Nine books of physick and chirurgery written by that great and learned physitian, Dr Sennertus. The first five being his Institutions of the whole body of physick: the other four of fevers and agues: with their differences, signs, and cures.

CHAP. VII. Of the causes of Symptomes which happen to qualities changed.

ANd these are the causes of the actions hurt, * 1.1 or of the first kind of Symptomes which con••ist in the actions hurt: the second kind, or colour of the whole body, or of its parts changed, contrary to nature are humors of the body, such are the colours of the whole body, or its parts, as are the humors in them, so in the yellow Jaundice, by reason of yellow choller effused in∣to the body, the whole body is coloured with the yellow choller in a Dropsie by stegm it waxeth pale.

The teeth grow black either through default of ali∣ment, * 1.2 or when any slimy matter flowing from the Sto∣mach, Brain, or elsewhere, or also from meat left behind sticks to the teeth; and putrifying corrupts and make them black.

The Nailes change their colour through peccant mat∣ter nourishing them. * 1.3

Fifthly, * 1.4 smells and exhalations are breathed out of the whole body, when hot and moist bodies produce plenty of crude humours, which when they cannot be overcome by heat, become putrid, and send forth a stinck from the whole body.

A stink is sent out of the mouth, * 1.5 when either many crudities are heaped together in the Stomack, which are corrupted, and send forth putrid and stinking exhalati∣ons by the Pallate, or when filthy vapours exhale, from the putrifaction in the Lungs, or when such matter cleaves to the Teeth, Gums, or Pallate, and infects the air which is breathed out with its stink.

The smell of the Arm-pits which they call Goats smel, * 1.6 proceeds from excrementitious humors, which are sent from the heart, and internal parts in such aboundance to these places and emunctories, that all of them cannot easily be discussed, but corrupt, and send forth filthy smells.

The faetid smell of the Groin comes from the same cause, namely, * 1.7 too great plenty of excrements which are sent out from the Liver and Veins to those emunctories.

The foul smell of the Nostrils is caused by excremen∣titious humours there collected and putrifying by a Poli∣pus, a Canker, or an Ulcer in the Nostrils. * 1.8

The ears stink by an Imposthume and Ulcer in the in∣ternal Ear, or by vitious humours sent out of the Brain. * 1.9

Lastly, * 1.10 the Feet send forth an ill smell, when the moist excrements in them, which are of a hot and moist con∣stitution, and given to surfeit, are collected and putrifie in the Feet, being drawn thither by their motion, espe∣cially when they are covered with such garments, that they cannot freely expire vapours.

The c••uses of tactil qualities changed, * 1.11 appears by those things which are spoken of the Causes of Diseases when sometimes they are referred to the rank of Diseases, some∣times to the number of Symptomes; namely, as some∣times

the actions are hindered by them, sometimes they hinder not the actions, but onely cause trouble to the touch.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Causes of colour changed.
• * 1.2

  Causes of change of the colour of teeth.
• * 1.3

  Of Nails.
• * 1.4

  Of stink∣ing smells.
• * 1.5

  Of stink∣ing breath.
• * 1.6

  Stink of the Arm∣pits.
• * 1.7

  Of the Groin.
• * 1.8

  Of the No∣strils.
• * 1.9

  Of the Ears.
• * 1.10

  Of the Feet.
• * 1.11

  Of tactil qualities changed.