'h are uf a linio: an\1 thin tex –
tu.e, in whoí"e fUrf:lLc! lh e n~n.l..:r veff.:ls cr\::cp along
with \'Anous m:.IOJ..:rs; (u.:h as lhe in .\,it.~d p:lr( of lhe
nottrds. lb::: brondll.\ uf th~ lungs. tht: lId h of the gums,
thc I:rt liJe: of lhl! . th.: gllt ihum. ::lOO lhe ex –
trcnlnir.:s of lhe rcét\J lll. i4S :. ICo lhe extcrn,d fubftAoce uf
t hc womb and v.lgifl3 . \Vhen lhcfe p,tns art: dillel1d~d.
anJ [he (01 tl l an cries Qpen. lhe blood Orte n OUt
wi th vlolence.
SO~H:lill1l.'S. rhough b~1t fcldom , h:cmorrhagcs hAppeo
in other pld:C:s wherc lhe veJTI,:ls lie dtcper ; as from rhe
Jiu le finger. from lhe alld knee, lhe hrc!,tCls in lhe
time of menHruation T here are likewife ¡nnances uf
periodica l f1u '<es from lhe penis in meo.
T hoy generally happeo 10 perfons whofo bodies are of
a Coft, ~ngy. tender texture. and whoCe vdfels are
turgid Wilh blo Id and rerum . There were fornlerly '-aid
l a be oi a. fao guine conHitU[ion, and are fu bjeél to ha::.
morrhAges as long as they live. BUl lhe eholerie, \Vho
have larger vefTds, whore:: fibres are more Urongly bríl–
ced, and whofe blood eircuJates with greater rapidíly. are
¡¡able 'o a fpi!!ing of blood iD ,heir you," . The fan·
guineoamelanchohc are fu bjell. to the bl~eding piles; and
women who are fangui neo. phi egm.nic, are obnoxious 10
vomili ng blood.
Boys . nd yo~,hs are moCl fubj,tl ' o bleed a' ,he nofe;
in young' men lhe blaod feeks an exit fram the Jungs.
whence h:.1:moptoes and eonrumptions; the middleaaged
are more liable to h~morrhoidal evacuations, and decrepid
o!d men 'o pifling of blood.
H ",morrhages are mofl frequ en' a' ,he fpring and fJII ;
hence fanguineous apoplexies at thore fcarons, which are
no,hing e1f< hu, erup,ions 6f ,he blood in ,he midelle of
the br.lin. Vomiting and pifling of l,lood ate more fre–
quent in thc autUOln. I n fome, thefc cxcretions happen
periodccall y.
Wnen h:emorrhages proceed from • fulnefs of ,he vef·
fels . they condJce te lhe prerervation of health ; but when
they are d ufed hy a poironous acrid man er, as in míllig–
nant and [potted f\':vers, they are exceeding dancerous.
Alfo when they are derived from an infartlion. indura–
rion, and corrlJption of the vi'feera , efpeeially of (he
I,v<r, fpleen, or lungs. ,hey are generally fdlal, becan fe
, h<y br,ng on a ,"ch.,<y, dropfy, the black difeafe of
Hlppoaates, and a mortal heélic.
O; B L"o " G al l h, NosE.
A H JEMOI4.RIIAGE at lhe nofe is owing to the more
plenllful ap?ulf< of blood tO ,he no¡¡rils by • ¡¡range mt>–
tion of the he ,((, whercby lhe {¡n.\JI arter ¡es in the pHl1í.
ury coat beco'l1e turgld, anJ toO mueh d:Hcndcd, tlJl iH
Jcn.~th tht'Y g?pe, ílnel the hlond ruChes OUl.
A l>leeJlOg of ,he nofe may be promo'ed \Vhen perron.
of fedent ,try J.vcs that indulgt: theír appl:litcs. ann fo be.
come ple' horie, pUl their blood into cXlraonlin,lry acit.t–
,ion by violeot p.flions ?nd e,,:reife, by J'pirituous liquors,
e N E.
fpias, h.::.lting " oLuik Il1~Jicin'!s, h:lt bJdlS, or fudJenJy
cllIlli:lg thcir fi:t:L
L ik.:wifc: the fudden eh.,nge o-f :ti r from hot lO c'lld ,
anJ c"I,1 tO hot, by li.s, t:!r.:ci:d1y at tbe equinoxcs,
m1y e.ll1f~ [ll ~s (,le..:Jing; ílo; dilo wh~n from cold an d
nh1dl the air b~co.n":3 11Ighly el dbe, anJ viu vofe;.
l "'ho(lI. moreover, are hable toH \Vho are affit¿lcd \Vi[: . rheu–
matic, neph ri tic, arthftltc, alld íCchiadic paios, or WIIO hJ.\'t!
f\!vers or (pdfins. It (omelimes happcns bl..(ore the crup–
ti(.IOS of the (111:111 pox aoJ mc;tn~s • .mu to thort." who have
10ft a l.trge Jimb, or 'I.:ho l...bour unJcr obHru{huos of
lhe liver and rpl::tn ; henct: , in an invcrcrdle (urvy, dlop–
fy, ílnJ ea\,'hcxy, there often harpens a fatal h:emorrhagc.
lt dtfFt:rs much ílS tO the qU,.lotlty; fome lole only a
few drops, fome ((!vcral ounees, and fome Jive or li"
pOl100S. Nu hxmorrhage is more apt 10 return; whlch
it does tO fome in a few d,lYS, te others in a few hellrs.
T o lhe plelhoric it is gcnera lly r.tlutary; and therc are
many in'tanc~s of a \'ertigo, a (colO:nia. dull heílvy pains
of the' hei\d. íl phrenzy, and even an epilepfy, bei ng car–
ried off by a bleedtng .. the nofe.· 00 the contrary,
from ils lupprrflion there have ariCen vertigoes, apo–
plexies. cpi l~~fies , coO\'ulfions. noi(e in lb.! ears, and
h arJne(s of Iwarin c, and even a guita (erena.
Thefe h:emorrhages are critieal arld falutary in a fy–
noehus on a feOlicrilical ddy, that ¡s, between lhe third
and fou nh, or 00 J cridc<11 day, viz. the fevenlh: for,
as ,hefe fevers are generally cau[ed by • plethora, ,hey
are carried off that way.
Bu, enormous anel long.con,in . ed bleedings a' ,he
nofe, when they arife from fpafm s of rhe internal parts,
;;¡¡nd are preceded wid, coldnefs of the extreme pans, aod
(ainting fits, gcneral!y termínate in death.
After a revul{jon by l.tlceding, there 1S nothing equal to
nitre to appeare the orgaflO of lhe blood, and to rdax the
fpaClic Clritlure. N ext 10 thefe are "ege,able acids; fu~h
as lhe juice of Seville oranges, barberries, the water and
juiee of wood.forrel ; bu , more efpecially ,he di/u,ed fporit
of vitriol, t¡néture of rafes, maele wi th the water of wood ..
forrel and [he fpirit of vitriol, and drank with fpring–
wdtcr. [Flve or (ix rpoonfuls of the comOlon t¡nltureof
rafes mtty be given at a time, and repealed as occafion
requires .]
If ,he bleeding is very inordi nare, i, will be proper 'o
ufe cooling emullioos, gentle or flronger opiates tOOlode–
rate the fpan,c Ilriélures, as occílfion 01all require . Cam·
phor, mixed with nitre anel calx of antiOlony, w¡JI be
highly nt:ccffary. if the míltter of exanthemata or cu ta–
ncous eruptions is the caufe of [he hZOlorrhage, as is often
,he cafe.
A re, ma y be made from ,he head, by bleeding
in the lowcr p.lrtS j th en by temperate pcdduvla, aod
put(¡ng the hantls into warm water.
As lhere is Orten ao acrid bilious matter lodged in the
hvpnchond ria. rhe parent of wind and (pafms, the powdcr
of rhubarb \Vil! b.: proper. mixt w:th a fcw"sr"ins oftartar–
vitriol-tte ano nitre; as alfo cmollienl anti carmioative
clyfk r!=. Wilh <t J\lC proponion of oi!.
E'<t<.rnally. rtfngcrAnts may be mixed with difcutl('nu,
anJ arplteJ 10 the forehe3d, nof<, and neck.