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144- CuRA Generalis. J.G.Bergman. iy66. 



In a foregoing part of thefe memoirs, a fliorc 

 account was given of Linn/eus's 'Theory of P by fie ^ 

 or his Clavis Medicine ; in which was obferved the 

 diftindion that he has made between the cortical 

 and medullary^ or in other words, the vafcular and 

 nervous fyftems of the human body. The prefent 

 diflertation is a comment on the firft part of the 

 C/^wV, relating to the difeafes of the vafcular fyftem. 

 Dr. Bergman traces the immediate effects, both upon 

 the folids and fluids, of any excefs or defedl in the 

 yf/V, Nourijhment^ Motion and Reft^ Sleep and JVatch- 

 ing^ Excretions and Retentions. The PaJJicns^ as be- 

 ing more immediately conneded with the medullary y 

 or nervous fyftem, do not belong to his fcheme. 

 Having difcufled the ill confequences of thefe 

 errors to the conftitution, and remarked the dif- 

 eafes originating from thence, he turns to tfie con- 

 fideration of the old canon, that difeafes are 

 cured by their contraries," and, agreeably to the 

 theory of his mafter, that fuch as fpring from 

 thefe errors are principally the objeds of dietetic 

 medicine, and are to be cured by Sapids^ he pro- 

 duces the feveral clafTes of Aqitofa^ Sicca^ Acida^ 

 Amara^ Pinguia^ Styptica^ Dulcia^ Acria, Mucofa^ 

 Salfa^ and fhews their power in preventing and 

 curing difeafes concluding his tract with the 

 diftindion between the rational and empirical phy- 

 fician.j 



In mentioning the fcurvy, and the effeds of 

 faked meat, he relates a memorable inftance of 



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