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E
1)
it
is of a more grll!vous kind, and
'l1:1.y
proceed from a
h :Jrt
of
the Húmach . pairon,
10
ioRammation of the
ílomach, inteHines, bladder, diaphragm. or (he
reíl
of
the vifcera. Sometimes, immediatdy befare death,
it
mi4.y
proceed from gangreocs
of the outward pans.
In
acure fC\'ers,
and chieAy lhe
maligoaDt,
a
hiceup
as
Ere–
quent, and often fatal.
Vvhen i, happens in old or weak perfon" from a plen.
tiful meal, cfpec,ally
fronl
h2rd :dnd
rlotlulent
aliment, a
draught of generous wine, or a dram of
Oloy rpirituous
liquor, will geDerally ,ake i, aw.y. Likewife (Iomachic
powders mixt with Pc:ruvian
b.uk,
and takcn in gencrous
\Vine, are
profita,ble;
as
airo
ir
it
proceeds from cold, o r
dri nkinc cold liquon.
'Vhen i, proceeds from o,her caufes, efpecially from
acid humours in ,he
Ilomach,
abCorbent and a.lkalious
medicines are gnod .
.Ir
it proceeds from an acute rever,
or
aD
inflammatioo ofthe llomach, it is
a
daogerous
diC·
tare. However, dulcified fpirit of oitre, joined
tO
aD
alexipharmac, and given often, is proper; a dranl or twO
of diarcordium, gíven io the eveniog,
ma)'
perforr.1
a
cure.
Ir
it proceeds from
Ol
gaogrene or mortification, it is ge·
nerally incurable: but P l!ruvian barle., with medicines a·
gamft
mternal ¡nflammations. is mon likely
lo
Cucceed.
lE
a poifon is ,he caufe, pleD'Y of milk mua be taken with
oil, as has been already taught.
Of
the-SoDA,
Dr
He.n·burn.
TH
l'
diforder is a heot or troublefome burning about
the, pit of the
nomót.ch,
01'"
iu left orífice, which
fome times
i. extended ,he whole leng,h of ,he oefophagu" wi,h a
p,dru,e or fpafmodic coofiriaion, .fually atta¿king ,be
p.,i.n, by 6... Tbe caufe
¡,
gener.lly fa , alimen', if
cotd drink be ,akeo fooo after. In fome ii proceed. from
acid"
in
othen from arom:uic" fpiriUlous liquors, or
bilioos humoDrs. It frequcotly torments pregnant
\VO '
meo. Thi. diforder is generally fl'ght, and vaDlChes of
its
OWD accord; but iD fome
ir
is of long duratíon.
lO
,he cure. ,he caufe mun .Iwayshe .<tended 'o: If
from acids, abforbenu are proper. particulall
y
crabs-eyes
and prep.red iliells; mixed wi,h a fourth or 6f,h p.n of
powder of nutmeg. given to half a dram. Il is commOD
to take chalk alone, or mixed with outmeg; bUI
care
Ihould be ,aken no'
to
be
'00
rree in iu ufe. Oil of 'ar–
tar
p,r
deliquium,
gíven
from
20
to
30
nrops,
in te;t.,
C!offec, -broth , or warm beer, ís ofually dncacious; as
atfl> ,inaure of ,.roar aod fpiri, of haroiliorn.
Ir
i, pro·
ceed, from biliou, humou..,
30
or
50
drop' of dulcificd
fpirit of
nitre
in water, tea, or cofF<!e, will t:tke away rhe
pain . When it is caufed bv fat things , dnd draugnts of
cold Iiquor, a dram of brandy is good. Nowand ,hen
laxati\'cs Ihould be given.
lO
carry of the humocrs. lo
f'aDguíne connitutions, bleeding may be proper.
0f1heCAKOlALGIA,
DrP.ioof ,he S
,olO.ch.
O. all p.ins of Ihe fiomach, ,he cardi.llgia is ,he moa
(evere. It js a rpót.(01:>dic paio of the llrilice of the fio·
roach, fometimes o(
th~
right.and fometimes of the lefe.
One kind or ,hi. diforder m.y procezd rrom a n,.rp c.u–
Oíe, or paífoDoll' m .uer; COílctimes it
arir~s
(rom a re–
dUodaDlor caullic boil, or rrom adyfco'ery. A, o,her
e
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times i, may proceed frolO ,he blood, when any ufu.1 e.
vacu ations are fupprdrcd. and (he nervous membranes of
,he
llonl.chare dillended 'hereby. Hence i, often happens
te
Wom\!n
aftcr the
fiftieth
year ;
and,
in
the cure.
bleeding or fcarifications are proper:
00
(he
other
haod.
ifit
is dl:duced from a caufiic matter in the nomach, . oil1
appeafing thines,
a(fes
milk, an
¡nfuCioD of camomile
flowers, cream, with abCorbents, are proper.
It
mufi:
be difiioguiChed from a painful inBa,ion of ,he llomach.
in which ,here i, a 'umour like a bladder uDder ,he falf.
rib,. chieny on , he lef, fide, lInd under ,he pi, of ,oe llo·
mach; bu, ibe inB.,ion is geoerally on',he righ' fide , wiih
great difficuhy of brealhing. This is CDanmon
in
infanl'
before they
are
weaned; but more fo
in
bypochoodriacs,
ir
they are
too
luxuriou~ .
Ir
it proceeds
from
the remains of
lhe
aliment
grown
lharpl~whence
flatulencie.5 arife, it geoerally gives
way to
tea
or coffee alone, or a decotlioD of camomile Bowers.
efpecially mixed with fiomachics ; likewife prepara_
tions
of fennel,
aoife,
orange .peel, and olher carmina.
tives are u{eful;
as
:I1lfo
a
dram "of [he powder
of
oranga
peel, or camomile-Bowc:rs, with
a
few
grains
of faffron...
in anoQunee
or ,wo
or
winc.
When ,he fiomach is
'00
much 611ed wi,h a1imen, dif.
"culo of dicdtion, or fa, 'hings, a gentle eme,ic ",ill b.
neceffary,
efpecially
if lhere
is a
"¡ufea or
reaching
lO YO.
mit; a(ter y¡hich, a fufficient qUJntity
oE
W3rm
wáter mua–
be
dr~nk,
'o waCh ,he (
lom.ch: ,his will be bell promoted.
wirh a
decoétion of carduus benedidus, or half
a
dram
of
tartar.vitriolate, fah of
worm-wood, and the likc;
.fter
which (lomachic. mufi be Civeo.
In a very violent cardialgia, from congenions of bload,
vomits
are impropero
bUI
bleeding Dccefi"ary,
with
¡nti·
{paCinodic$
of tattar·viuiolate, nitre, cinnabar, crabs eye!!,
and ,he like. in .. propa vehicle; as alfo fpiri, of hanC·
horo'mixt with tintl:urt: of tartar
(O
SO
or
60
drops.
To·
rhefe may be add<d emoJlien, aod .nodyne
c1yU<rs,
and a
bladder of ho, milk, wi,h camomile flnwers, appJ..d lO.
Ihe pi, of ,he fiomach .
Of
FLATULl:!NCI ES
and
ERUCTAT ION5 .
TH ' caufe of ,hefe díforder. i. cenerally a ,,·..k llo.·
mach, and crude 8alulenl alimenc, Cuch
as p.tJfe,
bcan"
lentals, coJeworts , turnlps, radilbes, nar9 fat
fielh,
and
the like; which dcgt'nerate ioto wind, creatiDg
great.an·
xielY. if DOt e9'acuatcd. and dlfllculty of bre:Hhing.
It
is
a
diforder familiar
10
hypochondriact.
and,
the 'Uomach
b~ing
flrongly contraéted, the wind break, OUt with
vio–
lence.
Ano,her c.ufe of fl a,ulencies are congenions or bload.
in lhe branches of the 'Vena pon re; wheoce proceed an–
xietit"s of lhe pr::ccordia, dilficult brrathing, colie paios,
aod ehe cardialgia, and , by confeot o( lhe flomach with.
ththead, paios In the hcad, the venigo, and watch(ulne(s.
If ie ariCes from cruduies in the Itomach, . evacuatio(],
:ue
necctr.J.ry~rn
of alJ; and lhen
(l ren~theners,
I'Lrom:nics,
hitCers, and carmi oatives. Cueh as nave beeo mentioned in·
the precedi nc
di (~afes;
with a Cparing diet and excercife.
H i, proceeds f,om concefiions of ,he blood in ,he·
branches of the vcna pOrta:::, whlch is tbe caCe of hypo ..
choodriacs, or Wh';D ufu.1 oJeedings are fupprelred, a , ein
muil