Volume 1

A new theory of acute and slow continu'd fevers; wherein, besides the appearances and manner of cure, occasionally, the structure of the glands, and the manner and laws of secretion, the operation of purgative, vomitive, and mercurial medicines, are mechanically explain'd. Together with an application of the same theory to hectick fevers: and an essay concerning the improvements of the theory of medicine / [By G.C].

  • Cheyne, George, 1671 or 1672-1743.
Date:
1722
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Credit: A new theory of acute and slow continu'd fevers; wherein, besides the appearances and manner of cure, occasionally, the structure of the glands, and the manner and laws of secretion, the operation of purgative, vomitive, and mercurial medicines, are mechanically explain'd. Together with an application of the same theory to hectick fevers: and an essay concerning the improvements of the theory of medicine / [By G.C]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fiifficient (by the united loathfomenefs and the ftimnlans of it, and the Vo^ mitory) to vellicate and force the fibres of the Stomach, Abdomen and Diaphragm. by the Communication of the Nerves of the firft with the two iaftj^ into a vio¬ lent Contradtion, ^and thereby throw all out by the Ofophagus^ which brings all to quiet again, till there be a new, a fufficient Quantity exerned from thefe Glands to reproduce the forefaid Con- tradion: And thus there happens a Fit of Vomiting and C^iiet alternately, till either all the Morbific Matter be thrown out, or the Force of the Vomit fo dilu¬ ted, that it’s no longer able to elicit the Morbific Matter from the Glands. Be- fides thefe Primary effeds of Vomiting, there are two others, which ought not (tho’ lefs principal) to be omitted. The firfi: is, that in a ftrong Vomit, or in one which requires fome confiderable Time before it operates, there often paffes fome part thereof from the Stomach into the Intefiinei\ and occafions a gentle Purge, by difiblving the F^c^x, and vellicating the fibres of the Intcfiines^ as fliall be more particularly fhown when we fpeak of Pnrging. However the EfFeds of this, Purge very feldom, or never go, be«