The Medical Works of Dr. Richard MeadA. Donaldson and J. Reid, 1765 - Medicine |
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... animal fpirits , the inftrument of fenfe and motion : which functions it never could be capable of executing , were it not con- tained in proper organs . For this purpose the al- mighty Creator has formed two forts of fibres , the ...
... animal fpirits , the inftrument of fenfe and motion : which functions it never could be capable of executing , were it not con- tained in proper organs . For this purpose the al- mighty Creator has formed two forts of fibres , the ...
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... animal fpirits , excites new motions in the body , ( though we may be infenfible of it ) , in order to expel the poison , which is blended with the humours , through every outlet . And hence very great physicians have defined a disease ...
... animal fpirits , excites new motions in the body , ( though we may be infenfible of it ) , in order to expel the poison , which is blended with the humours , through every outlet . And hence very great physicians have defined a disease ...
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... animal parts , though extremely conve- nient for the purposes of life , must be attended with fome inconveniencies in particular cases ; as in the fa- bric of the univerfe , thunder , ftorms , inundations , plagues , and other fuch ...
... animal parts , though extremely conve- nient for the purposes of life , must be attended with fome inconveniencies in particular cases ; as in the fa- bric of the univerfe , thunder , ftorms , inundations , plagues , and other fuch ...
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... animal ma- chine is made , not by parts , but all together ; fecing it is impoffible , that a circle of motions , fome of which depend on others , can be completed without all their inftruments being in their proper places . For example ...
... animal ma- chine is made , not by parts , but all together ; fecing it is impoffible , that a circle of motions , fome of which depend on others , can be completed without all their inftruments being in their proper places . For example ...
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... animal body fhould be able to hold out to extreme old age . And hence indeed plainly appears the extensiveness of the art of medicine , and how much fuperiour it is to all other arts . Now , this machine , the only one that is endued ...
... animal body fhould be able to hold out to extreme old age . And hence indeed plainly appears the extensiveness of the art of medicine , and how much fuperiour it is to all other arts . Now , this machine , the only one that is endued ...
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Page 185 - The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
Page 173 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 185 - Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 185 - Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked.
Page 210 - And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 210 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 201 - And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
Page 11 - ... alive. He, by the quickness of the faculties of the mind, and the activity of the organs of his body, shows the great benefit of a low diet, — living altogether on vegetable food and pure water. Henry Jenkins lived to one hundred and sixty-nine years on a low, coarse, and simple diet. Thomas Parr died at the age of one hundred and fifty-two years and nine months.
Page 184 - ... him in the course of nature. But we know that those things, which God executes either through clemency or vengeance, are frequently performed by the assistance of natural causes. Thus, having threatened Hezekiah with death, and being afterwards moved by his prayers, he restored him to life, and made use of figs laid on the tumour, as a medicine for his disease. He ordered king Herod, upon account of his pride, to be devoured by worms. And...
Page 206 - OpofiBoi atftaros, as it were, or, like drops of blood ; that is, the drops of sweat were so large, thick and viscid, that they trickled to the ground like drops of blood. Thus were the words understood by Justin Martyr, Theophylactus, and Euthymius.