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1\1

t .1,

it \,..

¡ti

be prC'rcr to

;2i\"(~

oil of

Cweel

<l lmonds and wa–

t~r

grlh:1 inw;lIdly.

N'or muU hende

IJx.l1ivt:s

mano

na, rhuu"fu. and

erC.lm

uf l.lrtar,

UI!

n~llJeat:dJ

with a

few clrops of

011

juoipcr.

lh~re

grc;n ch..

.,¡!

cf acid

filth

in the

nomach,

crah~

eyes alone \Vd l

pllT&e.

T o corrrc8

lhe

ford l:s in

lhe

prim.:r

vi~.

gi\'e

lhe

abo

fOlbcnt, prl!cipiuning. anJ antirparmodic powe"rs, fuch as

crab's-eyes. mothcrof pearl, pulvis

mdrchionis,'

purified

oitre, prcpared amher, cinnabu, tartar-vitriolale, wi rh

a liul. c.flor .

\ViII alfo be proper tO take • decoElion

of any of lhe folJowing things in lhe morning in bed. tO

promote a diaphore(js.

v iz.

balm veronica, betony. a·

grimony, fcordium, cclrduus benedtélus,

tOpS'

of yarrow,

daiCy flower! , camoruile Bowers. fc:noel (ced,

be.

To reflore the digdl ive powe r of the tlo01::1ch, give

elfenee of orange.peeJ. (inéture of lan ar,

dulci~c!d

fpirit

of nitre,

6c-.

The paroxyfms are rdieved by tepid pediluvia. made of

wheat, bran. water••

camomile fiowers.

Tbe

feet

mutl be PUt preny d eep ther<in.

O ut of the fit, ' 0 d,fcufs the fl.gnation of the blood.

bleeding iD the foot \ViII be nece(f.,y. efpecially at the

equinoxcs, aod at other times as occafion (hall require;

but this

/ho~ld

be afte r

I~xatives

and pediluvia. If there

i, a difpofition to an h.,morrhoidal fl " x. I<eche, /ho uld

be applied every month tO

the

anus ; and the patient

/hould alfo take balfamic pills, with . ntiCpafmodi c nitrous

powders.

To flrengthen the nervous Cyflem. nothing i. bener

tllaD chalybeates ; for they, by a geDtle aíl riElioD, reflore

Ibe nerve, tO their former flr<ngth. O utwardly.a fapo.

oaceous plafler, with camphor, may be laid to the hypo–

choodria with no

fmall

advantage.

Notbiog is more friendly, nor gives 2reater energy to

the blood and Cpirits, than riding 00 horfeback almofl e–

very day, and foi a ·, confiderable time together. N or

don ridiDg iD a coach Want its /hare of Calutary effeEl,.

MELANCKO i, V

and

MADN ESS .

MELANCHOLV and madDer. may be ver)' properly con,

lidered as .diCeaC.. nearly allied; for we fi nd they have

both the fame origín; th at is, an C'xceffive congenton of

blood in the brain : they only differ iD cn,gr<e. and with

reg>rd lo the time of invafi on. M e\ancholy may be look·

.d opon as the primary difeaCe, of which mad neCs i. only

the augmentation.

When perCon. begin to be md.ncholy. they are Cad,

dejeEled. and dull. without aDy apparent caufe ; they

tremblc for fea r, are defl itute of cou rage, fubjeEl to

watching. and fond of folitude; they are fretfu l. fickle,

captíous, and inquifitive; fometimes

nig~ardly

tOan exc<:fs,

and fometimes fooliflily profufe and prodigal. They are

gent:nJJy cotlive ; 2nd when they clifcharge their

excre·

mt:nu , they are oftea dry, round, and covered with a

black, bilious humour . 1'htir urine is l¡ule. acriel, and

bilious

tliey are troubled with flatulencies, pl1tTld and

fet id

cru~at;ons.

SOnlc!(imes Ihty yomi t

acrid hu mour

with

bile T hcir counten,lOces bt:come paJe and wa.n;

tht:y are lazy and wcak, and yet devour thcil' vitluals

Wilh

greeclint:{,.

V OL. 111 . N umb. 75 ·

T hore who are aétu;dly milO, are in ;¡n C'xcd Jive r.1;:!e

wilen provoked to ::Ingcr. Some war:Jcr

;,bmÍl ;

fon.c

m~ke

a hideous

noife;

others (hun

the

fight of mankind ;

othe lS,

perrnitted, would te::lr themfc lvcs

pieces.

Sorne, in Ihe

hi~ht:lt

dsgree

Ihe

diford~r,

{ce red im.t·

ges bcrure their cyes,',*ncl (ancy

themfelve~

Oruck wilh

Ilghtning.

hey are fo f¡:daclous , lhat tht y

llave

fenle o( (hame in their vcnereal altemplS . V/hen

lhe

di lrafe declines, Ihey bt:come rlupid, fedate,

(¡ud

mOlJ.rn–

fuI, and fenfibly affcdt!d wi\h thcir ullhappy (ituation.

T he

anteCedeDt (jgns are, a rednefs and

fu ffufion

lhe

eyes with blood;

tremulolls

and

incon(blnt vibradon of

lhe eye. lids; a chaoge of dífporition and beh.\\.·iour , fu –

perci lious looks• • ha\1ghty

carri.ge,

difdainfu l expr. C–

fions, a gri[lding of the teeth. unaccountable malice to

puticula r perfons ; aJ fo Itule Oeep, ' a violent .necl.d·ach,

quickne.fs

of hearing, a fingi ng of the ears;

thefe may

be added incredible flreDgth. infenfibility of cold, ando

in WOOlen, an accumulatioD of bJood in lhe bre2{h .. io tbe

¡ncreafe of this diforder.

Thefe things b"ing duly con6dered. together with the

fl ate of the

br.in

in perfon. who died of thi. difeaCe, wo

may conclude, that m. lancholy i, a ftrong and lively work–

ing of the faney, with 2 6xed attentton of lhe mínd

to a

particular objeét, which it continnall y dwdls uRon ; to–

gether with a delirium.. a long continual dejeélion, drei\d

and fadoefs without any manifen caufe, arifing from a

d illicult circulatioD of blood through the ve(fel. of

th~

brain, where it is too copioufly congefied and becom¿F

Clagnant. Madne(s is a vioJt:nt rage,

tended' witr,

r./hnef. and preternatur.1 flrength. caufed by·an impe–

tuous motion of a thick melancholic blood through the

ve(fe), of the braiD

It differs from a phrenzy. which

delirium accompaoied wíth

fever, and arifes from

infl. mmatory flagnation of the blood in t·he

br.in

: for wc

Jearn from experience, that all the Olining f..cuhies of the

mind are changed or depraved, dimini/hed or totally de–

flroyed, when the blocd . nd humours, receding from

their nalural lemperameot and due quantity, arenot con–

veycd

the brain in a moderate and equabJe m¡nner,

bU( on lhe contrary with an impeded . Oow ..

and languid

motion, or with tOO brilk and violen! an ímpetus..

Both thefe diforder; luppofe • weaknefs of the braio,

which may proceed from violeDt diforders of the miod,

efpecially long .continued grief, f. dncfs, dread, une.finef.

and terror; as alfo c10fe lIudy "nd intenfe .pplica tion of

rnind¡ as

well

as JC!ng protraEted lucubrations.

may

alfo arife from violent lave in ei.her fex. efpeci.lly if at–

tended with defpair ; from profofe cvacu:u ions of the

fem~n ;

from an

he ~ditary

dtfpofil ion; (rom narcotic

and tlupefaélic medicines : from previous difcafes, efpe ·

cially aCUle fevers. VioJeot angrr wi ll change melan.

clloly into O1:ldncfs; and excenive cold, '

efr~cially

ofthe

lewer

P,I:Tts,

will force the blood to the lungs, hean ,

and brain; wh eoce oppn.ffi ve anxieties', (¡ghs. and OlOrt-.

ncfs of breathing. tremors and p::llpi13tions

eff

the

he~rt ;

thus vcrtlgoes :md n Jenfa rion of w(,lghl in the hend,

ficrrenefs

of (he

eyes , long watcllings, \'arious workings

of t¡le fan. y i" " nfel y fi xed "pen a finglc

objc~l.

ore

)!fod uccd by th ele means. 1'0 tho« m,y be added •

{uppr~ffion

urual l~:cmorrh3bcs,

allu omiu ins cu ft tlmary

bl.eding :