( 39S ) [Nor. i:, 

 REPORT OF DISlEASES, 



In tke public and private Pra^icc of one. of the Vhyficians nf the Finjbury Di/pen/ary, 

 from the 20/ A of September to the 20th of October. 



^ AT ARRHUS 19 doctrines fo glarinely in oppofiti»n to th« 



Pneumonia 3 intimations of ordinary and unaUulterat* 



Haemoptyfis 1 ed intelledt, that it" v.e did not almoft 



f hthifis pulmonalis 11 every day fee them acted unofi, we ilwuld 



^'^"'"^, * fcarcely couceive it poilibje that tllfy 



^^" y!'* i could ever have been eatertiiined. 



Hjpochondd'aVs '.■.■.".■;.'/. '. :::: : :: : : : / ^u tatai reiuu of ^n apoplectic pa. 



Hydrops peftoris 2 roxyim thtre^ i> ground to lu pe« does 



Eryfipelas 6 ""^^ ""'^^ "^ aiieo irom the mdhxdf Uielj, 



Podagra ..'" 2 as the mal-trcatment of it. 



Aftheiiii 19 Apoplexy implies for -the moll part, a 



IWorbi Cutanei '27 ftatc of fuddcn and almofi, ulliinafe ex- 



Morbi Infantiles 23 hauliion. This is often occafioned by 



Coughs and other affections of the pul- undue exercife of the mental or phyfical 



*ionary organs, Hill take the lead in the ftcultiof. 



exifting multitude of difeafes. The aftli- Undtr fuch circumftanccs it \vould 



matic moll efpccially fuffer ; to the wel- appear more natural to adj, ^n aitiiicial 



fare of whofe lungs fogs are formidable and extraoidiuaiT, rather tliim to deduct, 



opponents. a natural and accullomed ftimulus. 



The faculties and feelings of tlic vigor- \S hen apoplexy origiiin.te.'> from an im- 



ons and the young, even the intcnlenefs proper iiuiulgence in the luxuries of the 



of cold has a tendency to corroborate and table, it ought equidly to lie regarded a.s a. 



enli\en; but it proves a painful and pe- condition of debility, occahoned in a 



rilous trial to a fickly or far-ad\anccd great meafurc by a fatigue of the cor- 



conftitutiou. poreal powers. 



The winter of the year is unpropitious The Epicure is not aware what hard 



to the winter of human life. It does not ziork his ilouiacb is obliged to undergo in 



nip, it rather tends to clicrilh th.c bud vainly llrugglin^^ to incorporate the chu- 



and bloifom of vitality ; but not rarely it otic niufs, uitb which he lias rlilieuded 



congeals, almoll in an inftant, the fcanty and Ojjpreifed it. One m.ay he tired by 



fluid that lingers in the velfels of decliu- the labour (jf digelHon, as well as by any 



jug ago. other fpecies of drudgery. The (ii)rts 



During the laft month the reporter haa connected with the fonjier procefs, ato 



obfervcd more than one cafe ftated in vitaried by the execution, or the inelTer- 



the public papers, of an abrupt attack of tual endeavour to execute too lieavy a 



tipoplexy, from which the patient could talk, in the fame mauiior as the feet are 



not he recovered, allhoush he was imme- by an cxtram'dtnarv degree of pedolirum 



diately bled. This reminded the re- employment. 



porter of what is often mentioned as a !Sotliing Can be move erroneous and 



matter of fome furprife, that a perfon xnifchicvjous, (htm to fuppole that per- 



riiould be found dead in the morning, Tons who la-e hifih, are licft enabled to 



although the veiy evening before, he had bear evacuations of any kind, more efpf- 



eaten a more than commonly hearty fup- cially \ eneAction. 



per. The circumftjmce which in each The difi,u;aion, although not fulVicieirt- 



inllance appeared to make the event re- ly recognized, is incalculably important 



markable was alone, perhaps fufficient to between the refulfsof Itimulatiun and mi- 



■accountfor its unexpected and premature trition, between repairing by a fupply of 



occurrence. fubilantial matter, the expenditure of the 



That evacuation fhould be regarded fuel, and urging unfeafonably, or to an 



as a remedy, ami even a fpecific, tor ex- inordinate degree, the violence of the 



Tiauftion; that debility in its moll alarm- heat, or the brilliancy of the flame. "The 



ing fl\apc is to be removed by the with- brook-fed blood" of the hermit is richer 



drawing of blood, or that the eftec- in its tjualities, aud contributes more ct- 



tuul method of renewing intermitted fefiually to the continuance of life and 



vigour, is, to deduct any quantity of that energy, than his, whofe circulation is 



component part of the human frame, diurnally excited, and forcibly propelled, 



which is the moll intimately and cflen- by the moii; poignant fauces, or wines of 



tjolly eoiincSed with its fupport, are the highell luxury and flavenf. Ti«s 



precept 



