But to insist upon this Subject is foreign to our purpose; only in regard that the most usual Methods of Cure in these Cases are so very tedious, and oftentimes unsuccessful at the last, I thought it not amiss to hint thus much, in order to the advancing something more Certain and Effectual towards the Removal of the greatest Unhappiness to which Mankind is liable.
To conclude with the _Hydrophobia_; where these Remedies fail, or are Administred too late, the Patient, from the prevailing inflammatory Disposition of the Blood, grows more and more _Delirous_, and by Degrees downright raving Mad, at last (as it most commonly happens in Maniacal People) suffers a total Resolution of Strength, and Dies. Thus Dr. _Howna_’s Case ended in a perfect universal _Paralysis_.
(49) _Histor. Animal. Nov. Hispan._ Tract 4. c. 5
(55) _Borelli De Vi Percussion._ Prop. 90, _and_ 111.
(57) _Pythior. Od._ 3. μαλακαῖς ἐπαοιδαῖς. _Vid. ibid. Scholia._
(60) _Vid. Bartholin. de Tibiis Veter._ l. 1. c. 9.
(61) εἰ καταυλήσοι τις τοῦ τόπου τῇ φρυγιστὶ ἁρμονίᾳ.
(62) _Morb. chronic._ l. 5. c. 1. _Qua cum saltum sumerent palpitando discusso dolore mitescerent._
(65) _Apud Aul. Gell. loc. citat. Plurimis hominum Morbis Medicinam suisse Incentiones Tibiarum._
(68) _De Vit. Pythagor. cap._ 25. πρὸς δηγμοὺς Βοηθητικώτατα μέλη.
(74) _Observ. Rarior. Centur._ 2. _obs._ 100.
(75) Παρακοπὰν ὑλακτικὰν, _apud Galen de Antidot._ lib. 2. cap. 15.
(77) _Loc. citat. Tota oritur ex Corporis ipsius mala Affectione._
(83) _Apud Hernand. & Recch. Plantar. & Anim. Mexicanor. Histor._ p. 494.
(85) _Sepulcret._ Lib. 1. Sect. 8. Obs. 8.
(86) _Rossini Lentilii Dissertatio de Hydrophobiæ Causa & Cura._
(87) _Eph. Cur._ Dec. 3. Ann. 2. Obs. 104.
(88) _De Theriac. ad Pison._ l. 1. c. 16.
(90) _Simpl. Medic. Facult._ l. 11. c. 1.
(93) _Vid. Pison. Histor. Nat. & Med. Ind._ lib. 5. c. 16.
(94) _Museo di Piante rare_, Osservaz. 2.
(96) _Histor. Natur._ l. 8. c. 41. & l. 25. cap. 2.
(100) _Fab. column. Phytobasan._ pag. 27.
(106) Vid. _Aretæum Cappad. Cur. Diut._ lib. 1. cap. 5. Et _Aetium_ l. 6. c. 11.
ESSAY III. of Poisonous Minerals and PLANTS.
Altho’ there be a great Variety of Internal _Poisons_, as well _Mineral_ as _Vegetable_; yet they do all of ’em seem to agree in their Primary Effects, and Manner of Operation; and as the Teeth or Stings of _Venomous_ Animals do constantly infuse a Juice into the Wound they make, by which the Mass of Blood is infected; so the Force of _These_ is chiefly confined to the Stomach and _Primæ Viæ_; and tho’ it may in some Cases be Communicated Farther, yet the Principal Mischief is done in These Parts.