ss I. 2. 4. 1 1. OF IRRITATION. 113 



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

 the abforbent fyiteivi. 



liypochondriafis, like chlorofis, is fometimes attended 

 with very quick pulfe j which the patient feems to bear fo eaii- 

 ly in theie two maladies, that if any accidental cough attends 

 them, they may be miitaken for pulmonary confumption ; which 

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

 rect fympathy with the actions of the ilomach. 



M. M. Blifter. A philer of Burgundy pitch on the abdo- 

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

 night. Bark. Steel. Spice. Bath-water. Siefta, or fleep 

 after dinner. Uniform hours of meals. No liquor (tronger 

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

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



2. 4- 5- 



ii. Cephaltta idiopathica. Head-achs, which are attended 

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

 i. 2. 3. Thofe, which are not attended with inflammation, 

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

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

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

 of thefe may be divided into cephalaea idiopathica, and cephalxa 

 fympathetica ; and the latter into hemkrania idiopathica, and 

 hemkrania fympathetica. Befides thefe there exifts a cephalsea 

 fomniofa, a eephafaea fyphilitica, and a cephalxa hydropica. 



The idiopathic head-ach frequently attends the cold paroxyfm 

 of intermittents j afflicts inebriates the day after intoxication ; 

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

 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 

 cr membranes ; which are ufually covered either with clothes, 

 or with mufcles, as mentioned in Sect. 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 more fre- 

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

 Clafs IV. 2. 2. 7. The hemkrania, or partial head-ach, I be- 

 li-eve to be almoft always a difeafe from aJTojciation ; though it 

 is not impoffible, but a perfon may take cold on one fide of the 

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

 of the fire in winter are liable to render one fide more tender 

 than the other, and in confequence more fubject to pains, which 

 have been erroneoufly termed rheumatic. 



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