1* MVfc&TENTiA, Art. VLui; 



ilia, gamboge, elateriiirii, colocynth, cUGiimis eolocyri- 



this, Veratrum. 

 lit Violent errhines arid fiaiagogiies, turpeth mineral, hydra* 



gyrus vrtriolatus, afarum europium, eUphorbium, ear)* 



in tlm, veratrum, riaufeous fmells, naufeous ideas* 

 IV» Violent diuretics, nitre, fqutll, feneka, caritharides, akd fl 



hoi, foxglove, tobacco, anxiety* 

 V» Cold fudoriiks, poifbns, fear, approaehirig dedtrh 



Art. Vi» 

 REVERT£NTfA» 



1. Those THiNcJs, which reftore the natufal order" of the iii-s 

 Verted irritative motions, are termed Revertentia* 



1 » As mufk, caftor, afafoetida, valerian, eflential oils. 



2. Externally the vapour of burnt feathers, of Volatile faks* 

 Of oils, blifters, finapifms. 



Thefe reclaim the inverted motions without iricrdafiflg the 

 heat of the body above its natural ftate, if given in their pfopeir 

 dofes, as in the globus hystericus, and palpitation of the heart* 



The incitantia reVert thefe morbid motions more certainly, ay 

 opium arid alcohol J and reftore the natural heat more ; but if 

 they induce any degree of intoxication, they are fuceeeded by 

 Ability, when their ftimiilus ceafes. 



It. Observations otf the Revertent iAi 



I. 1. The hyfteric difeafe is attended with inverted motions 

 feebly exerted of the oefophagUs, inteftinal canal and lymphat- 

 ics of thebjadder. Hence the borborigmi,or rumbling of the bow- 

 els, owing to their fluid contents defcending as the air beneath 

 afcends. The globus hyftericus confifts in the retrograde mo* 

 tion of the cefophagus, and the great flow of urine from that of 

 the lymphatics fpread on the neck of the bladder ; arid a copious 

 falivation fometimes happens to thefe patients from the inverfiort 

 of the lymphatics of the mouth ; and palpitation of the heart 

 owing to weak or incipient inverfion of its motions i and fyn- 

 cope, when this occurs in its greateft degree. 



Thefe hyfteric affections are not necefTarily attended with 

 p-in ; though it fometimes happens, that pains, which originate 



fro-*- 



