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cfpecially

lhe

re!

is venereal. Then mineral waters

m,lY be drilnk. either

alone

or Wilh warm

milk.

for

re~

ver.d wecks, or lhe hOl bath

wAters:

to theCe may be

added injeétions of a dl!c6tlion

0[1

[he trau matic herbs,

fuch as agrimony, St Joho's \Von, plant.tin, or yarrow;

or, in lhelr ficad,

n~ilk

wiih fyrup of marfh·mallows,

fedh butec:r,

oil of SI Joho's \Vo rt .

lhece is a

difficulty

of urine in prcgnant women

towards [he Jafl: montbs.

diurelte!

mufl: be

nlUnned.

The

bef~

remedy in ,his eafe is 'o

e.fe

,he prelfure upon

lhe pan; bUl,

thal

will

noc

do, to \lfe a

cachetero

L .llly, if i, proeeeds from a fwdl ing of ,he prolla,e

~land,

is become fcirchous,

muCl be

lrealed

fuch, as will bS hereafter taught.

Bu" if 'hefe remedies will no' do, ,h. bl,dder mun

be pierced with atrochar, whiSh is cif.lled

lhe

punéture

of lhe perino:eum ; and, ""hen the perforation is ¡nade,

the water muft be evacuateq, as in thl dropfy: The in–

flrument mun be lef, in ,he woond, and be fallened in

fueh

,moer that it does noc f<tll out, that fo lhe urine

may be made as oflen as there ¡s'oecalion:

is a trouble·

fome operatiOD, bu, ,he only One lef,.

Oí the

DI ABETES .

D IABETES

happens when the urine comu away

crude, exceeding the quantity of Jiquid:i drank, aHended

wi,h weaknefs, whieh gene,.J1y

proee~ds

from ,he kid·

neys, which are too wcak and lax, efpecially in thoCe who

havebeen aCGullomed to driok tOO mucho

HEI~ST.

Lifter obCerves, that a diabetes comes Oowly on, and

is a long while in breeding. In the

Degi~ningJ

the mouth

is dry, and ,he fp iule a Jinle whi,e and fro,hy; ,he urine

being fomewha, more ,han ofoal, wi, h a fmall ,hirn. A

heat begins to be perceived in lhe bowels, which i$ a little

pungent

the patient falls away. aud lhe mind is anxious

and unllable. In ,ime ,he

,hid~

grta, ly inereafes, ,he

urine is plen'iflll. and ,he body ·walles. \Vhen ,hey

make watc:r without intermiffion, the thirCl: becomes into–

lerable; and, though much is drank, it is not

proponion–

able

the water. ,\rhen the urine

retaine4 a Jittle

while, there is a fwelling of the loios, iHa, and teCles,

and it comts away with pain. Now de¡uh i5 at hand.

The urine is pale, nOl fW\!ct, but il is more fweelifh at

laf¡ ,han a' firll.

Streng,theners, moderate anringents, and fpecies of

hyacinth, with croeus manis , are good io this direafe,

efpeeially with anodynes : or Japan carth. or the tinélure

of vitriol of mars, red wine with water in a fmall quan–

,i,y: ,he drink (hould be fparing, and all exeelfcs avoid–

eu. Exereife and fria ions

,he body are liktlVlfe pro–

Ii,able, beeáofe ,hey Ilreng,hen ,he parts, and ' inereafe

pcrrpiration~

L iller fay., .Imonds and a milk die, are proper in ,his

difien:per; as alfo wine with

gíng~r;

aJlowing in the meaD

time a draught of milk and wa'er 'o allay,he ,hirn.

Willis decl.ues·, he ha, often preCcribed tinéture of

an·

.imony wi,h good fueeefs; and lime wa'er with falfafr..,

&.Ilifeeds, rai(ins, or Jiquorice •.

•

WOMENS D1SEASES.

0./

Ih~

CHLOROSIS,

()r

Green-Sickncfs.

SVDENHAM

looks upon ,his 'o be a fpecies of ,he

hy–

fieric afFeétion, and is knowo by a pal cnefs and difcoJo·ura·

,ion of ,he face and ,he whole body. The eomplexion

appe:Lrs a liure fllblivid or greeniOl, with a red or

d.uk

circle uoder the eyes

the face is bloated, the eyehds :\od

ancles are apt tO rwell ; the whole body is heavy and dall;

,here is a «nfive 1.llitude of ,he legs and.fee" dilfieu!ty

of breathing palpitation of the heart,

p.io

of lhe head,

a feverirh

pul fe.

a drowfinefs; a pica, or delire of eating

un fit things, ruch as coals, chalk,

be.

and a fllppreffion

of ,he menfes. The clavus hyllerieus of,en anae"s pa–

tien ts in the height of this diforder.

The cUle is to ge attempted with chaJybeate medicines.

fuch as are preferibed in lhe hylll!ric diforder, given ac·

cOfding tO the patieot's age, drinking \Vine after them;

or the corroborating ¡ofulioD with aogelica root.

lhe

patient is Dot very weak, Ole may be purged ooce Or twice

before the courCe is eotered upon.

I-IeiCler recommends attenuants, evacuaDts, and llre.ngth–

eoen, with a good diet and exercife

panicularly 'rom

v 'o viij grains of powder of Ileel, wi,h half a feruple of a

properelxofaccharum, or with bitter extraéls given in the

evcni ng; as alfo emmenagogues at due times, with pe–

diluvia and bleeding in lhe foot about lhe time of men–

lIrua,ion. If ,hefe will no, fullicc, he ,binks matrimony

a ceruin cure.

0íth,

SUPPRUSlON

oí the

MEN SES.

As foon as a heal,hy female arrives a, her full grow,h,

Che generares more blood lhan can. be .conveniendy con–

tained in the velT'els ; whercfole lhe fuperfluity is evacu–

ated by the

uteri.ne

artefics. and

called the

fr[~nfoJ.

Boerhaave obferves. lhat in a fuppreflio'nof the meñfc!

there is a plethora, with a IiCllelT"nefs tO motion; a heavi–

nefs, a palentrs, a pain of the Joíns and of the grolo ;

all the funétions, whether nat!Jral, vital, or animill, are

deprav.ed.

Sometimes the menres wilJ force a way thro'

the eyes, ears, nonrils, gums. lhe f_livaJ dults, bb.dder.

breans,

íkin, wounds, or ulcers.

Hence ofeen arifes a depravation of all the vifcera, as

alCo diCeares without number, partly from a putrefaélion

already begun, and partly from ,he hurt whieh ,he

velf.lo

have received.

From lhís difordcr proceed want of appetile. the pica

and malacia, or a depraved appetite. If it is habituill

.nd obOinate. a feirrhus or dropfy of ,he womb are 'o be

feared, or a rup,ur. of fome bloqd-velfd, efpceially of

the lungs. It is not fo d,iOgerous when tpe uterus is not

infar8:cd or when there is no other rymptom of the men–

fes . If ,his

dife.fe

is at,ended wi,h ,he Ruor albus, i,

may bccome

habitu.ll

, :iod from yellow becorne greeo acd

acrid.. corrodjng lhe uterus, and laying a found.tion

dropfy ,herei n

Things which retard the menres are, immoderate col..

forrow, a fudden fright,

tOO

great cvacuatioos,

incraJr..

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