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PART II. 



*~|pHERE are no Hiftorys in Phyfick which 

 X we may more fafeJy take upon the Credit 

 of the Authors who relate 'em, than fuch as we 

 are now going to mention. In fome Cafes a 

 Point may perhaps be drained to ferve a darling 

 Hypothefis which the Writer has taken up, but 

 here we are much more likely to have pure Mat- 

 ter of Fa&, becaufe hitherto no one has pretend- 

 ed the Appearances of this kind to be within the 

 Reach of any Scheme of Philofbphy. 



EpiJeptical Difeafes befides the other Difficul- 

 ty^ with which they are attended, have this alfb 

 furprizing, that in fome the Fits do conftantly 

 return every New and Full Moon- the Moon 

 (fays Galen (a) governs the Periods of Epileptic 

 Cafes. Upon this fcore, They who were thus 

 affe&ed were called ^kwi&kq] (b) and in the 

 Hiftorys of the Gofpel 'Si^nuia^tvoi ( c ) by 

 fome of the Latins afterwards, Lunatici (d). 

 Bartholin (e) tells a Story of one Epileptic who 

 had apparent Spots in her Face, which ac- 

 cording to the Time of the Moon, varyed both 

 their Colour and Magnitude. 



But 



(a) Tea lav inthMav th?« weetofus. De Dieb. 

 Critic, lib. 3. 



(b) Alexavd. Trallian, lib. 1. c. 15. 

 (C) Mattb. c. 17. v. 



(d) Apuleius de Vinutib. Herb at. cap. 6. &q<. 



(e) An&tom* Cemur, 2* H. 72. ? 



