Medical, philosophical, and vulgar errors, of various kinds, considered and refuted / by John Jones, M. B.

  • Jones, John, 1726?-
Date:
1797
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    pend upon the preceding terror of the pa* tient, or other circumftances. That fome fivers originate from a too great thlcknefs of blood. Though this is a very common notion, I believe it very rarely happens, if ever; for by the vis medicatrix natura^ or mechanifm of the animal ceconomy, as foon as the blood attains its due degree of thicknefs, and has a tendency to proceed in the leaft degree beyond it, the exertions become either di* minifhed or fuppreffed, the body attracts more moifture from the air, and the perfon grows thirfty, and drinks as much as is ne- ceflary for diluting it ; and, on the other hand, if water be wanting, and the thirfl cannot be fatisfied, the blood, in fuch a cafe, is fo far from being thickened, that by reafon of a putrefcency begun or aug- mented, it is much difiblved, becomes acrid, and is with difficulty contained in the veffels. That