The Prognostics and Prorrhetics of Hippocrates; translated from the original Greek: with large annotations, critical and explanatory: to which is prefixed a short account of the life of Hippocrates / by John Moffat, M.D.

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M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]
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Credit: The Prognostics and Prorrhetics of Hippocrates; translated from the original Greek: with large annotations, critical and explanatory: to which is prefixed a short account of the life of Hippocrates / by John Moffat, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the queftion relating to abfcefles Is anfwered affirmatively. CLVI. In dejedlions attended with tov mina, a flimy fediment, fomewhat livid, is a bad fymptom, and, in my opinion, a pain is felt on the right fide of the pracord'ia with failure of ftrength. Whether or not do pain- ful abfcefles of the ears appear a fhort time afterwards? In all fuch cafes a copious efflux of the belly is deflru6livc. Some underfland the fiift part of this Pror. as applicable to the urine; but if referred to dejedions, which feems to be the opinion of Galen and others, it will imply thofe common to perfons labouring under affedions of the liver, which generally indicate great weaknefs of the natural funftions. In this view, there- fore, the fain on the right fide and debility are T 4 eafily