A Collection of Chirurgical TractsBeckett, William
Science
A Collection of Chirurgical Tracts
Beckett, William
Surgery
ecchoes aloud, _Miserable Comforters all_! If therefore I can, as I
have Reason to believe, with Medicines less offensive in Quantity, and
more useful in Quality, restore the lost Appetite, and do the same, if
not greater Service towards the Concocting and Expectorating that load
of separated _Serum_ with which the Pipes of the Lungs are stuffed,
(which will easily be perceived by the Patient in a few Weeks with due
Care and Management) I think I have gained a great Point, forasmuch as
the Recovery of the Stomach may reasonably be looked upon as an Earnest
of the Cure.
The Medicines I do here recommend to my Countrymen as Specific
in the Cure of _Consumption_ of the _Lungs_, arising from the
fore-mentioned Causes, have a peculiar Faculty of warming, comforting
and strengthening weak Stomachs, attenuating and gently carrying off
that load of Tartareous Matter which is lodged in their rugous Coat,
depraving both Appetite and Digestion. In their Passage thro’ the
whole Circumference of the Guts, they likewise dissolve that crusted
Slime and Filth which hinders the Pressure of the Chyle into the Milky
Vessels by the Peristaltic Motion of their Spiral Fibres: Thus having
removed these Fundamental Obstructions, they hasten together with the
Chylous Mixture, which by this time is somewhat Invigorated towards the
Relief of the Sanguineous Mass, presently upon their Conjunction the
Blood revives, and by degrees becomes brisk and vigorous, able to cope
with, and give some check to the preternatural hectic Heat, stop the
Influx of the Rheum into the Glandulous Substance of the Lungs, concoct
that which is already collected, and release the Animal Spirits,
intangled with a vitious disposition of the Nervous Juice. Having
gained these Advantages, things begin to look with another manner of
Aspect, the Habit of the Body grows firmer, the Mind chearfuller, the
Countenance fresh and brisk, the emaciated Parts gather Flesh and
Strength, the Lungs and Glands of the _Larynx_ recover their natural
Tone, and the whole Constitution improves towards a State of Health.
Moreover, These _Anti-Phthisics_ are really impregnated with such
Volatile Spirits and Salts, that as Lightning they penetrate the
remotest Corners of the Body, exterminating the very Seeds and Roots
of this grievous Disease, powerfully and effectually, yet pleasantly
and securely, if plentifully taken in the manner of a Diet: For thus
in time they chear up the drooping Animal Spirits, fortify the System
of the Nerves, and so influence the whole Sanguineous Mass, as that
the Blood it self becomes the most precious of all natural Balsoms,
marvellously cleansing the putrid _Ulcers_ of the _Lungs_, and finally
reducing them to a perfect _Cicatrix_.
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