Fragmenta chirurgica & medica / auctore Gul. Fordyce.

Date:
1784
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fragmenta chirurgica & medica / auctore Gul. Fordyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    S O M N U s. /^Onvenit inter omnes, niliil magis ad hoc ufque tempus in medicina defîderari, ut fuSmoveantur multa gra- viffima mala, quam fomni arceffendi fa- cul tatem. Mille, ut verum fateamur, du- centis abhinc annis, aevo nempe Aretœi Cappadocis, tantum fere de hac re in- nôtuit, quantum fummis obtigerit hodi- ernis magiftris. Quidquid fanguinem circumeuntem ni- mium propellit ; quidquid nervos cre- brius aut fortius agitât} quidquid peripi- rationem Sanétorianam, five nodtu ûve diu, quam minime cohibet ; quidquid flatum inteftinorum gignit 5 quidquid de- nique ventriculum prœgravat, vel co- dtionem quomodocunque impedit ; ea iîn- gula, magisque multo li inter fe nexa et jugata.