344 DISEASES Class III. 2. i. \6. 



the fenforial power becomes reftored, and if no pain, or irrita- 

 tion producing pain, recurs, the fit of epilepfy ceafes ; if 

 the pain recurs, or the irritation, which ufed to produce it, a new 

 fit of convuifion takes place, and is fucceeded again by a fyn- 

 cope. See Epilepfy, Ciafs III. I. i. 7. 



16. Apoplexia. Apoplexy may be termed an univerfal pally, 

 or a permanent fleep. In which, where the pulfe is weak, co- 

 pious bleeding mud be injurious j as is well obferved by Dr. 

 Ileberden, Tranf. of the College. 



Mr. , about 70 years of age, had an apoplectic feizure. 



His pulfe was ftrong and full. One of the temporal arteries 

 was opened, and about ten ounces of blood fuddenly taken from 

 it. He feemed to receive no benefit from this operation ; but 

 gradually funk, and lived but a day or two. 



If apoplexy arifes from the prefiure of blood extravafated on 

 the brain, one moderate venefection may be of fervice to pre- 

 vent the further effufion of blood ; but copious venefection mult 

 be injurious by weakening the patient ; fince the erTufed blood 

 muft have time, as in common vibices or bruifes, to undergo a 

 chemico-ammal procefs, fo to change its nature as to fit it for 

 abforption , which may take two or three weeks, which time a 

 patient weakened by repeated venefeclion or arteriotomy may 

 not furvive. 



Mrs. , about 40 years old, had an apoplectic feizure af- 

 ter great exertion from fear *, fhe had lain about 24 hours with- 

 out fpeech, or having fwallowed any liquid. She was then forci- 

 bly raifed in bed, and a fpoonful of folution of aloes in wine put 

 into her mouth, and the end of the fpoon withdrawn, that fhe 

 might more eafily fwallow the liquid. — This was done every 

 hour, with broth, and wine and water intervening, till evacua- 

 tions were procured ; which with other means had good effect, 

 and (he recovered, except that a confiderable degree of hemiple- 

 gia remained, and fome imperfection of her fpeech. 



Many people, who have taken fo much vinous fpirit as to ac- 

 quire the temporary apoplexy of intoxication, and are not im- 

 properly faid to be dead-drunk, have died after copious venefec- 

 tion, I fuppofe in consequence of it. I once faw at a public 

 meeting two gentlemen in the drunken apoplexy ; they were to- 

 tally infenfible with low pulfe, on this account they were crtre&ed 

 not to lofe blood, but to be laid on a bed with their heads high, 

 and to be turned every half hour ; as foon as they could fwallow, 

 warm tea was given them, which evacuated their ftomachs, and 

 they gradually recovered, as people do from lefs degrees of intox- 

 ication. 



M. M. Cupping on the occiput. Venefection once in mod- 

 erate 



