Disputationis medicae de hydrope theses inaugurales LXV

that is indeed pushed away when the vice exists either in the secreting faculty, or in the separated matter, or in the pathways of the ducts.

21. Error in the segregative separating/excreting faculty occurs when it is harmed either from the weakness of the proōsikēs expulsive virtue of the liver, or from the infirmity of the helktikēs attractant virtue of the kidneys.

22. But in the separated matter, when it sins either in quality or quantity, such as when its abundance is so great that it cannot be sufficiently expelled by the virtue, or when, because of dyspepsia indigestion, it remains too gross and stubborn and does not obey expulsion, or at least only partially.

23. Thus, when there is an obstruction in the emulgent renal vessels, or in the kidneys themselves, from a hard aposteme abscess, or any other cause whatsoever, the watery humor, remaining around the liver and other members with the blood, is finally precipitated into the said places.

24. Thus, Ascites can follow cachexia, obstructions of the vessels, diseases of the liver—especially hot ones—and likewise of the loins, kidneys, bladder, etc.

25. Its proper signs are these: inflation and very great weight of the belly, with repletion also of the lower parts, the genitals, the shins and feet, and atrophy or wasting of the upper parts; fluctuation and a raucous sound of water in the belly when struck while the body is moved or inclined to either side (which is the most certain of all); urine that is subtle and more sparing than in other dropsies; a pulse that is small, thick, and somewhat hard with a certain tension.

26. Now, concerning Anasarca, the third species: it is procreated when there is a defect in the third digestion of the members, so that either agglutination or assimilation of food cannot take place, whence an excessive