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brOlhs, fin,· fO:Jps ; .n"d drink • p.ifan of netde·tops, yar·

ro\V, and plantane.

\Vilh

orange. peel, or of the

grealer

comfrey ; if fue be hot .nd b,liou., wi.h I,"(<ed.

If thefe

f~il,

have "eoulfe tO .flr;ngen.s.

O(/h.

FLUOR ALBU',

Whit".

T u

fiu or .Ibus confin. in the emu" " f a whiufu,

Jy:nphatic, Cerous, or aqueous humour, from (he matrix.

is rometimes whitc, fometimes paJe, yeJlow,

greco,

oroblackifh; fometimes

(h;arp

and corroTive, fome·

úm" foul .nd fetid, the faee is difeoloured, thpre is.•

p.in

in the fpine df the back, the appe.i« is Ion, and the

eyes and fe.. Cwell. Some women ha"e a petÍodic.1 flux

of the \Vhites inneJd of Ihe menC...

The fymptoms are. a paio and weight in the

loms,

whieh i. worn in rhe lymphAtidlux, as being attended

with

fwelling of tbe

merus,

turbid urine, barrennefs,

a prollenefs to

abortioo;

Joathing

of fome

things, and

longing for .others; indigenion; thiekneCs and erudi.y of

Ll,e b d; whenee proceed oodem. tous fwelJing. of the

feet by day, and of the face by nigh.; diflieult brealhing,

palpitation of the heart, fyneope, relaxation of .he liga·

me~ts

of the uterus, a total or partial procidentia

uleri':

the flu x is acrid and

corro(ive,

ulcerates

the vulva;

ereates phlyélenre ; whieh lan geoerally proeeed from a

fcirrhus or

~ancer

in the uterus;

él

flow fever; dropfies

of different parts; of whieh, or a eonCumption, .he patient

generally dies.

may be known from a virulen' gonorrhrea; becaufe

this is aHended with paio and an inAammation of the ex–

ternal parts

the pudenda, ehieRy about .he clitori. ;

'heat,

fharpnef~

and difficuJty of urine, pain iD coition;

makes

progrefs fooner.

lhe

gooorrhcr:a

¡ove–

terate,

it is

very like

a'fl uor

albus.

Befides arterial blood, the menfes confin of redundant

Iymph or ferum, ehi.8y from the membranou. eell" aod

",enuicles of .he gland. of thofe parts of the membrana

eelluloCa whieh are more immediately conncéled wi.h the

Kidneys,

merus,

and ovarium . When this Iymphatic

feeretion beeomes morbid, it is called the /luor' albus.

At firl! the par" of the membrana adipofa of the loms,

J<idneys, and uterine

.ppend~ges,

are wafled by it; bUl

:ilt

length the Aux

becomes acrimonious,

and

may

melt

and carry off . JI the fat of .he body.

The Roor albu. fome times is difeh.rged from the ule·

Tine ve/lel" and Cometimes from .he glands of .he vagina,

in .he firn cafe it fl op. when the menfes begin to Row ;

the

latter

continucs

Wilh

them, and pregnant \llameA.

are Dot cxempted from ¡t.

When this Rux is unfeafooably nopped. it caufes the

beJly

' 0

fwell, \Vith pains of the loins, Oow fevers, numb

nefs of .he joints, .nd grea. laffitude of .he body.

\Vhen .he /lux is I' éleous, it m. y be eured io H.een

days. The r atient mun feed Cpuingly, uCe frequent

<:xereife, and /Jeep Jittle.

.his js not eomplied ",hh.

/he

mufl:

bleed

in the arm once or

twice

a-mooth, and

take purges' and emeties, or at Ican frequent

clyn.rs.

The eflieaey mun be . ffined \Vitl! diaphoreties, deeofl ion

(lf

the woods ,

and

diuretics,

In the femilaéleou. flux , infpifTating and nourillling

cliot will be ben, fueh .. ereams, Coaps, boiled milk,

roan mel!, jelli..,

be.

m;)k, or milk turned with a de–

coaion o( chin.l,

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very

good .

N arootlc. are highly uleful, efpeciallyifthe patieot i,

reHleCs, or deli nous. ID the beginning the dofe mul! be

fm,lI. whieh may be gr.duAJly inere.fed.

Whcn the veficu lz

Jaétez

are rda"t!d, the tone mul1

retlored

with

hOl

mineral

b:uhs,

fomenta.tion,

and in.

jeélions of and blthing in the f. me. The Uream may alfo

be conveyed loto'the vagina with a funnel.

D«oélions of the wood, are alfo gooa as diaphore.ies;

and diurerics of a decoétion of roots. of eringo and ren–

barrow, wi.h powJer of m¡jlepedes, or glauber's falt.

the

Iympha.ie

Rux i. attended wÍth. Cerophulou.,

fcorbutic,

or venereal tainr, thefe

d,forders

muft

firf!

removed.

.he u.erine

Iympha.ic

. are eomprerred 'by

fcirrhofities, cancers, ganglioo9,

the

hke, regard müR

be had

the e.ufes,

.ln obnruélions of .he. gland, of the uterus, begin wi.b

bleeding;

lhen

a gcntle purge,

an emetic

iij

gr"ins

tanar

emetic

~or

ipccacuanha. Afterwards,

Ihe

patient's conClitution

cold,

auenuaung

aperiems.

Che is hot and

bilious,

·with a

fenfible

p"in in the uterus,

eooling brolhs .nd apozom" with .he addition of eray-

6fh; afTe. milk . \Vith a deeoélión of b.rley; ehalybeate

whey, wi.h eherviJ boiled .hercio. Geotly purging mi·

neral

waters,

baths,

and

half baths,

are convcoient

lhe

fummer.

Oj/h.

FUkOR UTERINIIS.

SALAC1TY

in \Vomen,

auended

with

impudence, rell–

lerrnefs, and. d.elirium, i. ealJed

tbejuror u/erin.s.

lt arifes frQm a too great fenfibility or inRamm..:on

of the pudenda,

pans

whereio che venereal íl:imuluJ

refides,

which

are cbidly

the

clitoris

and

vagioa; or (he

too great abundanee and aerimony of the Buids of thoCe

parts; or bo.h thefe eaufes may exin togetber.

lo Ihe

delirium maniacum, the palient

¡,

entirely

{heme–

lef.; in the melaoeholieum more referved, aod her foUy

i. eon6ned

fewer objeél•.

may proeeed from the abuCe of hot aperi.ives; thu.

{;tI

amoniac, borax,

and

cantharides,

have

produced

it :

from powerful emenagogltes in

hoe

and bilious conllitu–

tion.; fome.imes from dilfieult and fupprcfTed menfes;

from remedies given againfl Herili.y. MuCk difTolved in

oleum aromaticuDl,

and

ruhbed on lhe membruOl v:irile,

has raiCed a phlogofis in Ihe vagina, wheoce a furor uteri·

nus _enfued.

is diflieult to cure in .hofe whofe menfes are diflieult

firfi; in

inveterate

cafes;

in old

fubjeéts .

eafier

cured, when

lhe furor uterinus

effeDtial,

aod

the

deli~

rium Cymptomatic, than when the delirium ¡s dreotial,

and

(he·

furor fymptomatic. The maniacal delirium

harder to maoage than

lhe

melancholic.

it continUe9

a monlh

or .t\Vo, the fanlt of tht brain bcco:nes ·oblli·

nate, for

deg~nerate,

into

reaJ

m3dners.

The

indicarions

cure, are

diminifh

Ihe heat and

fenfibility of Ihe affefled p"

ts;

to tool, Cweeten, anti

dilu.e the blood, and

rer,der it baIC.nlie; or to purCue

both ¡ntrnfions at once.

The firn indication is , nfwered

frequent and eopiou,

blccdint s, as in an ir.cif,cnt madneC,; (yen

eisht

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