1000000031

2nd by .ppenr,nr. ,he orr.nfm of Ih. fluiels wi,1! cooling

fix cc1 dlf\phorctics and :\cids. 1"'hc fccond fpecies

rcqulres

but Jittle or no "ffift,¡nce; anJ the thi rd is i.lcurable, at

lear! if blillers

f.iI

coma

fo;nnolernum·is divided

intoferousnnd

fanguine .

Tite tidl requirt:s

Ih e natur;¡)

tcrons

evacuations

be re·

lIored or promoted . Gou ,y "IS are

be invi,ed by fric–

liaos of lhe feer,

blifiers,

relaxing

appl:cations. and

warm

balhs. Slernutatorics are of great ufe. as they

di (charge

the rt:rum rhrough (he nofe, and (bmulate {he nerves .

W hen a vifcid phl cgm off<nd. ,he {lomaell. vomilS are

ufefu l, wi,h half. ferupl e

01"

a fcruple of po•• derof fquills,

gr of emetic tan:tr,

with

a laxative

potion .

In :\

fal1guine

coma romnolentum, when

lhe

blood

cir

cul>tes fiowly. or flagnales in the head, .. in the hypo.

chond riac or (carbulic

all hot Cpirituous remedies are as

bad as poifon: But bleeding, cI)'!lers. gentle laxatives,

cooling and nervous powders. are ufeful

red face. eyes turgid with blood,

indic.te

bleeding.

W.r ...ths are bad in all Oee py diforders; likew& f.f–

fron, poppie., and opiates of.1I kind•.

O[ th.

CATALEPSY.

TH . catalepr,s is . Ifo c.lled eatochus, and e.toohe; .nd

whOever lS affdled with

is in an inClant rc:ndered as ¡m–

movesblc as a (latue. without (eofe, and

withOUl

motion;

aüd conrinues in the

rdme

pacture

they

were in at the mo–

men! they were Ceizcd.

The proximat. cdufe of this difeafe is lhe immobility

of the COOlmon fenfory from the time of the fir!l attack;

therefore ,here is an a!'folute refl of ,he blooa in the brain.

ofthe glands orthe

brain,

and ofal1 ltS emirr.uies;

\1.Ihere–

. 11

the fu nélions of ,he brain are inj uréd,

well as

,hofe lha< depend thereon: The mufcles only romain tenfe

.. in ,he be¡;in ning ; the refpiration and pulfe indeed

continue,

but

they are very faiot.

B ut H offm. n .ffer". tba< ,he pulfe is natural, and ,he

bre.thing free .nd eofy; th.r the limbs are moveable,

-hm

remd.io

in lhe fame

Gtuation

in which you place them.

Thcy ncither hear nor Cee, !hongh lheir eyes are open ;

nor feel, though

they

are pricked ever fo

ml1ch; .

yet,

you

th ruCl

any lhing ioto lhei r mouths, they \ViII fwallow

it : 13m

thcir bodics

are

bound, thJt you cannot thrun

,he finen

1';

pe into ,he anus. The colour of the f. ee con·

tinues Oo,id .

i\t

I.!l ,hey fetch deep r,ghs , and come

themfelves, and lell \Vonclerfu l thi ngs of wh.. they have

f"C!n

and he<trd

dl1ring

(he

paroxyfm ;

fome

declare

they

h;l\'c cnjcy..:d

exqlJ,!i[C

plcarures,

or feen

trar.ical ligh[s,

or h.n·e

h~h'

JI\"Il1e

\,diolls an3

the

convl!ríation of angds.

This dife,lfe i< genually precedoJ by obninate inter ·

minins

(e\·ers.

c(pcci;\lIy 'luan;!,n'l; hy:t

Jry.

me1ancholy,

le.ln

telllp"rittlH,'"t of

boo)" ;

<t ICIC'nfinn

o( che

m~nres,

. nJ

hxm,'rrhJiJs; by gr"I .n

fudelen fr;¡;hlS; by a

p:"ofol1nd.

con'Llnt.

(, ,,('d 1l1.'dluuion on one! objo.!l..ct, or

flrong

(I..'ycrs in pcrfons

fanguine

conrtitlltion,

Tite

rncth od

n( cure is

'·.1f ¡('I1I~. :H:('ordir.~

th!

dif.

rer~nt

C';;urt s

~rh,: p~t it'n t

fhoul\1

l'"cill,:d

with

ll11ngs

lh:lt

gn'<iT ly

Ibikc

~hl'

fenfl..s; t'uch

a5 Itgh~.

noife.

(llmu–

).Hjn~ tl1111f!~.

y"l l1i!e

falts. pai ll .

(rilqtnnS,

continu:tl a'

~itatlons:

~at1ti nj!

h~lllorrh:\~l'

th :

n'Jfc;

pro–

ffiol;ng

tile h:

:tmorrhoiJ.li

\Jr

menllnul

flux ;

by (lcrnma-

lories and emelies; by bliOers;

i/!"ue.;

fetons;

• múi!lening di«.

O[ Ihe

V • •

nco.

vertigo, giddine(s,

f....

,imming in

the

heaó, is a

diforder '" which all vifible objt éls ftem lO turn round,

ancnned

with

Haggering.

danger

óf

f:tlling.

giddinefs, when it

not an original diforder in the

head, is eauled by 2 loog turning round of the body; by

looking from a h'gh

pl.ce

; io fome, by p.ffing o\'er a

broad river, by riding in a coaeh, by failing in a fl" p or

boat, and by drunkennefs .

A higher degree of a vertigo is 2 (cotomia, when the

patient is feizc::d

Wilh ..

fuddc::n dlmnc::ts or temporary

deprivation of figh,

The highelt degree of all is, when

be f.lIs down io the fit : Thi. bordero nearly

the e–

pilepfy.

But it may be doubted whether a fcolomia i••Iways a

fymptOm of • vertigo. properly fo called; .bec.ufe i, oflen

follows great h:Emorrhages, long fafling, and very bard

labour.

vertig,o will fomet imes arife by confenl, from difor.

de" of the !lomach; and, as Etmuller obferoes, oflen

merely from fa!ling, and lhen a morfel or two of brear!

will dr;ve it away.

inveterare vertigo. beginning without

any

manifefl:

external caufe, fOletells in young men an epilepfy, in old

men

an apoplexy.

The vortigo oflen arife. from a congenion of blood in

the head, when the patient

is plethoric;

or where

any

ufual evacuatioo of blood is fuppreffed , or from .n omif–

/jOA of hleeding when aeeu(Jomed thereto.

affeéls fome

whofe heads are debili,ated ..ith hard !Iudy. or who(e

flomach. are lo.dtd wi,h .i,iated, efrecially bilious, hu–

mours.

In plethoric eafes, I>xatives, bleeding in lRe foo!, pe–

diluvia, refol ving attemperating

powders.

ci nnabar, nitre

w¡th an ¡nfufion of

tea

or hetony, are proper, If from

fupprelTion

of :tn

ufual

ha::morrhage,

is to

be'promoted ;

bUl o if Ihis cannot be done, bl eeding mull be fubflituted.

Outwardly, eamphorated (pirit of

wioe

atone, or

mixed

wilh fpirit of hardhorn, applied tO the

lO?

of the head

and temples,

\ViII

ure(n) ;

or Hunga ry-water, or vola·

lile f..lts. or fpirit of lavender , may be held

lhe nofc.

T he fame things are good when it proeeeds from hard

!ludy. wi,h modero.. diet and (requent exercife. As alfo

a glafs or

[ WO

wine

med.ls

and other fireng1heners.

Hut

bec.lu(

many learocrl meo ha,'e

beeo

hun

hy the

ex·

ternal

tJ f~

\'ol~tile

and

(ra~r,tnt

fpirits

""di

ttS

OiIpO·

plctlic b.tlt'ams, thefe are

be tried ",ith great caution.

'ff

\'crtigo rroceeds (rom crurl;ties in(he flomat::h.

thcy

fhould be prepared or d,ffolved by neulr al f.lts, fueh

t;H1 ~ r

YltI'

lÚJ.ne

; and 1hen the)'

lho\lld be

eval.. ut1tcn

~ y

elllctic; bUt,

ilny

thin~

(orbids,

purRe.

After·

'''aHI:,

gi,,~

(l oll1achics OiInd cephalic5. <tnd

lr\'i r~

amarle ·

r:Hl' ufe

(\f \\

ice al

m~al~.

fparing

aromal ic

dIO,

ar.d c."Xcr·

Cl(~

01'

the l:-cdy, Pyrmont

water

is na:ellent io

thl5 C.i(t:.

I f<

1),o.TERle

PA SSlON.

T u r h\

ríe paflion is a

rpjl (nloJico,c('r'l\'\JIf:,,~

.crec·

tion uf tLe

0 .. 1\

ous

'km

cc ....

~(Enci

f,om

lh~

on,

b. ¡;r.d

e,,"r, d