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'tack all Parts of the Body, without Exception; par-
he Anus, Foranrn lachrymale, Thorax, bec. Thb
aufe of Fijflvla's, is fome Abfcefs, or Ulcer, which
ng inveterate, or having been ill ufed, comes to
; the Orifice being at fira lined or incruflated
and at length the whole Sinus.
Ire onfifs, in consuming the Callus' and healing;
lidating the Ulcer with cleanfing Medicines, and
itients gave the Name FiJ-ula to this fort of Ul-
I the Refemblance they bear, on accoupt of their
ia Flute; or Pipe, called by the Latins Fiftula.
LA in A'o, is a Fiftula form'd in the Anus, or
it. See ANUS.
forme Authors reckon four Kinds, viz. the Cecum
,which is open outwards, but not into the Redum:
tm Extcrnum, which has an Aperture into the
but none outwards: The Compleat, which opens
the Anus, and the Inteffine: And the Cuniculatus,
th'feveral Sinus's, which discharge themfelves into
non Cavity, that is the Fund, and as it were, Re-
them all.
as Wifeman, reduces Fiftula's in Ano to two
The firJt are thofe, arifing frotn a Phyma: Thefe
painful, and difficult to cure; as entering deep a-
ie Inteftines of the Mu/fcles, and forming various
or Sinus's; which, the more remote they are from
the worfe they be, by reafon they do not allow of
The fecond, owe their Origin to an internal
age, or Extravafation between the Coats of the
Land have a. fmall Perforation, near the Circum-
f the Anus, whence they yield a thin Sanies, or
hout Pain: They in time bring on Itchings and
ins; and the Orifices at length become callous,
irnetimes clofed, and fometimes open again.
if they do no Harm by the Copioufnefs of the
Stench, or the like Accidents, are a Benefit to
s carrying off cachedic Humours; and ought not
d. but kept open. The frefh, fimple Fiftule may
vithout Danger.
eat way is by cutting; where that may be done
)amage to the Mufcle of the Anus, which might
n involuntary Difcharge of the Excrements. Cut-
ther perform'd with a I'hread, or a cutting In-
See each Method under the Article CUTTING
(IJula in Ano.
A Lachrytnalis; is a Fiflula in the greater Can-
e Eye, call'd alfo AfEgilops Lachrymalis.
little deep callous Ulcer, in the greater Caruncle,
lce of vthe Glandula Lachrymalis. It ufually be-
an Abfcefs, call'd Aqclbylops, which in time
in Ulcer, that afterwards degenerates into a Fi-
hen prefs'd with the Finger, it yields a flinking
ot unlike the Yolk of an Egg; and the corrofive
iding, or making it felf a Pafflage, there enfues a
Oozing.
nes the Os Ethmoidis it felf is corrodedand ren-
ious by it; in which Condition it is fuppofed to
rablc by an aclual Cautery: Sometimes it becomes
and then, Riverius directs, all Medicines to be'laid
ire of the Fifgula lachrymalis, is wholly external
rgical; excepting that Evacuants and Mercurials
ven internally; as alfo Decodioris of the Woods
Forate the Os Nafi, to give room for the Matter,
:uated that way.
ncb Chirurgeon, named Anel, has found out a new
by putting a Probe and Syringe of an inconceive-
iefs, thro' the MPunta lachrymalia into the Sacci-
malis.
A was alfo the Pipe put into the Cup; out of
Communicants antiently fucked the Wine.
Ecclcfiis Cruces, Altaria, Scrinia, &c. Situlas,
g Ornameinta varia. Flor. Wigorn.Anno ro87.
LAR Flowers, among Herbalifis, are thofe made
ny long, hollow, finall Flowers, like Pipes ; all di-
, large Jaggs at the end. Sec FLOWER.
LOUS, or FISTULAR, is applied by the Chirur-
Wounds and Ulcers, which degenerate into Fi-
uR be taken, not to leave the Seton too long in the
em it renders it callous and fiflulous. Dionis.
Botanifis, fiftalous is underfiood of fuch Leaves
a's are rornd and hollow within, like a Fiffula, or
hus the Leaves of Onions are faid to be fiftirdous.
Medicine, an Accefs, or Paroxyfm.  See PA-
r the Mother, fee HYSTERICK ffetfiov.
eafy Reflexioe  and eafy 'I'ranfiou, fee RE-
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FITCHEEorFIcrEE, in IdriA
when the lower Part of any Crofs is lharpen'd
into a Point, fit to fix into the Ground.
Thus, Azure, a Crofs Potent Fitchee.
The Origin hereof, Mackensy afcribes td
the primitive Chrillians, who ufed to carry
'their C~rofrei with thciri. wherever tbev went;i


and when they lHop'd at any Place in a Journey, fixA them
in the Ground.
FITZ, a French Term, literally denoting Son; fome-
times given by Way of Addition to the natural Sons of the
Kings of England3 ds _anres Fitz-Roy, Duke of Graf,
ton, &Cc.
FIVE-leav'd Graft, Cinque-foil, in Heraldry, is us'd by
fuch as would introduce a Blazon by Herbs and Flowers,
inflead of Metals and Colours, to fignify Vert or Green. See
VER T.
FIXATION, the AAL of flxij, or rendering a thing
firm, and fix'd. See FIXITv, and FIRMNEgS.
FIXATION, in Chymifiry, is a peculiar Preparation of
Mercury, whereby it is put in a Condition to bear the Fire
without evaporating; or the Hammer without flying, or fe-
parating. See MERCURY.
The Alchyinifis hold, that if they had the true Secret
of fixing Mercury, without the Addition of any foreign left
heavy and folid Ingredient, they could make Gold, at leaf:
Silver. See PHILOSOPHERS Stone.
MonLf Romberg has a long Procefs of many Months, to
prepare an Oil from the fecal Matter, or human Excre-
ments, which he imaoin'd would have fix'd Mercury into
Silver; but he fail'd. See FECAL Matter.
The Term is likewife applied in the general to any thing
that fixes, and binds together what of its own Nature is
volatile; and enables it to fuflain the Force of the Fire for
fome confiderable Time.
Geber defines Fixation an Operation whereby a volatile
thing, i. e. a thing that cannot endure the Fire, is render'd
capable of enduring it. In the general, Fixation is the chang-
ing of a volatile Body into a fix'd one. See FIXED.
FIXT, or FIx'D Bodies, in the general, are fuch, as nei-
ther the Fire, nor any Corrofive, has fuch Effedt on, as to
reduce or refolve them into their component Elements, i. e.
abfolutely to deffroy them,
Chauvin holds it not fufficient to denominate a Body fixt,
that it can withfiand the Fire, or any one Agent; but it
fhould withfland alL He contends, that Fixity lhould not be
reflrain'd, as it ufually is, to an Exemption from Evapora-
tion; but from Deftrudion, or Refolutioh into primary Ele-
ments; in which fenfe, Gold, pretious Stones and Glafi%,
and even Sulphur, and Mercury it felf, are properly fix'd
Bodies ; for Mercury, and Sulphur retain their Nature, not-
withilanding all their Evaporation. See MEkCURY.
FIXT, or Fix'b 7Bodies, among Chymiflß, are fuch as bear
the Violence of the Fire, without evaporating. See EvA-
P ORATION.
The Chymifls divide all Natural Bodies into fi'd and vo-
latile, i. e. Such as bear the utnrioft Force of the Fire, with-
out difflipating, or fpending themfelves in Fume; and fuch
as do not.
Of fix'd Bodies, the principal are Gold, Silver, pretious
Stones particularly the Diamond, Salts, ec.
Of all Metals, Gold and Silver alone are fix'd, i. e. re-
maining a long time expofed to the moft intenfe Flame;
they alone lofe nothing of their Weight. See VOLATILE.
Whence this Property fhou'd arife, is difficult to fay. If
the Reader is not contented with the Caufes enumerated
under FIXITY, he may add the following one from B oerhave,
viz. The Homogeneity and Equality of the Parts.
The Parts, e. gr. of Gold being all homogeneous and
equal, will equally fuflain each other, and leave equal Pores
between them . through which Pores, when fus'd, the Fire
finding an eafy, equal Paffage, goes off, without carrying
any thing of the Metal with it: Or rather, the Particles of
Gold being of all others the moft folid, and heavy ( as ap-
pears from the Weight of thkt Metal) and of all others
the moll firongly united, or bound together (as appears
from the infinite Duffility of that Metal) the Force of the
Fire is not fufficient to overcome fo powerful a Refifflance:
The Solidity of the Particles, and their Freedom from Air
provents their being rarifled, or fet further apart; which
might leffen their fpecifick Gravity, and diminifh their vis
cohefonis:. So that what has the chief Effec& in the raifing
of Fumes and Vapours, viz. the Rarefaffion, or Expanfion
of the Body being here precluded, the Metal maintains its
natural Weight and Tendency to the Centre. See RAREZ.
FACTION, and EXPANSION.
Mr. Boyle, the Prince of Mirandola, Monf Homkerg, am
others, have made numerous Experiments on Gold, Wiver,
&c. to fee how far their Fixity extended. Pure (old, kept
in an intenfe Heat foir two Monthst lo* nothin finbe o
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