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O( I h. l lllmoJor.. e FLUX of 11,< l\'¡" SSE5.
Tu F. fymptoms which this dirordt:r. are lofs of
'flren~th, an:<iety of lh~ pí:\!C01Ji.l. lting. coldncfs of
,t he ex treme: pans, p..lenefs, cOllvul fions . futfoc.uions; ilnll,
whl.!ll it is ¡ . oeOeOlottOus rwcllings of the (cer. a
cachexy, d ropf)', lhe fl UOT albus, a hdlic Icver, and ao
atrophy .
Sometirnes the Au,< returos {\Vice in a mon,h; and a l
others continues feveral dctys l on~er than urual. It
come3 rometimcs bt;:(ore amI fOnlt!tim t!s aftc r abanioo.
~ornetimcs fl oriJ blood ruflll.!s out wit h Imp:'Hlofity, mon
.freq uendy bc:fare Q mifcarriage, and .t(tc r it from a retcn–
'tion of pan of the arter binh, wh ich k~eps lhe ori fi ct!s o f
«he vefrds open. Somctimes dats of blood come 3way
of lhe (i ze oC <ln cgS. when the menres llave been Hopped
f or twO or lhree months. A bl.¿ck, grumous, co~gula-ted blaod will now and l hen come away
00 lhe flrfl days
of child bed , when lhe pati eO( is Ot oder and plelhoric.
10 the Ql¡;heélie, lhe fl ux will be oflc:n thin and water)' i in
t he fcorbu,ic corrup' and (eLid, at tended with Iharpnefs
and pain.
l< is fom<ti m<s c.u fed by a ¡;rc>l afRux of blood to ,he
'\llerUS, whieh is 0 0 1 relurned in due quanlity by the
veins; ,for whieh rearan lhe ve{fcls oft en burn. The
fame happeos from a plelh ora, and from hard Iabou r.
A boUl lhe fiftiClh year , when lhe menrc:s ceafe fpofH ane ..
ou ny, a great and fomelimes dangerous fl ux will happen,
and then quite dif.ppears . l f it Ihould fuddcn ly and un–
·expeétedly returo aboul fixt y, Wilh flooding , it bnngs on
a fatal hetlic fever.
This is gencrally preceded and accompallied
"vith a tenlion and ¡nRalion of lhe hypoehondria; a heavy,
prdling pain aboul lhe loios, with a chilnef5 ; 2S alfo a
coldnefs of lhe extreme parts, a fubfidenee of lhe verrels.
a palen~fs, a q uiek pulf~. ao inward heat, a coltivenefs,
and liltle urine.
I f. child ·bed wom.n is not fuflicicn<ly c1eanred .. her
. a greu h:rmorrhage \ViII follow fome momhs
arter, with fainting fits , and wi ll not terminate till lhe
~xcretio n of::t eafnous mafs as big as one's fin , whieh lhe
[ex c.1I a mole.
I f the bod)' is c.cochymic, and (ull of dopr.ved juices ;
I corbutic, or infelled with Ihe veocreal lues; when the
,vifcera are unfound, and the li\'er, fplet'n. ttnd mefe raie
·verrds art Iluffed wi,h a black, thick blood; ,his dif<afe
is nOI without danger . The p:uient's life is grcatly in
<langer ' ",h en ,he is dead borore dclivery, and a
great flux of blooo happens, JI is dange rollS when
cauftd by a violent eX lraélion of lhe aftlr· bln h; or
when pieces of it are It. rc behind, wh ieh aft erwa rds bc–
come moles, and gretldy vitiate tlnd ¡ncreare lhe mcnCllu–
al Aux .
I r Ihe p.uient tS plethorÍt:, blced in lhe armo Ir there
js ao orgafOl in {he blood , dilucnts, hl1 meéLtnls. ;tnd re–
friS!er,lOlS, wdl be mun. cffi eaeious: in lhis cafc rprin~-\V.llcr
may ;'e Jrank ¡¡Ione, or wllh a lit alt.· nitre, or with (pirít
of vitriol ~nd fyrup o( poppies ; the fptlfl11s requirc gcntle
opiales. To carry off lhe impnrc fcrum, l VolO Ounees al
leall of manna mull be gil'<o, witb a dram of cream uf
e N F..
tart ;H in an aqucous vehicle. Ir the fl ux: is obllinau,
r ccourre mutl .1,.; had {Q altrincems.
'nlOnlfon of !\Iontrofe rccommends an improvement
of Jl..:lVl IIIIS·S ffYPlic powdt'f; whidl confifts al two para
of en,d~ it lUlll , .lOd one of Jr.tgon's blooJ; whereai
'rhomfon's is equal p drtS of eaeh; and trIe: .&Iu'o IS tO be
burnt in a crucllJlc:, and the dr.lgon s blood adued tO it,
and afterwards powdered . Me¡¡d bas lhree parts o[ burnt
alum tO one of d r;¡gon's bJooJ .
HI! f""ys he neva fOllnd Ihis medicine in uterine
hXl11orrh,Iges , wh c:-thcr to correéllthe too trequent retura
of the menfes, or their too grCilt <lbund:\nee, or lOHop the
fl ooding of women with chdd, or tO modence Ihe Aux of
the lochi•.
The quanlilies which he gives are more or lefs, ae·
cording (Q the exigencies of the patient. In violc:nt bleed·
ings, half a dram evéry hour; and three dr.lms or hatí
. 0 ounce feldom 0 1 ncver f..1 tO Ilop the flux .
O( a H",morrhage (rom I h< U p. .
TH IS dirorder i, commonly called piflin g of blood; aod
is an emiffion or blood with or wilhout urine, [rom lhe
verrels of the kidneys or bl.dder, which mAy be ."her
enlargt=d, uroken, or eroded . lt is more or lers ddngerous,
according to the dilTerem circumíl.anees which altead it.
l f pure blood is voided ruddenly without interruption
and without pajn, we mayeonclude it proeeeds from lhe
kidneys. l t likewire come. from the kldneys, if ,he
urine is coffee ·eoloured or more flond , and generally
precedes a fi t of the gravel, but fometimes aceompanies
the parrage of • Ilone through the "retcrs. But if the
blood is rmalJ in quantity, and of a dark colour, wich or
withou t purulent matter, ehiefly if it is emined with
and palO io the pubes, it certainly proeeeds (roro the
bladder. This is rometimes attended with fainting, dif–
fi cuh breathing, a low, fmall, and frequent pul(e, a. naufea,
anx icty. and cold fwc:ats .
' oV"hcn it proeecds from the ureters. whidt are burt by
a l;trge, rough Ilone, and a rmall qu"nti,y of blood is
mi xed with lhe urine, tbere is ~ nlal p pain 10 lhe loios and
ilia, aod a dtfficuhy of rnrtking wacer, which when made
has a f. bulous rediment, and other figns o f a Ilone lIick–
ing in the ureter . When lhe of lhe blddd~r are
hurt by a Clone, and a I¡lde bload follows, il is attendcd
w¡lh a mofl aCUle pain and a previous fioppage of lhe u–
rine, w cclher with gru01es and rabulous eoncretions;
which alru fometimes' happens when a n one is lirmty lixe,i
in the kidney.
1, n).ly be occ.fioned by. Ilopp.¡;e of the h.~morrhoid­
al flux ; from violent mOl ion of lhe body, efpecially ri–
ding j rrom a fl: one concealcd in the kiJney: rrom an ero~
(ion and ulcers of the hJadder; f. om extcrn.d \·¡okn..;e j
from griping pains caufed by violent purgcs ; rrom Iharp
d iurctics, elpecially crtnthitrioes.
AII blnoay urine has fome J egrec of danger; bU l it is
Jl''IOfl ro wht.n Illlx t.d with purukol m.ltter.
I f lhe patient as plethoric, or if It procet'ds. from lhe
fu pprcflion of a fan~uincolIs t!\,acu¡.Hloo. l>le~dlng is nC'cer–
fal y: alS alfo CUOllllg n¡trous Or;\ughls, ,tnd pllrdi~J nllr~
mixcJ Wllh abforbco\Sl with whcy fur.t. \" ... ht~k, or barlq':
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