Chapter 130
VILLI. They that baving been long infefed with the pain im their Hips bave the Hip
falling forth of its place, and again returning and falling into its place, thefe bave fnot- ty Excrements yollowing thereupon, (as Hippocrates telleth us im the tixth Section of bis Apborifin. Aphorif. 59.) thefe Mucous aud {notty Excrenients having their origi- nal fromthe weak heat of the Nervous parts. 5,
[X. They that baving been long infefted with the pain of the Hips bave the Hip fal- ling out of Foynt, tbefe have their Thigh wafting, and they become lame, uulef they be burnt: a¢ Hippocrates tells us in the fame place, Apborifm.60. The Thigh indeed confumiech and wafteth away, becaufe ic is but ill nourifhed, by. Reatonofthe weaknefs of the Native heat from the long continued afflux of the Viticus Humors 5 and becau(e that the Veins and Arteries atemoved out of their places, and prefied togecher, fo that they cannot rightly bring the alimenct untothe Thigh. Buc then they become lame, andhalt, becaufe that the Th gh for wanc of nouri{hment is de- ftituce of ftrength, and by Reafon of the Luxation or disjaynting 1s become fhorcer tlen before, and that by means of the loofnefs of the Ligaments the Thigh bone is not faft and firm. ;
&. Thofeunto whom the Gout is hereditary are fcarcely ever wholly freed there. from; and if they defire fo tobe, they have need to obferve afar more exact kind of Diet and amore accurate ufe of Medicaments, then do others that are eithernoc troubled ac all with this affeét; orifthey be, che gricf defcends not to them from their Parents, or any of their Anceftours. :
