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retrograde motions of the alimentary canal, and of fome parts of 

 the abforbent fyftem. 



The hypochondriacs, like ehlorofis, is fometimes attended 

 with very quick pulfe •, which the patient feems to bear fo eafi- 

 ty in thefe two maladies, that if any accidental cough attends 

 them, they may be mi flake n for pulmonary confumption ; which 

 is not owing primarily to the debility of the heart, but to its di- 

 rect iympathy with the actions of the ftomach. 



M. M. Bliller. A plaiter of Burgundy pitch on the abdo- 

 men. Opium a grain twice a day. Rhubarb fix grains every 

 night. Bark. Steel. Spice. Bath-water. Sieita, or flecp 

 after dinner. Uniform hours of meals. No liquor stronger 

 than fmall beer, or wine and water. Gentle exercife on horfe- 

 back in the open air uniformly perfiHed in. See Cardialgia, I. 



2- 4- 5- 



11. Cephaiaa idiopathica. Head-achs, which are attended 

 with inflammation, are termed phrenitis, defcribed in Oafs II. 

 1. 2. 3. Thole, which are not attended with inflammation, 

 may be divided into fuch as affect, the whole head, to which the 

 word cephakea is applied, and into fuch as affect one fide of the 

 head only at a time, which is termed hemicrania. The former 

 of thefe maybe divided into cephalaea idiopathica, and cepiialsea 

 fympathefica j and the latter into hemicrania idiopathica, and 

 hemicrania fympathetica. Befides thefe there exifts a ccphalxa 

 fomniofa, a cephahea fyphilitica, and a cephalsea hydropica. 



The idiopathic head-ach frequently attends the cold paroxyfm 

 of intermittent^ ; afflicts inebriates the day after intoxication -, 

 and many people who remain too long in the cold bath. In ail 

 which cafes there is a general inaction of the whole fyftem-, and 

 as thefe membranes about the head have been more expofed to 

 the variations of heat and cold of the atmofphere, they are more 

 liable to become affected fo far as to produce fenfation, than oth- 

 er membranes; which are ufually covered either with clothes, 

 or with mufcles, as mentioned in Seel. XXXIII. 2. 10. 



The promptitude of the membranes about the fcalp to fym- 

 pathize with thofe of other parts of the fyftem is fo great, that 

 this cephalaea' without fever, or quicknefs of pulfe, is mure fre- 

 quently a fecondary than a primary difeafe, and then belongs co 

 Clafs IV. 2. 2. 7. The hemicrania, or partial head-ach, 1 be- 

 lieve to be almoft always a difeafe from a^Tociation 5 though it 

 is not impoiTible, but a perfpn may take cold on one fide of t 

 head only. As fome people by fitting always on the fame fide 

 oi the lire in winter are liable to render -one fide more tender 

 than t'nc other, and in confequence more fubject to pains, which 

 have been enoaeoufly teamed rheumatic. 



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