A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases / By William Oliver.

  • Oliver, William, 1695-1764.
Date:
1753
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Credit: A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases / By William Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scarf-Jkin, Is a very fine thin Skin which covers the Surface of moft Parts of the Body, under which lies the true Skin, which is an hundred Times thicker than its Covering. Page 11 A Liquor is faid to be depurated, when its grofler Parts are feparated from the finer, fo that what was before foul and turbid, becomes clear and tranfparent. Ibid. Valetudinary. Of a crazy Conftitution, always ailing. , j2 Premature. Ripening before its due Seafon. Ibid. Critical. A Diftemper is faid to be truly critical when the Matter which caufes it is thrown out of the Body by fome natural Evacuation, and Health follows fuch a Crifis. Vtrtigosy Are fuch Affe&ions of the Brain as caufe Dizinefs, or the Appearance of Obje&s turning round, which are at Reft. Ibid. Flatujfes, Or windy Rumblings, and Diftentions of the Stomach, or Bowels. Ibid. Mucus, Is a foft fhiny Matter, which keeps the Parts moift, and defends them from the Injuries they would otherwife fuflfer from fharp Humours, or by rub¬ bing againft each other. Cretacious, Or chalky Matter. Ibid. Mufcular Motion, Is that by which all our Limbs are moved, and by which we perform every bodily Adtion. . ibid. The Vacuities between the Fibres of Mufcles which are thclnftruments of Motion, and their furrounding Membranes, are calledInterjlices. Ibid. Saline9 Or abounding in Salts. Ibid. Gelatinous9 Or of the Confidence of a ftiff Jelly. i c Sulphurous, Or of the Nature of Sulphur or Brimftone. Ibid. Saponaceous, Or of the Nature of Soap. Ibid. ParefadtioHy Is the EfFedf of Heat on Fluids, by which they are made to take up more Room in the Veflels in which they are contained, and confcquently to diftend the Sides of thefe Veflels. Air is moftfub- jea to this Effea. Ibid. Dc~