An inaugural dissertation on the diseases of old age : as connected with a plethoric state of the system / by John Scudder.

  • Scudder, John, 1793-1855.
Date:
1815
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the diseases of old age : as connected with a plethoric state of the system / by John Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    diminution of plethora in the part. (Jlandula rum omnium cutanearum orificia antea diminuta augebuntur, et larga materiae perspirabilis copia ejicietur; unde diminuta quantitate liquidi in omnibus vasis ultimis, liberius per ea transibet liquidum, et canales non adeo infarcientur, nee sequae ultra tonum distendentur, et per conse- quens ulterius diminuetur dolor, et flet remissio symptomatum, sive cessabit paroxysimus parti- cularis.* Depositions of earthy matter also occur from the plethora of the blood vessels, and these to the greatest degree where the inflammation has been greatest, in consequence of the blood which abounds with this lithic matter, being there de- termined in such large quantities, and the thin- ner parts being carried away, while the thicker are left behind. Gout also terminates in apoplexy, preceded, frequently, by oppression and swimming in the head, with other symptoms of fulness. Van * De Podagra, p. 109.