Medicina statica: being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius / translated into English with large explanations. To which is added Dr. Keil's Medicina statica Britannica with comparative remarks and explanations. As also Medico-physical essays on I. Agues. II. Fevers. III. An elastick fibre. IV. The gout. V. The leprosy. VI. Kings-evil. VII. Venereal diseases.

  • Santorio, Santorio, 1561-1636
Date:
1723 [i. e. 1724]
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Credit: Medicina statica: being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius / translated into English with large explanations. To which is added Dr. Keil's Medicina statica Britannica with comparative remarks and explanations. As also Medico-physical essays on I. Agues. II. Fevers. III. An elastick fibre. IV. The gout. V. The leprosy. VI. Kings-evil. VII. Venereal diseases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ihail be entirely free from them, tho* if the Iffue furvives the common Fate of Convulfions, a little more Age feldom fails to difcover whence fuch a Mother nad her temporary Relief. That the Diftemper then under Conftderation may be thus propagated, is not only out of Quefti- on from common Experience; but the Manner of it may in fome meafure be conceived from thefe Hints, and the Nature of the generating Matter. The fame Way of thinking alfo will fuggeft in what Circumftances a Perfon may fall into this Diftemper without having it to charge upon Parents, or the Mi k of a tainted Nurfe, which like wife may pof- fibly happen, tho’ it is believed but very rarely ; and that is iiorrt a Way of Feeding, or any other Condition of Living, that gives to- the Mafs of Hu¬ mours an uncommon Heat and Sharpnefs, which in time fiia.ll fix upon the fame Parts, inflame and ulcerate them in the fame manner as that derived from a diftempered Semen. And this will not ap¬ pear at all ftrange to thofe who confider how many cutaneous Foulnefles, that are generally propagated by Infe&ion, do fomet'mes derive their Origin from a Cpnftitution thus difpofed to generate the fame Humour within its felf, without any Infecti¬ on ; as what is ordinarily called the Itch, which is commonly got by Infection, does yet in fome fcorbutick Habits arife to the Height of that Di¬ ftemper, fo as to be in a Condition of infeCting o- . thers, tho' it was generated de Novo of it felf. The various Shapes and Appearances of this Di¬ ftemper, as it is differently circumftanced in Pro¬ portion to the Quantities, Afperities, and other Aggravations of the peccant Humours, with the Parts it fettles upon, mu ft be left to the Defcri- ptions of Authors who have profeffedly wrote a- bout it i it being fufficient to our Defign here, to