A treatise of the rickets : being a disease common to children / Published in Latin by F. Glisson, G. Bate, and A. Regemorter. Translated into English by Phil. Armin.

  • Glisson, Francis, 1597-1677
Date:
1651
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Credit: A treatise of the rickets : being a disease common to children / Published in Latin by F. Glisson, G. Bate, and A. Regemorter. Translated into English by Phil. Armin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For by thefe we fhall know whether the deftribution of) J the Blood in the parts firft affe@ted, be really more fpa- | fi ring or flow than is mect. Thefe caufes‘do chiefly, concur to excite that impulfi- on. Firft;the plenty and aétivity of the Vital fpirits contained in the Blood. Secondly, the perfe& found= ne(s of the Heart: Thirdly, The firmitude, heat, and juft magnitude of the Arteries, Fourthly, An irrita- tion both of the Heart dnd Arteries, whether extrinfe- cally or intrinfecally caufed. — Thefe we wil run over in their order, that it may appear in what condition they are in this prefent Difeal. — Firft, As for the plen- ty and activity of the Vital Spirits, we have already B fhewed that in this affe& the imperfe& Vital Spirits ate frequently excited in the right Ventricle of the” Heart. Scing therefore that the Blood taintéd with thefe imperfect Spirits, muft be driven into the Lungs, | there is a neceffity the deftribution muft there become 4 more fparing and flow by reafon of the defect of the Spirits. Again, fecing that the vital blood, as we have alfo fhewed above, is fomwhat cooled in the Arteries,’ which are terminated in the firft affected parts, it isne=_ ceflary likewife that the paflage of it through the faid parts muft be diminifhed and more dull. | Secondly, The vertue of the Heart,unlefs peradventure | by accident through the complication of fome other B JDifeaf, is feldom feen to be viciated in this affect. | Thirdly» For fo niuch as concerneth the Arteries, We cannot accufe their condition of any notable defect im | reference to their flrength. But there is a manifeft | heat, the Arteries infertéd into the firit affected parts, | muftneceffarily by their cold diftemper be fomwhat af | feéted with the like diftemper. For {eing tharadiftem= |