A comment on forty two histories discribed by Hippocrates in the first and third books of his Epidemics. In the first part Hippocrates's pathology is explained, and defended ... In the second part are fourteen histories of the first book of the Epidemics. In the third part are twenty eight histories of the third book of the Epidemics. The general method of curing an epidemical fever is deduced from Hippocrates's histories ... To which is added a Letter [to Dr. John Gibson], to shew that Hippocrates mentions a year of 360 days, which Daniel used, chap. ix. and that prophecy is explained from the copy of it in the Septuagint ... / [Sir John Floyer].

  • Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.
Date:
1726
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Credit: A comment on forty two histories discribed by Hippocrates in the first and third books of his Epidemics. In the first part Hippocrates's pathology is explained, and defended ... In the second part are fourteen histories of the first book of the Epidemics. In the third part are twenty eight histories of the third book of the Epidemics. The general method of curing an epidemical fever is deduced from Hippocrates's histories ... To which is added a Letter [to Dr. John Gibson], to shew that Hippocrates mentions a year of 360 days, which Daniel used, chap. ix. and that prophecy is explained from the copy of it in the Septuagint ... / [Sir John Floyer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and its diftribution into all Parts, and expul- fion of Excrementitious Fasces ; 5tis certain, a Diieale is a change from the natural ftate of the Humours, and the Spirits, which have always the fame Qualities, as the Humours and as in a healthful State thefe ftimulate all neceffary and voluntary Motions, fo the change of Hu¬ mours, and Spirits, makes a change in the Animal aftions ^ therefore the Humours and Spirits are the Caufes of Difeafes, the Iblids. are only the Inftruments by which the Fluids adWth5erefo?@ from thc ftate of the Fluids, we jftou’d take our Indications for Cure of the Caufes ot Difeafes ; and we chiefly know the feveral dates of our Fluids by their Taftes- when they are over Digefted, they are Bitter, or Acrid, or Salt, or acid Acrid ^ and when in- digefled, Slymy, Watery, Sour^ thefe are the feveral Cacochymia’s, our Patients are fen- fible of, as well as the Phyficians, who know the Secretions of thefe Humours, the Bile thro* the Glanos of tne Livery thepituitous milky Lympha, thro’ the Glands of the Mouth, Sto¬ mach, Gutts, Pancreas and Lungs, Womb, tne Splenetic, Vitriolic Acidity, thro’ the Glands of the Spleen, and fait Lympha, thro* the conglobate Glands, I could wifli our Ana- tomifls would tafte the Lympha in the Lympha¬ tics of the Spleen, that in the Liver which comes from the gall Bladder is bitter, that from the Spleen may have a four tafte * gfl have feen twice a large Bladder, on a Spleen full of Hy¬ dropic Water, which might eafily be cured by B 2 • Tapping j