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t'le (lomacli, aiiJ the moil violent and unremitting retching 

 is oecafioncd by the exigence of a fmall calculus in the pel- 

 vis of the kidiifv, or its paffage along the ureter into the 

 bladder. With both colic, or fpafmodic conitriftion, and 

 inflammation of the intellinal canal, vomiting is a conllant 

 attendant ; and it often accompanies difeafes of the liver. 

 AfFeftions of the uterus in women very frequently oecafion 

 ficknefs, and among the firll fymptoms of the diftenfion of 

 that organ in pregnancy, naufea and vomiting frequently 

 occur. 



Although tliefe fympathetic vomitings are manifeftly de- 

 pendent on cither irritations, the removal or alleviation of 

 which will be the only efFeftual cure, by means adapted to 

 them refpeftively ; yet feme alleviation of thefe ficknefles 

 is often attainable by diminilhing the irritability of the fto- 

 mach itfelf. The carbonic acid, or fixed air, appears to 

 have this quality in a certain degree, whence foda-water, or 

 the faline draught, fwatlowed during the effervefcence, will 

 fometimes materially allay thefe fympathetic vomitings. This 

 is alfo occafionally efFefted by an abforbent, with a light 

 aromatic, or a cordial diililled water. Thus a little magne- 

 Ca in peppermint or pimento water will fometimes allay 

 fuch a iicknefs. An opiate, or the extraft of hop or hen- 

 bane, may be now and then added to thefe medicines with 

 advantage, as they tend to leffen the irritability, and render 

 the ftomach lefs fenfible to the irritation. 



Vomiting of Blood. See Ha:matemesis. 



Vomiting excited by Medicine. See Emetics. 



Vomiting ,Tulep. See Julep. 



VOMITIVES, or Vomitive Medicines. See Emetics. 



VONA, in Geography, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the 

 government of Sivas ; 70 miles W. of Trebifond. N. lat. 

 41" 10'. E. long. 38°. 



VONC, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Ardennes ; 6 miles N. of Vouziers. 



VONDEL, JoosT Vandem, in Biography, a Dutch 

 poet, was the fon of parents who belonged to the feft of 

 Mennonites, and born at Cologne in the year 1587. His 

 education was merely adapted to trade, and having married 

 in 1 610, he commenced bufinefs as a hofier at Amflerdam ; 

 but with talents fuperior to his ftation, he entrufted his wife 

 with the conduft of his trade, and direfted his attention to 

 literary and religious fpeculations. In the difputes between 

 the Arminians and Gomarills, he took part with the former, 

 and joined their communion. His firll poetical productions 

 were the mere fruits of untaught genius ; but apprehending 

 that he might derive advantage from thofe fources of in- 

 formation to which he had no accefs, on account of his igno- 

 rance of the learned languages, he began, at the age of 

 30 years, to learn the I^atin and French, and to lludy logic. 

 Attached to the Arminian party, he cxpofed the injullice 

 of the fentence againft Barnevtldt in an allegorical tragedy, 

 entitled " Palamcdes, or Innocence oppreUed," for which 

 he was profecuted and fined. Conceiving prejudices againll 

 the reformed religion, probably on account of the attach- 

 ment of the Dutch miniilcrs to the Orange faftion, he be- 

 came a Roman Cathohc ; and afterwards publillied a trai 

 gedy, intitled " (lilhert Van Amilel," or the capture of 

 Amtlerdam by Florence V. count of Holland ; and many 

 other poems, one on the fubjeft of " The Myderies, or the 

 Secrets of the Altar." He alfo trandatcd into Dutch verfe 

 Virgil, Horace, and Oviil's Metamorphofes, by which he 

 gained confiderable reputation. But, like many authors, 

 he neglefted his affairs, and fullered pecuniary embarrafT- 

 mcnts. He lived however to a great age, and clofed life in 

 1679, in hie <)iA year ; hiving acquired the honour of being 



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regarded as one of the principal ornaments of his country 

 His works amouut to nine vols. 410. Moreri. 



VONJASH, in Geography, a town of Abafcia, on the 

 Black fea ; 30 miles N.VV. of Mamak. 



VONITZA, a town of European Turkey, in Albania ; 

 62 miles N.W. of Lepanto. N. lat. 39° 15'. E. long. 

 21° 2'. 



VOOR, in Agriculture, a terra applied to fallow land, or 

 fuch as is frequently ploughed over, in different cafes. See 

 Fallow. 



VOORN, or OosT-VooRN, in Geography, an ifland of 

 Holland, fituated at the mouth of the Meufe ; about 20 

 miles in length, and 5 in breadth. This ifland, with Gorce 

 and Overflakee, form the territory called Voornland ; which 

 formerly belonged to Zealand : Briel is the capital. 



VooRN, a fmall ifland at the union of the Wahal and the 

 Meufe, with a fort belonging to the fl;ate of Utrecht ; 9 

 miles N.N.E. of Bois le Due. 



VOPISCUS, a Latin term, ufed in refpeft to twins in 

 the womb, for that which comes to the perfeft'birth ; the 

 other being before excluded abortive. 



Vopiscus, Flavius, in Biography, a Latin hiftorian, 

 was a native of Syracufe, and flourifhed about A.D. 304. 

 He began his hillory with the reign of Aurelian, which he 

 profecuted with thofe of Tacitus and his brother Flavianus, 

 and Probus. He then publiflied an account of the four 

 tyrants, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus, and Bonofus, and 

 alfo of the three emperors Cams, Numerianus, and Carinus. 

 Thefe are extant, and are contained in the " Hiltorix Au- 

 gufts Scriptores." Among the bed of thefe is Vopifcus, 

 who excelled in learning, and alfo in chronological arrange- 

 ment. He is faid to have given credit to the wonderful 

 works of ApoUonius Tyaneus, whofe life he had an inten- 

 tion of writing. 



VOPOKAS, in Geography, a town of RulTia, in the 

 province of Uftiug, on the Vitchegda. N. lat. 63° 10'. E. 

 long. 54" 14'. 



VORALBERG, a traft of country, containing fome 

 lordfhips, S.E. of the lake of Conllance ; fo called from 

 the mountain of Alberg, near which it is fituated ; ceded to 

 Bavaria by the peace of Prefburg. 



VORALEN, a town of Hinder Ponicrania ; 10 milec 

 S.W. of New Stettin. 



VORAU, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 7 miles N.W. 

 of Hardberg. 



VORBACH ZoMMERN, a town of the county of Hor 

 henloe ; 3 miles E.S.E. of Weickerflieim. 



VORCHEIM. See Forciieim. 



VORCLUT, a cape of the ifland of Jerfey ; ; miles 

 N.E. of St. Helier. 



VORDEN, or VoERDEN, a town of Weftphalia, in the 

 bifliopric of Paderborn ; 17 miles E.N.E. of P.iderborn. 

 N. lat. 5 I ='45'. E. long. 9'' 18'. 



VoitDEN, a town of iVellphalia, in the bifliopric of Of- 

 nabruck. Both the Roman Catholics and I-utherans have 

 a church here in common ; 10 miles N.N.E. of Ofnabruck. 

 N. lat. 52'^ 29'. E. long. 8° 4'. 



VORDENBURG.^a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 4 

 miles N. of Leoben. 



VORDENSES, in Ancient Geography, a people of Gallia 

 Narboiinenfis, W. of the Vulgientes. I'liey are placed 

 by loiue on the fcite of the town of Gordes, near that of 

 Apt. 



VORE, in Agriculture, a term fometimes ufed to fignify 



the narrow ilrip of ground which is left whole, for turning 



the furrow. flice upon, in fome modes of paring and burning. 



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