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bcmency of pain ^ the Authority oi Hippocrates] Galen , 
Rar am ^ Platenis \ and out of^uido de Caultace ohf ex vts 
that upon burning, a wind iffues out together with a tenu* 
ipijs Ichor ofavery ill fent.' 
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.( That tis under the Pmy/^^^/w, and not in a more lax iit- 
clofure, he argues ^ from the fence ©fdiftenfion without 
much tumour, and from the obftinacy of the pain caufed 
by the clofe Imprifonment of the wind , to be fet free only 
by the opening force of Fire. 
That tis conveyed by the blond to the placeaffededi: 
he deduces ; from the greater and more frequent pulfe, 
from thefwellingoftheBloud-veffelsof the joynt before 
the fit; from Arterioiomy antiently ufed for the Gouti 
from the fuccefi oiMoxa applyed to the temporal Arteries 
in the Tooth-ach a Difeafe analogous to the Gout ; and laft- 
ly from the diforders of the Heart and Swooning occaGon- 
ed by the prepofterous ufe of repelling Medicines^which he 
cautions againft-* as fuch which fend back the malignani: 
Flatus to the Heart. 
The reafon why it caufes no pain in its progrefs through 
other parts totbe )oynt * isbccaufe tis temperd and blend- 
edwith the blood and other humours ;» and finds not any 
fuch refiftance from other parts* as from the Teriojleum. 
Then in the clofe, enumerating the differences of Gout^ , 
which he makes only accidentar 5 he paffes to the fecond 
part of hisdifcourfe 5 which treats of the Symptoms* ^ 
Hindrance of Motion , Swelling of the Veins , a more 
Intenfe pulfe, a pricking , diftending, beating, deep^con- 
ftstnt and fliarp jpain arc^infcparable Signs and companions 
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