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CAP. X. De Cephalalgia, seu Dolore Capitis.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, The Cephalalgy, is a new, and painful grief, of the whole head, arising ei∣ther from a thick and cold matter, compressing the sensible parts; or else from a thin and hot hu∣mour or vapour, which toucheth the Membranes.
An external head-ach is always less dangerous, and easier cured then an internal: Dolore capitis in febre acuta cum urina tenui & alba, periculosus. In a great head-ach it is evil, to have the extream parts cold; for by the vehemency of the pain there is a strong attraction of heat to the part af∣fected, which will cause Inflammation: Dolor capitis post febres acutas perseverans, ostendit na∣turae imbecillitatem in expellendo materiam mor∣bosam: hinc itaque alia insequitur aegritudo, sicuti phrenesis, vel lethargus, vel apoplexia, vel paralysis, vel mania, vel surditas, vel caecitas, secundùm quod materia vel calida, vel frigida, vel simplex, vel composita fuerit: & secundùm quod ad hanc, vel illam partem, inclinabit. A strong pain of the head suddenly seizing, without evacuation fol∣lowing, or mitigation of the disease, is deadly; destructionem enim facultatis animalis significat, which no more feeleth that object which caused the grief. Dolor capitis, qui à principio non fuit, certum est indicium futurae erisis per vomitum, aut