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'there arifes Bubos, with various m of the Body. See Buuo.

Sometimes, alfo, there happen callous Ulcers, call d Sban- kcrs, in the Scrotum and 'Perineum ; and fometimes a can- cerous and callous Ulcer between the Prepuce and Glans ; and in fome the Teiticles ("well. See Shanker.

Add to thefe, violent noaurnal Pains, Nodes, Heats in the Palms of the Hands, and Soals of the Feet ; and hence Fiffures, Excoriations, Condylomata, i$c. about the Anus ; falling of the Hair ; ruddy, yellow, or livid Spots, Hoarfe- nefs. Relaxation and Erofion of the Uvula, Ulcer of the Pa- late, Ozama, tingling of the Ears, Deafnefs, Blindnefs, Itch, Confumption, gte. But 'tis rare all thefe Symptoms happen to the lame Perfon.

The Venereal Bifeafe, Sydenham obferves, is communi- cated by Copulation, Laaation, Handling, Saliva, Sweat, the genital Mucus, and the Breath : And in whatever Part it is receiv'd, it there difcovcrs it felf firft. When the In- feaion is receiv'd along with the Milk from the Nurfe, it commonly (hews it felf in Sorenefs and Ulcers of the Mouth.

The Method of Cure is various, according to the various Symptoms and Stages : For the firft Stage, viz. a Gmorrh<ea Virulenta, or Clap. See Clap, and Gonorrhjea.

Dr. Pitcaim's Method is this : After two or three Vomits, he direfls Mercnrim Vulcis, for fome Days, twice a day ; when the Mouth grows fore, let alone the Mercury for three or four Days, and purge every other Day. As the Mouth grows well again, repeat the ufe of Mercury ; and thus al- ternately, till the Symptoms ceafe. See Mercury.

For a confirm'd Lues, Mercurial Salivation is generally held the only effeaual Cure : Tho Mercurial Friffions, ap- plied in fuch Quantity, and at luch Intervals as not to raile a Salivation, is held by fome to be not only eafier and fafer, but even more fuccefsful, in this Difeafe, than Salivation it felf. See Salivation.

Dr. Sydenham tells us, he ufes to falivate immediately, without any preliminary Evacuation, or Preparation of the Body at all. His Method is this; He prefcribes an Unguent of ?ii of Axang. 'Porcin. Swines-feam, and ?i of Mercury. With a third Part of this, he orders the Patient to anoint his Arms and Legs, for three Nights fucceflively, with his

Inqueft come not at the Day of the Writ return'd ; then fhall go an Habeas Corpus, and after that a Diftrefs, until they come.

Venire Facias tot Matronas. See Ventre Infpiciendo.

VENISON, or Venaison, the Flefh of Beafts of Game, or of Animals to be caught in the way of Gaming, i. e. by Hunting, i$c. as Deer, Hare, Sgc. See Game.

The Word is form'd of the Latin Venatio, Hunting. See Hunting.

Beafts of Venison. See Beast.

VENOM. See Poison.

The Terms Venom and 'Poifon only differ from each other in this, that the latter is ufed where the noxious Matter is ta- ken inwardly, as in Foods, Drinks,E£c. and the former, where it is applied outwardly, as in Stings, and Bites of Serpents, Scorpions, Vipers, Spiders, ££c.

The Pike is faid to have a venomous Tooth. All veno- mous Beafts, in the general, have that Quality in a greater degree, when bred in mountainous and dry Places, than when in wet and marfhy Places ; the Southern more than the Northern ; thofe hungry and enraged, than others ; and in Summer more than Winter.

VENOUS, Venofus. See Venal.

Venous Artery, Arteria Venosa. See Artery, Lungs, Circulation, &c.

VENT, VENT-flofe, or Spiracle, a little Aperture, left in the Tubes or Pipes of Fountains, to facilitate the Wind's efcape ; or, on occafion, to give them Air ; as in frofty Weather, S}jc. for want of which they are apt to burft. See Fountain.

A Vent, taken in this Senfe, is the End of a Pipe, placed erea, and reaching above ground ; being ufually folder 'd to the Elbows of the Pipes.

The Vents of large Pipes, are always as high as the Su- perficies of the Refervoir ; unlefs there be a Valve in thern.

The Word is form'd from the Latin Ventus, Wind.

Vent is alfo ufed for a little Hole, pierced in Veflels of Wine, Beer, S5?c. that are in tap ; and which admits Air enough to make the Liquor run, but not fo much as to cor- rupt and fpoil it.

Vent, again, is apply'd to the Covers in Wind Furnaces,

own Hands ; fo as' not to touch "either the Arm-pits, the whereby the Air enters which few. them fo, •Bellows ■ and

which are flop d with Regifters, or Slices, according to the degree of heat requir'd ; as in the Furnaces of Glafs-Houfes,

Groin, or the' Abdomen. — After the third Unaion, the Gums ufually fwell, and a Ptyalifm comes on. — If it does not come in the time, he exhibits Turbith Mineral gr. viii. in Con- ferve of Red Rofes ; which occasioning a Vomiting, raifes the Ptyalifm. And if, afterwards, the Salivation abate, ere the Symptoms are quite difappcar'd, he orders it to be pro- moted with a frefh Dofe of Mercurius liulcis. The Diet and other Regimen, to be the fame as in a Otharfis.

VENERIS Oeftrum, the 'tranfiort of Love, exprefles the utmort Ecftafy of Defire, or Enjoyment, in Coition. See Oestrum.

Some are of Opinion, that infeaious Women are the molt apt to communicate the Poifon, when they are rhus excited with Defire ; whereas, with Indifference, they may admit the fame Intercourfe without giving the Infeaion.

Veneris Oeftrum, in Anatomy, the fame as Clitoris.

VENERY, is ufed for the Aft of Copulation, or Coition of the two Sexes. See Coition, and Generation.

It takes its Name from Venus, the fuppofed Deity of the Paffion of Love.

Venery, is alfo the Art or Exercife of hunting wild Beads ; which are alfo call'd Beafts of Venery, and Beafts of Foreft. See Hunting.

Such are ihe Hare, Hart, Hind, Boar, and Wolf. See Beasts.

VENIA, among our antient Writers, denotes a kneeling, or low Proffration on the Ground ; ufed by Penitents. Wal- fingham, p. 196. Rege interim proftrato in longa venia.

'Per venias centum verrunt barbis pavimentttm.

VENIAL, a Term in the Romijh Theology, applied to flight Sins, and fuch as eafily obtain Pardon. See Sin.

In confeffing to the Prieft, People are not oblig'd to ac- cufe themfelves of all their Venial Sins.

The thing that gives the greater! Embarras to the Romijb Cafuifts, is to diftinguifb. between Venial and Mortal Sins. The Reformed rejefl this Diffinaion of Venial and Mortal Sins ; and maintain, that all Sins, how grievous foever, are Venial ; and all Sins, how flight foever, are Mortal : And the Reafon they urge, is, that all Sins, tho of their own Na- ture Mortal, yet become venial, or pardonable, by virtue of our Saviour's Paffion, to all fuch as fulfil the Conditions on which it is offer'd in the Gofpel.

To which the Romanifts anfwer, that one of thefe Condi- tions is Confeflion. See Confession.

VENIRE Facias, in Law, is a Judicial Writ, lying where two Parties plead, and come to Iffue : for then, the Party Plaintiff, or Defendant, fhall have this Wrir di- refled to the Sheriff, to caufe twelve Men of the fame Country to fay the Truth upon the IfTue taken : And if this

Elfayors, g?c. See Bellows, Furnace, S$c.

Laftly, the Word Vent is ufed for a Pipe of Lead, or Pot- ter's Ware ; one end whereof opens into the Cell of a Ne- ceffary Houfe, and the other reaches to the Roof of the Houie ; to give room for the corrupt fetid Air to exhale.

There are alfo Vents, or Apertures made in the Walls which fuftain Terraffes, to furnifh Air, and give a Paflage for the Waters.

This kind of Vent the Italians, and we from 'em, call a Barbacane. See Barbacane.

VENTER, Belly, in Anatomy, a Cavity in the Body of an Animal, containing Vifcera, or other Organs, neceflary for the Performance of divers Funaions. See Viscera, iSc

Phyficians divide the human Body into three Venters, Re- gionsj or Cavities ; the firft the Head, containing the Brain, l$c. See Head.

The fecond the Breaft, or 'thorax, as far as the Dia- phragm ; containing theOrgans of Refpiration. See Thorax.

The third, which is what we commonly call the Venter, or Belly, is that wherein the Inteftines and the Organs of Generation, and Digeftion, are contain'd 5 called by Anato- mifts the Abdomen. See Abdomen.

This laft, call'd alfo the lower Venter, is fubdivided into three Regions ; the firft and higheff whereof, call'd the E- pi^a/lric Region, reaches from the Cartilago Xiphoides near tothe Navel ; the fecond, call'd the Umbilical, comprehends the Space of three or four Fingers breadth, about the Na- vel, containing the Reins and Loins ; and the third, the Hypegaftric, which reaches to the 'Pudenda, and is what we properly call the lower Venter : Hippocrates calls it ynesi. See Hypogastric, Epigastric, i$c.

Its two Sides are call'd Ilia, the Flanks ; and its lowed: Extreme the Groin ; in Latin Inguen, and in Greek /3«/3siV.

Venter, or Belly, is alfo popularly us'd for the exterior Part of the lower Venter : In which Senfe, we fay, the Na- vel is in the middle of the Venter, ckc.

It is alfo ufed for the Ventricle, or Stomach ; becaufe that Part is enclofed in the Cavity thereof. See Ventricle.

In this Senfe it is, that Jonas is faid in Scripture to have been three Days in the Whale's Belly.

Laftly, Venter is alfo ufed for the Womb, or Uterus of Women : And hence the Writ 2)e Ventre Infficiendo.

Hence, alfo, in the Civil Law, we fay, <Partus fequitur Ventrem, the Child follows the Belly ; meaning, that its Condition is either free or fervile, according to that of its Mother. See Marriage.

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