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Transcription:
be some manifest token of the Catarrhe, and If there
be none such, that then the cause may proceed from
the intemperature of the liver and veines, as aforesayd
which is absolutely confirmed, If there succeed a swelling
of the feet, and weakeness of concoction, of the food
receaved. thus much for the explanation of the word
asthma, and the definition of its origenall. Now of
the sighnes that detect it. Arctius in his booke de signis
et caussis etc. sayth, Asthma incipientis, seu impendentis
notae sunt huiusmodi, gravitas pectoris, tarditas ad solitum
opus, et aliud quodlibet agendum, in excercitatione difficilis
et ægra spiratio, flatus in præcordiis, atque cructationes præter
rationem excitantur. the sighnes of the beginning or
approach of the asthma are such like, the heaviness, or
payne of the brest, sloweness to woonted worke, or other
actions, in excercise difficult and feeble breathing, wind
allso in the bowels, and belchings beyond measure; and (sayth
he) further, they to whome this affect is imminent, sleep
not soe well [w] as formerly, and by night they are
somewhat more hott then in the day, and theyr nostrills
are growen sharpe, and sayth Senertus, in the asthma
the fits of short breathing, is occasioned according to
the motion of the moone; and commonly indeed, every
fourth day the sick will find himselfe indisposed
here allso may be inserted the observation of Carolus
Piso, who sayes, vrinæ sæpe sunt copiosæ in asthmate
ac tenues, ac instar aquæ perspicuæ, atque ideo dissimiles
vrinis familiaribus. the urine is commonly plentifull
in the asthma, and thin, and transparent, as water,
not resembling the woonted vrine.
10
folio 39 recto
39
To these might be added many more, which for
brevitye I omitt, supposing these enough to manifest
the approach, or presence of the asthma. I should now
according to the reguler proceeding of phisitians discuss the
prognostick point of the asthma, which is a demonstration
or rather denomination of the daunger thereof in its
continuation, and conclusion, butt conceaving the explanation
hereof not alltogether matteriall; I pass by itt vnto the
methode of cure observed by the most famous and
greatest phisitians: which consists of this forme
or manner; first the matter that infests the pipes
or conduits of the lungs is to be taken away, by
evacuation, butt If it be thick and tough, it is first
to be attenuated or made thin by preparatives, that it
may the easelyer complye with the operation of the
phisick, and be thereby avoided. secondly the parts that
send this naughty ^matter [matter] to the lungs, are to be purged
and strengthened; and the influx of the matter diverted,
thirdly If windiness be conioynd with the peccant
matter, it is to be expeld by medecines proper in such
cases. fourthely. If the cause arise from a crude
swelling resembling hayle, or stones, such as grow in the
kidneyes. or blather, it is to be taken away, by
attenuating, and drying things. and fiftthly and
lastly, If the lungs be of a drye temper, care must
be had that moystening phisick, brothes; meate, and
dring be administered: with this caution allsoe, that by
how much the weaker the body is, by soe much
the gentler meanes must it be wrought vppon,
vsing sometimes the benefitt of cordyalls. I shall
not need to come to particulers, since my ayme
11
be none such, that then the cause may proceed from
the intemperature of the liver and veines, as aforesayd
which is absolutely confirmed, If there succeed a swelling
of the feet, and weakeness of concoction, of the food
receaved. thus much for the explanation of the word
asthma, and the definition of its origenall. Now of
the sighnes that detect it. Arctius in his booke de signis
et caussis etc. sayth, Asthma incipientis, seu impendentis
notae sunt huiusmodi, gravitas pectoris, tarditas ad solitum
opus, et aliud quodlibet agendum, in excercitatione difficilis
et ægra spiratio, flatus in præcordiis, atque cructationes præter
rationem excitantur. the sighnes of the beginning or
approach of the asthma are such like, the heaviness, or
payne of the brest, sloweness to woonted worke, or other
actions, in excercise difficult and feeble breathing, wind
allso in the bowels, and belchings beyond measure; and (sayth
he) further, they to whome this affect is imminent, sleep
not soe well [w] as formerly, and by night they are
somewhat more hott then in the day, and theyr nostrills
are growen sharpe, and sayth Senertus, in the asthma
the fits of short breathing, is occasioned according to
the motion of the moone; and commonly indeed, every
fourth day the sick will find himselfe indisposed
here allso may be inserted the observation of Carolus
Piso, who sayes, vrinæ sæpe sunt copiosæ in asthmate
ac tenues, ac instar aquæ perspicuæ, atque ideo dissimiles
vrinis familiaribus. the urine is commonly plentifull
in the asthma, and thin, and transparent, as water,
not resembling the woonted vrine.
10
folio 39 recto
39
To these might be added many more, which for
brevitye I omitt, supposing these enough to manifest
the approach, or presence of the asthma. I should now
according to the reguler proceeding of phisitians discuss the
prognostick point of the asthma, which is a demonstration
or rather denomination of the daunger thereof in its
continuation, and conclusion, butt conceaving the explanation
hereof not alltogether matteriall; I pass by itt vnto the
methode of cure observed by the most famous and
greatest phisitians: which consists of this forme
or manner; first the matter that infests the pipes
or conduits of the lungs is to be taken away, by
evacuation, butt If it be thick and tough, it is first
to be attenuated or made thin by preparatives, that it
may the easelyer complye with the operation of the
phisick, and be thereby avoided. secondly the parts that
send this naughty ^matter [matter] to the lungs, are to be purged
and strengthened; and the influx of the matter diverted,
thirdly If windiness be conioynd with the peccant
matter, it is to be expeld by medecines proper in such
cases. fourthely. If the cause arise from a crude
swelling resembling hayle, or stones, such as grow in the
kidneyes. or blather, it is to be taken away, by
attenuating, and drying things. and fiftthly and
lastly, If the lungs be of a drye temper, care must
be had that moystening phisick, brothes; meate, and
dring be administered: with this caution allsoe, that by
how much the weaker the body is, by soe much
the gentler meanes must it be wrought vppon,
vsing sometimes the benefitt of cordyalls. I shall
not need to come to particulers, since my ayme
11
transcribed_information
be some manifest token of the Catarrhe, and If there
be none such, that then the cause may proceed from
the intemperature of the liver and veines, as aforesayd
which is absolutely confirmed, If there succeed a swelling
of the feet, and weakeness of concoction, of the food
receaved. thus much for the explanation of the word
asthma, and the definition of its origenall. Now of
the sighnes that detect it. Arctius in his booke de signis
et caussis etc. sayth, Asthma incipientis, seu impendentis
notae sunt huiusmodi, gravitas pectoris, tarditas ad solitum
opus, et aliud quodlibet agendum, in excercitatione difficilis
et ægra spiratio, flatus in præcordiis, atque cructationes præter
rationem excitantur. the sighnes of the beginning or
approach of the asthma are such like, the heaviness, or
payne of the brest, sloweness to woonted worke, or other
actions, in excercise difficult and feeble breathing, wind
allso in the bowels, and belchings beyond measure; and (sayth
he) further, they to whome this affect is imminent, sleep
not soe well [w] as formerly, and by night they are
somewhat more hott then in the day, and theyr nostrills
are growen sharpe, and sayth Senertus, in the asthma
the fits of short breathing, is occasioned according to
the motion of the moone; and commonly indeed, every
fourth day the sick will find himselfe indisposed
here allso may be inserted the observation of Carolus
Piso, who sayes, vrinæ sæpe sunt copiosæ in asthmate
ac tenues, ac instar aquæ perspicuæ, atque ideo dissimiles
vrinis familiaribus. the urine is commonly plentifull
in the asthma, and thin, and transparent, as water,
not resembling the woonted vrine.
10
folio 39 recto
39
To these might be added many more, which for
brevitye I omitt, supposing these enough to manifest
the approach, or presence of the asthma. I should now
according to the reguler proceeding of phisitians discuss the
prognostick point of the asthma, which is a demonstration
or rather denomination of the daunger thereof in its
continuation, and conclusion, butt conceaving the explanation
hereof not alltogether matteriall; I pass by itt vnto the
methode of cure observed by the most famous and
greatest phisitians: which consists of this forme
or manner; first the matter that infests the pipes
or conduits of the lungs is to be taken away, by
evacuation, butt If it be thick and tough, it is first
to be attenuated or made thin by preparatives, that it
may the easelyer complye with the operation of the
phisick, and be thereby avoided. secondly the parts that
send this naughty ^matter [matter] to the lungs, are to be purged
and strengthened; and the influx of the matter diverted,
thirdly If windiness be conioynd with the peccant
matter, it is to be expeld by medecines proper in such
cases. fourthely. If the cause arise from a crude
swelling resembling hayle, or stones, such as grow in the
kidneyes. or blather, it is to be taken away, by
attenuating, and drying things. and fiftthly and
lastly, If the lungs be of a drye temper, care must
be had that moystening phisick, brothes; meate, and
dring be administered: with this caution allsoe, that by
how much the weaker the body is, by soe much
the gentler meanes must it be wrought vppon,
vsing sometimes the benefitt of cordyalls. I shall
not need to come to particulers, since my ayme
11
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