. Synopsis medicinae: or, A summary view of the whole practice of physick. Being the sentiments of the most celebrated authors in all ages, relating to diseases, their causes and cures. With most cases in surgery and midwifery. To which are added, some observations very rare and uncommon, and a curious treatise on all sorts of poisons. . and W. Meadows, atAe^e^te CornhilL Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2014 Summary View A Of the W hole Pra&ice of Physick, <5r. CHAP. IX. Being the Ninth Affemblage ofDiseases. Of a Rheumatism,The Se
. Synopsis medicinae: or, A summary view of the whole practice of physick. Being the sentiments of the most celebrated authors in all ages, relating to diseases, their causes and cures. With most cases in surgery and midwifery. To which are added, some observations very rare and uncommon, and a curious treatise on all sorts of poisons. . and W. Meadows, atAe^e^te CornhilL Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2014 Summary View A Of the W hole Pra&ice of Physick, <5r. CHAP. IX. Being the Ninth Affemblage ofDiseases. Of a Rheumatism,The Sentiments of Sydenham. Art. 854. ^^^^^HE Rheumatifm is a 7%, &jtorj Diftemper that hap- of a Rbeuma-pens at any Seafon of tlfm*the Year, but moftcommonly in Au-tumn ^ it begins with a Shivering, and otherSymptoms of a Fever, and in a Day or twosVol II, B Time. i Of a Rheumatism. Time (or fbmetimes fboner) a vehement Painfeizes fbme one or more of the Limbs, ragingfbmetimes in one Place, and then in another,efpecially in the Arm-Wrifts, Shoulders andKnees, fhifting itielf from Place to Place;very often there is a Rednefs and Fever gradually goes off, the Pain re-maining. This Diftemper often runs out intoa great Length, continuing fbmetimes for fbmeMonths^ or Years, not perpetually with thefame Violence, but coming and going, fromTime to Time renewing it Paroxyfins. WhatA Lumbago, js COmmonly called a Lumbago, is a Rheuma-tifm of the Loins; it is a cruel Pain fixed inthe Small of the Back, like unto NephritickPains, excepting that it does not bring on aVomiting. The Blood drawn off in the Rheu-matifm is feizey, like the Blood of Pleuri-tick Perfbns. the Cute. Art. 855. Bleeding is fb neceffary to theCure of this Diftemper, that it muft be va-rious Times repeated, fbmetimes three or fourTimes or oftner, once every other, or everysynopsismedicina02alle
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