ii€. The Jrt of F a r k i e r 3? 



more efpecially if any of its VefTels be obftrufted ; 

 Becaufe the Protrufion of frelh Matter a Tergo will 

 continue to add thereunto, until fuch Time as ^e 

 Part be upon the utmoft Stretch, and can hold no 

 more. 



In this Cafe all thofe Things are faid to be Repel- 

 lent, which check or Hop the Growth of the Swel- 

 ling, and afiiil the refluent Blood in taking up the 

 obiirudled Matter, and wafliing it alor^g into the 

 common Stream again. And this Intention is 

 chiefly favoured by Evacuation and Revulfion : For 

 ^^vhatfocver lejfcns the Quantity of the Fluid in the 

 Body, <vji!l diminijh the Force of the retno/ming Fluid 

 upon the tumified Part. But it concerns us mofl: to 

 know, with relation to the Strangles, i^c. how ex- 

 ternal Application to the Part itfelf helps or afliils 

 in this Affair. And, 

 J<-erfcI!ents Hereby a Medicine comes to be a Repellent, by 

 fometimes confliling of fuch fubtile Parts, as may tranfmit 

 dajigtrous. |-Qj^g q£ jj^gj^ through the Pores, and help to ren- 

 der the obflruded Matter more fluid ; fo that it be- 

 comes the more eafy to be foftened, and fill again 

 into the circulating CuiTcnt : But in this Cafe there 

 is a Hazard likewife of fuch Things putting tJie 

 Qbilru<5led Flum.our into a Ferment, whereby it 

 fooner turns into Pus or corrupt Matter, and then 

 they are called Suppuratives or Ripeners. 



What therefore in a fl:ri6l Senfe is to be reputed a 

 Repeller, is that which aftringes or binds together, . 

 ( as it were ) and ftrengthens the Part, fo as to make 

 it refill any fuch Lodgement of extravafated Matter, 

 l^c. and thefe are fuch, whole Qualities are moft 

 manifeil in their Coldnefs and drying Properties ; 

 but there are few Inftances where Bandage or bind- 

 ing down the Swelling in a proper Manner is not 

 much better than fuch Applications; therefore (with 

 the Ivnowing Part of Mankind) very few Medica- 

 ments come in Play for fuch Purpofe ; only in cu- 

 taneous, cr skinny JDiftempers, where the ferous or 

 thin Part oi the Blood is too plentifully feparated 



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