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A om the Stings of venomous Beafta j from the Seed, DELTOIDES, in Anatomy, a triangular Mufcle " r jtfenfes r etain 'd in the Womb j from the Rotting of a thus call'd from the Greek Delta A, and?,j» w Forma,
oangreen'd Member, iSc.
A Difot^ er in the Diaphragm commonly produces a q)elirium.
Some derive the Word from De and £/», among the Ancients fignified, Furrows drawn ii
Lines;
Whence, delirare, a reblo aberrare.
which right
There arc various Species and Degrees of Deliriums.
See Muscle.
It arifes exactly sppofite to the Trapezius, from one third Part of the Clavicula, from the Acromium, and Spine of the Scapula, and is inferted tendinous into the Aliddle of the Os Humeri, which Bone it lifts up dircft- ly 5 and it afiifts with the fupra Spinatus, and Coraco- brachialis, in all the Acf ions of the Humerus, except
Jn fome,thePatient is fierce, and outrageous; In others, more the Dcpreffion; it being convenient, that the Arm ftiould
mild, and eafy, offering no Violence to any body, but only be raifed, and fuftaincd, in order to its moving on any
indulging idle, ridiculous Difcourfe; Some laugh and Side.
fing; others cry, and are fullen, ci?c See Melan- DELUGE, Cataclyfmus, Diluvium, in Natural Hifto-
choly, and Mania. r y, a Flood, or Inundation of Water, covering the Earth
DELIVERY, 'Parturition, or Birth, in Medicine, the either in whole, or in Part. See Inundation. bringing forth of a perfeft Fat us, or Chi Id our of its Mo- We meet with divers of thefe Deluges in ancient Hi-
ther's Womb, whether it be living, or dead. See F-ktus, ft ry, both facred and profane. That which happcn'd in
Birth, isc. Greece, in the Time ot Deucalion, call'd the Diluvium
To zNaturalDelivery, according to thcPhyficians, are Deucalidoneum, is famous. This Deluge only over- required threeConditions: Firfl, That both the Mother and flowed Theffaly; Irs Date is fix'dto the Year before the Child ftriye alike, the one to deliver, and the other Chrift 1529; being the third Yrar before the Israelites to be deliver' d : The fecond, That it come into the coming out of Egypt, according to the Computation of World head-fore-moft, which is its natural Pofture : And Petavius, Rat. Temp. P.I. L.I. C. 7. P.II.C.9. the third, That it be quick, and eafy, without Accidents. The Deluge of Ogyges happen'd near 300 Years before
When the Child prefents its Feet foremoft, or comes that ofDeucalion, 1010 Years before the firft Olympiad,
a-crofs, or double, tis no natural Delivery 3 And the and 1796" before Jefus Chrift, according to the fame Au-
latius call fuch Children Agrippce, q.d. JEgreParti. thor, Rat. "Temp. P.I. L.I. C.4. P. tl. L.IL C.5. This only
A Legitimate Delivery, is that which happens at the ravaged Attica. Thefe two are frequently mention'd in
juft Term, i. e. in the 10th Lunar Month. And an Ille- ancient Greek Authors, under the Denomination of Cata-
gitmate,
that which comes either fooner,
the 8th Month.
Women are delivered at 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 Months, and not later. Tho' there are fome Phyficians, who hold, that a Delivery may be legitimate in the 14th Month.
It has been obferv'd, that Deliveries are more happy in the 7th Month, than in the 8th, i. e. that the Child is eafier laved, and more frequently lives, when it comes in the 7 th, than when in the 8th Month.
or later, as in clyfmus prior, and pojterior.
Of the like Kind were thofe Inundations in the Nether* lands, which in 1277 overwhelmed, and cover'd with Sea all that Part, now call'd the Gulph Dollart in the united Netherlands; and in 142 1, all that Part between 'Bra- bant and Holland.
But the moft memorable Deluge is that which we par- ticularly, and by way of Eminence, call the Deluge, or the Univsrfal Deluge, or Noah's Flood; being a general
Monfr. Peyfonnel, aPhyfician of Lyons, has a Latin Inundation fent by God, to punilh the Corruption of the
Treatife exprefsly on the Term 0$ Delivery; wherein he then World, by deftroying every living Thing, (Noah, and
undertakes to reconcile all the apparent Contradictions of his Family, and what was fhut up with him in the Ark,
Hippocrates, with Refpect thereto. He holds, that the on ly excepted) from off the Face of the Earth.
'—itimate Birth, according to Hippo- This Flood makes one of the moll considerable Events
or fix compleat Months, and the; n all Hiftory; and one of the greater! Epocha's in Chro.
Ihorteft Term of
crates, is 182 Day:
longeit 280 Days, or nine Months and 10 Days. And that
Children, who come earlier, or later, than thofe Terms,
do not lire, or are not legitimate.
Sartholine has compofed a Book, de infolitis partus Viis, on the extraordinary PafTages of the FtStus; where he gives divers Inftances of very extraordinary Deliveries. There have fome come out by the Mouth 5 and others by of Inquiry, the Anus. See Salmuth. Obf. 94. Cent. 3. In the Year ticks, iSc
nology. Its Hiftory is given us by jMoj'es, Gen. C. VI.
and VII. Its Time is fix'd by the beft Chronologers to
the Year from the Creation 16 56, anfwering to the Year
before Chrift 2293. From this Flood, the State of the
World is divided into Diluvian, and Antediluvian.
The Deluge has been, and remains a mighty Subject
ind Difpute among the Naturalifts, Cri-
The Points chiefly controverted, may be
, at Leckerkerck, 8 or 10 Leagues from the Hague, reduced to three : Firft, Its Extent, viz. whether
the Wife of one Chrijiian Claes, was deliver'd of 5 Chil- General, or 'Partial. Secondly, Its natural Caufe.
dren. The firft was a Boy, who liv'd 2 Months; 1 7 Hours And thirdly, Its Effects.
afterwards, came a fecond Son, which was dead; 24Hours I. The immenfe Quantity of Water requifitc tofurniih
after a third Son was born, who liv'd about two Hours. In an Universal Deluge, has occafion'd fcveral Authors to
24 Hours more fhe had a 4th, dead. Laftly, fhe died in fufpect it only Partial. An Universal Deluge, they
bringing forth the 5th; which died in the Birth. think, had been unneceftary, confidering the End for which
Delivery, in Law. See Replegiare. it was brought, viz. to extirpate the wicked Inhabitants.
DELPHINUS, thoDolphin, inAftronomy, aConftella- The World was then but new, and the People not very
tion of the Northern Hemifphere. See Constellation, many; the Holy Scriptures only making 8 Generations
The Number of Stars in this Conftellation, according from Adam to Noah. 'Twas but a fmall Part of the
toPtolomy, are 10; according to Tycho 10; and ac- Earth that could be yet inhabited : Trre Country about
cording to Mr. Flamfleed 18. the Euphrates, which is fuppofed to have been the Scene
The Longitudes, Latitudes, Magnitudes, fSc. where- of the firft Antediluvian Inhabitants, was fufficient to bear
of are as follows,
Stars in the Conftellation Delphinus.
Name* and Situations of ~ Longit. the Start. a
Erft of three in the Tail. Betw. the Tail & the precRho. That immediat. preced. the Tail. North of the follow, in the Tail.
Preced. South, in the Rhombus. South, of the follow.in the Tail. Betw. theTail and the hind Rho. North, of preced. in the Rhomb.
W a 49 50
9 44 =7
10 30 06
11 27 04 .11 06 18
12 01 14
10 54 06
11 54 °5
13 03 24 13 02 25
South, in the hind Rhombus. North, of the following.
Latitude. North.
13 48 07 1$ 03 41 II S4 '*
ttitormes following the Dolphin 13 00 33 (towards Eyuultm. 14 28 25 IS
16 07 40
IO* 31 os
» 1$ If 57
28 S4 38
29 06 21
30 42 06
32 10 27
28 si 03
31 s« 52 27 31 40
30 38 14
33 02 58
31 39 48
31 58 12
33 44 32
23 00 os
24 37 30
29 07 05
28 40 19
29 46 3S 26 48 3S
them all. Now, Providence, fay they, which ever acts wifely, and frugally, would never have difproportion'd the Means to the End fo far as to overflow the whole Globe, only to drown a little Corner of it. They add, that, in the Scripture Language, the ivhole Earth, ex- prefles no more than all the Inhabitants. And on this Principle advance, that an Overflowing of the Euphra- tes, and Tigris, with a vehement Rain, ci?c. might an- fwer the 'Phenomena of the Deluge.
But the Deluge was univerjal. God declared to Noah, Gen. VI. 17. that he was refolved to deftroy every Thing that had Breath under Heaven, or had Life on the Earth, by a Flood of Waters. Such was the Menace: See the Execution. The Waters, Mofes allures us, co- ver'd the whole Earth, buried all the Mountains, and were no lefs than 15 Cubits above the higheft of them i Every Thing perilh'd therein, Birds, Beafts, Men, and all that had Life, excepting Noah, and thofe with him in the Ark, Gen. VII. 19. Can an Univerfal Deluge be; more clearly exprefs'd? If rhe Deluge had only been •Partial, there had been no Neceffity to fpend 100 Years in the Building of an Ark, and /hutting up all the Sorts of Animals thertin, in order to re-ftock the World; they had been eaflly, and readily brought from thofe Parts of the Woild not overflown, into thofe that had been. At F* lead,
