-Steater below, the Coritta€tfcm of the Fibres ' t)f the 
Guts Chall throw the Cointents ui3wards- 
There are many Caufes from which fuch an Ob* 
ftruftion may arife, and feveral very different ones have 
been obferved in the infpeairig Bodies of fuch j3erfons 
who have dyed of the lUiac Paflion. Sometimes it 
arifes from a Tumour compreffing the Guts without, 
or (topping the paflage within. The Glandulous 
and Carneous Coats of the Guts have been found re- 
plete with Blood, and have fwoln the Inteftine fo far, 
as to make it impervious. Another Gaufe is the defcent 
of the Gut into the Scrotum in KuptUYQS^ the Gonge- 
ftion of the Ordure which is hardned and intercepts 
the palTage, the entring of one part ot the Gut into the 
other, the Convulfive ConMaion of the Longitudinal 
br Annular Fibres, &c. ^'ivfnm '^^^iy- 
There are fome marks to' /ud^e' from wiich of 
thefe Caufes the Iliac Paffidn does arife. For inftance^ 
if ther^ has been a long fupprelSon, it may. be con- 
cluded to proceed from a Gongeftion of tlie ' Excre^ 
ments. If the , perfon has eat much Fruit, or his breath 
ifmeli acid, from Worms. If there be an acute burfii ng 
or pungent pain, an excretioil of a Sanious, Purulent or 
Bloody Liquor, from an Iriflamation or Exulceration 
of the Guts. If the entring of one part ot the Gut in- 
to the other be the caufe of this Difeafe, none of the 
former fymptoms appear,but there is a longilh fwelling 
3ike a Cord (whence the Greeh call it Cordapfus^ as we 
do in Englijh the twifting of the Guts. If it proceed 
from a Rupture, the fwelling in the Groin is vifible^if 
from a Convulfion of the Annular or Longitudinal Fi* 
bres, it is more difficult to make a judgment. 
The Iliac Paffion is never without danger, but is, 
more eafily cured in Infants and young people than in 
elder perfons. Prognofticks are drawn out of the Wri- 
tings of jF?//?/?^i:r^ to, in whofe Aphorifms the Reader 
may find moft of them. la 
