making Water, and a certain petfon dreaming his Leg 
was, turned into a Stone, waking found it paralytick 
and motionlefs. There is no room to doubt thefe ap- 
pearances in fleep, of a Load on the Breafr, of bein^ 
beftrid by a Hsg, proceed from a painful and difficult 
refpiration,and therefore may very properly^ be termed a 
Ncdurnal Afihma, 
Monf. Chirac will not admit the Nerves to be ob- 
Arufted, as fomehave fancied by the Serofities colledt- 
cd in the Ventricles of the Brain. He thinks this di- 
ll emper entirely proceeds from a Defeft in the di'gefti- 
on ot the Aliment in the Stomach, and a fowre Crude 
and vifcous Chile which thickens the Blood, and ren- 
ders it unfit to pafs thro the narrow Channels of. the 
Lungs. The fenfe of Ccmpreffion on each fide of the 
Breaft proceeds from the divifion of their Lobes, pare 
of which are on one, and part on the other fide the 
Mediaflwum, 
Melancholy and timorous perfons are frequently in- 
fefted with this Malady, and it may very well be re- 
duced to the Tribe ot Hypochondriac Symptoms. If 
this diftemper be negleded, it commonly terminates in 
Syncopes^ Epilepjies ^ Apoplexies^ or other troublefom 
or mortal Difeafes. That is to be accounted word 
which" fejzes perfons waking, or when the fleep is 
broken abruptly there is a Tremor of the heart, a Ver- 
tigo^ cold fweats, or a Deliqiiium^ in fuch cafe the con- 
ditionofthe 'party muft be judged worfe, than if it be 
free from any of thefe fymptoms. 
As for the Authors Method of Cure. He thinks af- 
ter the ufe of general Remedies to prepare the Body, a 
ccurfe of Aperitive and Altering Medicines are to be 
continued for feme days, but the chief Article here is 
the afkduous ufe of Abfcrbents, as Crabs eyes, Coral,^ 
&c. Of this la ft kind he chiefly relies on Martial Re- 
medics, tff^teially the Ruft of Iron, which does not 
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