A treatise of the asthma divided into four parts : in the first is given a history of the fits, and the symptoms preceding them : in the second, the cacochymia which disposes to the fit, and the rarefaction of the spirits which produces it, are described : in the third, the accident causes of the fit, and the symptomatic asthmas are observed : in the fourth, the cure of the asthmas fit, and the method of preventing it is proposed : to which is annext a digression about the several species of acids distinguish'd by their tastes, and 'tis observ'd how far they were thought convenient or injurious in general practice by the old writers, and most particularly in relation to the care of the asthma.

Title

A treatise of the asthma divided into four parts : in the first is given a history of the fits, and the symptoms preceding them : in the second, the cacochymia which disposes to the fit, and the rarefaction of the spirits which produces it, are described : in the third, the accident causes of the fit, and the symptomatic asthmas are observed : in the fourth, the cure of the asthmas fit, and the method of preventing it is proposed : to which is annext a digression about the several species of acids distinguish'd by their tastes, and 'tis observ'd how far they were thought convenient or injurious in general practice by the old writers, and most particularly in relation to the care of the asthma.

Author

Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.

Publication

London :: Printed for Richard Wilkin,

1698.

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Subject terms

Asthma.

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"A treatise of the asthma divided into four parts : in the first is given a history of the fits, and the symptoms preceding them : in the second, the cacochymia which disposes to the fit, and the rarefaction of the spirits which produces it, are described : in the third, the accident causes of the fit, and the symptomatic asthmas are observed : in the fourth, the cure of the asthmas fit, and the method of preventing it is proposed : to which is annext a digression about the several species of acids distinguish'd by their tastes, and 'tis observ'd how far they were thought convenient or injurious in general practice by the old writers, and most particularly in relation to the care of the asthma." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39846.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE Learned and Judicious Physician, Dr. PHINEAS FOWKE, AT Wyrly in Staffordshire.
• TO THE READER.
  • A Scheme of the several Species of the Asthmas.
• THE CONTENTS.
• ERRATA.
• THE PREFACE TO THE TREATISE OF THE ASTHMA.
• CHAP. I.
  • Enquiries sent to an Ingenious Lady troubled with an Hysteric Asthma, and her An∣swers to them.
    • Quere 1. What was the first occasion of your Hysteric Asthma?
    • Quere 2. What Alteration has happen∣ed in the manner of your Fits?
    • Quere 3. What Signs preceded your Fits, as Head-ach, pale Water; and in what manner did the Fits hold you, how many days, and what Spit after?
    • Quere 4. What Medicines have reliev∣ed you most, and what did you find Inju∣rious to you?
    • Quere 5. What Feverishness attends your Fits?
    • Quere 6. What Accidents of Weather or Diet occasion your Fits?
  • POSTSCRIPT.
• CHAP. II.
• CHAP. III.
  • First, The Air.
  • Secondly, Of Diet, or Meats and Drinks agreeable or injurious to the Asthma.
  • Thirdly, Of Exercises▪
  • Fourthly, Of the Passions.
  • Fifthly, Of Excretions, Natural, Physical, and Preternatural in the Asthmatic.
  • Sixthly, Of Sleep, and Waking, how they affect the Asthmatic.
• CHAP. IV.
  • First, By Bitters.
  • Secondly, By Salsoacid Digestives.
  • Thirdly, By Chalybeat, or Vitriolic, and Sulphurous Digestives.
  • A Case of an Asthma communicated by Dr. Tyson.
• AN APPENDIX, Containing some Observations omitted, and one about Weighing of an Asth∣matic after Sanctorius's Manner; with an Account of the Weight be∣fore, and in, and after the Fits.
• POSTSCRIPT.
• ADVERTISEMENT.