A treatise of the asthma. Divided into four parts / [by John Floyer].

  • Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.
Date:
1717
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Credit: A treatise of the asthma. Divided into four parts / [by John Floyer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Afthmatics are ob feu rely hot in the Night, and cannot bear the Heat of the Red-Cloaths on their Breafb ; alt hot Things diforder them more, as fitting by the Fire, Wine, To¬ bacco > all cool Liquors, as Water, relieve the Fulnefs at the Stomach; the Ifliies are ge¬ nerally inflam’d before the Fits, and very fore, and bleed: There appears a great Dui- nefs and Fulnefs of the Head, with a flight Head-ach, and great Sleepinefs on the E- vening before the Fit, and frequently great Retchings and Yawning many times, and towards Night a great Quantity of pale Water is made, and the fame pale Water all that Night, and a!fo all the firfl Day, of the Fit; but tho’ the Water be pale before, and in the Beginnings of the Fits, yet it is as high colour'd after it, and appear0 plainly to have a Feverifh Colour and Sediment. After this obfeure EfJervefcence in the Blood, fucceeds a Rarefaction of the Spirits in the Nerves, and Membranes of the Lungs themfelves ; for they feel rigid, ftifF, or infla¬ ted. There is a great Refilefnefs on the Spi¬ rits, all the Day before the Fit; the Head feems filFd with Fumes, or ferous Humours, with fome Pain; the Limbs appear heavy and amfit for Motion, the Bread has the fame Weight and Heavinefs, as appears in the Limbs, the Aflhmatic feem to fuck in their Breath,* &nd wheeze a little towards Night: This Straitnefs of Breath, feems to be