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.
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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.
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Sennert, Daniel, 1572-1637.
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London :: printed by J.M. for Lodowick Lloyd, at the Castle in Corn-hill,
1658.
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. IX. How many mutations there are of diseases, and the manners, and what a crisis is.
THe third thing which ought to before known by Phy∣sitians is the manner of event, and end of diseases:
* 1.1 they are terminated six severall wayes, as well to health, as to death, for either the disease is suddenly fully dissolved, and the sick recovers immediatly his firme health, or there is a sudden change to better, and the sick is transferred from a worse state into a better, after which, at length also he re∣covers to be well, or there is a conversion of the disease by
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little and little to health, or contrary the sick suddenly dies, or the disease is suddenly become more dangerous, which change at length ends him.
That mutation which is made by degrees, tending to death, is called a Marasme, or Wasting; that mutation of a disease which is made by little and little, and tends to health, is called a loosing, but that sudden and hasty change which is made in Feavers, especially acute and tend to health,
* 1.2 or death, is called a Crisis; but that change can∣not be made unlesse vitious humours which oppresse nature are moved, which indeed cannot happen without great perturbations of the body, and vehement symptomes, a Ca∣talogue whereof Galen recites in his 1. of criticall daies, Cap. 1.