MEDICINE. 



Prmctin. to be a point of doubtful existence, and scarcely ade- 



""" p "i* ' quate to the effect. There are, however, many circum- 



staacea neaemhil with the disease, which lead to the 



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stances connected with the disease, which lead to the 

 nppeeiu'un that it is a primary election of the nervous 

 system We not un frequently observe individuals who 

 pees a Ion* life under the influence of Asthma, and ap- 



SECT. XVI. Angina pccioru. 



Trnlanel 



cvpt the p&itn ettra dwCOBVcuicDCC tfMing rrosvt UM actual 



MMeMet of teW fluWflafe? ; iHlt tllCT9 9tt BJM0T CMn in 



which it terminates in Pmhisi., Hydrothorsx. chronic 



* : if 'irv*in , \ r i'v IP' !ut~i n -_ .1 -.. j!c i. 



which all the functions Use their d 



^*ff*l IMVHVtfA ft I 



The iJuieei inilii aliens at i 

 the violence of the , 



botB of which we i 



yet we beiieve it nea not been avwinselive oftlse esvsaated 

 relief. Nnr 11 ttogosd esfectof pwjietivMso eviueat aa 



rrriMrk'*.:!:, rr.-v.-, t.. L.i.trr. . r,u ! ... 



i with respect to blisters, which, in 

 Ml Ml lit, are usually issjUsJ to with 

 The it frequently terminates in expi 

 '1 net appeev that aa*/ iariiliJ 



I by the aan*aBisenttien of what are 



thepaeei 



9 m i m^^ i w -* eeaBvv Meammvejsj tW 



the distress ef the patient. Very sVeeyaaie tayam 

 tkey^eqenMv 



This disease U characterised by sudden attacks of Angin. 

 acute pain in the lower part of the chest, which shoots P*cton>. 

 up the shoulder and extends down the arm of the left 

 side : they are attended with laborious respiration and 

 an apprehension of immediate suffocation, while there 

 is frequently an irregular action of the sanguiferous 

 system, or even a temporary suspension of the motion 

 of the heart. The paroxysms are of short duration, and 

 come on at uncertain intervals, while, at other times, 

 the patient is nearly in his ordinary state of health, 

 until the disease, by frequent repetition, gradually un- 

 dcrmines the roneutarion, and the attacks become more 

 and more violent, until at length one of them proves 

 fatal Their accession may generally be traced to some 

 obvious exciting cause, of which the most frequent ia 

 walking briskly up a steep aacent, and Una is especially 

 the case, when the stomach is in a state of repletion ; 

 mental emotions are also asnong the exciting causes of 

 the paroxysaas, and when tbedieeaee exist* in its violent 

 torm, it may be induced by almost any muscular exer- 

 tiuo however alight, or even without any obvious cause. 

 It ia nut a little remarkatJe. that until about the middle 

 of the last century, this affection, although so severe 

 and wefl saerksd in its aynipnsjai, and not of very rare ' 

 , mnoticed as a distinct 



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ly described, and its nature carefully examined; 

 and we lean, a* the result of this eremination, that it 

 M generally ~-"TtTil with an nssiiialiim of some of 

 the vsJvea or orinoea of tl heart. Although this clumge 



yet we may * ^ ^k^. ^-~^-^-. .. r . fr. },, 

 similar effect upon the tranemission of the blood 

 and may therefore conclude that its 

 is always to be referred to som< 

 re connected with the mechanism of the > 



peel to the cure of the disease, our 



hopes of relief 

 when it 



., ,,, 



' of theft 

 iasdoratM 

 teMianal nwlady. it will he 



^aaate^T 1 

 wish* the state of asfthe 



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f the stceaaeh end bowela, and 



\ -tru.tur, MBJ ,!,,'.,! I,',!,- 



L Our 



, : ;( 



J 9 -' 



Un.Ultrr. or ,1 >~- jfc 



hH reArts will he nearly 



t. in which the 

 liano 



toexist, asifhytherataeef habit. It may m 

 *+**** hie idee ie wefl fcsjiiaed, W 

 > observe innanesi where the eomnhmt 



be 



r ,.-. 



inst depend very much upon the period 

 - snider our care; in the Utter stages, 



Scation has actually taken place, we can do 



little more than net all our endeavours to obviate the 

 exciting onssrs; bat in the earlier stagea. when there 

 isnomorbHlchangeofrtn 



h- b oUasnsdV Urg. 



two is forcibly directed to the situation 

 during the panuyaw, which is not only attended with 

 exqoMite suffering, but is sometimes immediately fatal 

 Vrt it i.<k*btruT whether any thing, except Vest in 

 the horiaontal posture, will be of service in shortening 

 the fit. or mitigating its violence. It is of great bn. 

 portancetonweti IB the atoaaach and bowels in a healthy 

 f*4ptUlion, by a strict attentiuu to diet and purg.i 

 and we must avoid all undW action of either the bodily 

 or the mental powers. It does not appear that opium. 

 or any of the snrianaauv.dus afford relief in this com- 

 *, and we conceive that the employment of stimn- 

 or excitants might be positively injurious. 



CHAP. III. 

 rtllilll 0//fe Mfnlal Facttiir,. 



by a change of 



in the d. * m M ne^fr* ^^^ 



idionathic affection, of the v.m. 

 te daes, under the denomi- 



We h^e arranged the 

 mental fsonhies in a separate 

 nation of Veeraiec ; for although we nay concri< r, Hist 



