Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	certain_a	great_a	king_n	1,446	5	3.5504	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65692	An elenchus of opinions concerning the cure of the small pox together with problematicall questions concerning the cure of the French pest / by T. Whitaker ...	Whitaker, Tobias, d. 1666.; Whitaker, Tobias, d. 1666. Questions problematical concerning the French pest.	1661 (1661)	Wing W1715; ESTC R38589	32,343	140

the_o instrument_n the_o same_o order_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o the_o cure_n of_o this_o disease_n for_o although_o this_o affect_v by_o some_o malignity_n be_v exasperate_v yet_o the_o motion_n be_v critical_a will_v admit_v of_o no_o violence_n and_o therefore_o a_o moderate_a diet_n and_o temperate_a air_n be_v only_o to_o be_v continue_v the_o dye●●eing_v alimentum_fw-la medicamentosum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d as_o be_v milk_n with_o saffron_n with_o flower_n of_o calendula_fw-la especial_o before_o the_o eruption_n of_o the_o ●ox_n there_o be_v neither_o art_n or_o reason_n violent_o to_o move_v crudity_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o any_o disease_n without_o antecedent_n preparation_n which_o preparation_n in_o this_o case_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o quiet_a of_o nature_n and_o foment_v of_o it_o with_o seasonable_a and_o moderate_a aliment_n which_o be_v the_o best_a refrigerium_fw-la or_o comfort_n to_o the_o spirit_n who_o spiritual_a motion_n be_v the_o unum_fw-la necessarium_fw-la in_o this_o disease_n i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a of_o young_a conception_n in_o this_o point_n nor_o be_v it_o my_o intention_n to_o neglect_v any_o objection_n that_o may_v be_v urge_v by_o myself_o or_o any_o other_o author_n either_o ancient_a or_o modern_a that_o may_v give_v more_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o reader_n who_o be_v quatenus_fw-la medice_fw-la ignorant_a of_o several_a sect_n of_o physician_n as_o there_o be_v of_o divine_n in_o theology_n among_o we_o the_o erasistratean_n will_v admit_v of_o no_o remedy_n in_o disease_n especial_o of_o plenitude_n but_o fast_v and_o abstinence_n from_o diet_n hypocrates_n commend_v a_o thin_a diet_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o all_o acute_a distemper_n and_o more_o plentiful_a in_o the_o declination_n gale●_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o all_o firmentation_n universal_o advise_v phlebotomy_n or_o blood-letting_n as_o a_o general_a evacuation_n of_o all_o humour_n as_o they_o be_v mix_v up_o in_o the_o mass_n of_o blood_n who_o opinion_n will_v 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nor_o themselves_o their_o own_o according_a to_o vulgar_a apprehension_n for_o what_o can_v silence_n prove_v more_o than_o a_o plain_a acknowledgement_n of_o such_o a_o error_n as_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o light_n of_o reason_n nor_o reduce_v any_o contrary_a disputant_n to_o a_o incommodum_fw-la but_o leave_v a_o censure_n upon_o the_o art_n itself_o and_o all_o other_o that_o profess_v it_o as_o if_o art_n be_v only_o a_o conjecture_n and_o heal_v or_o cure_v of_o disease_n be_v but_o a_o accident_n as_o if_o cause_n have_v no_o relation_n to_o their_o effect_n nor_o the_o sublation_n of_o they_o artificial_o to_o any_o substantial_a predicament_n which_o otherwise_o have_v have_v a_o equal_a reputation_n of_o excellency_n in_o all_o age_n and_o the_o professor_n thereof_o among_o all_o nation_n witness_v very_o many_o king_n which_o have_v esteem_v the_o contemplation_n and_o practice_n of_o medicine_n as_o the_o one_o chief_a jewel_n in_o their_o crown_n as_o have_v be_v 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though_o there_o be_v a_o predominancy_n of_o blood_n yet_o blood-letting_n do_v prove_v a_o remedy_n of_o no_o moment_n there_o be_v also_o a_o exception_n against_o phlebotomy_n though_o there_o be_v a_o apparent_a magnitude_n of_o disease_n as_o for_o example_n there_o be_v magnitudo_fw-la morbi_fw-la in_o a_o lucuphlegmatia_fw-la or_o dropsy_n so_o also_o in_o a_o cacexia_n and_o yet_o in_o these_o and_o such_o like_a case_n phlebotomy_n can_v be_v no_o remedy_n nor_o be_v it_o indicate_v from_o the_o magnitude_n of_o these_o disease_n in_o the_o small_a pox_n also_o there_o be_v magnitude_n of_o disease_n and_o though_o it_o be_v complicate_v with_o plethory_n of_o blood_n yet_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o ●ein_n be_v not_o a_o proper_a or_o safe_a remedy_n especial_o from_o the_o begin_n to_o their_o eruption_n because_o the_o motion_n of_o nature_n be_v critical_a therefore_o those_o that_o practise_v phlebotomy_n upon_o the_o precept_n of_o galen_n without_o distinction_n of_o case_n 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professor_n which_o do_v ordain_v it_o as_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o a_o great_a remedy_n if_o proper_o adhibit_v viz._n where_o there_o be_v magnitude_n and_o violence_n of_o disease_n conjunct_a with_o plethory_n of_o blood_n and_o consist_v age_n yet_o not_o without_o distinction_n of_o cause_n and_o disease_n with_o other_o circumstance_n of_o time_n and_o clime_n and_o those_o that_o do_v read_v the_o most_o learned_a of_o that_o nation_n can_v find_v they_o no_o otherwise_o principled_a yet_o i_o have_v hear_v fernelius_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v a_o glory_n to_o that_o nation_n to_o have_v have_v a_o most_o sad_a censure_n by_o some_o of_o parisian_a practiser_n and_o that_o it_o have_v be_v better_a for_o their_o nation_n that_o he_o have_v be_v unborn_a i_o have_v hear_v this_o language_n in_o discourse_n but_o can_v never_o conceive_v from_o what_o part_n of_o his_o learning_n they_o extract_v their_o bitterness_n but_o to_o return_v to_o my_o theme_n of_o phlebotomy_n in_o the_o small_a pox_n in_o which_o case_n the_o agent_n stand_v only_o like_o archimedes_n in_o expectation_n of_o a_o place_n to_o fix_v his_o foot_n to_o dislodge_v the_o earthen_a globe_n for_o until_o such_o a_o assurance_n of_o certainty_n to_o depend_v upon_o do_v manifest_v itself_o there_o will_v be_v no_o wellgrounded_n assurance_n of_o cure_v this_o disease_n by_o phlebotomy_n not_o deny_v the_o practice_n upon_o just_a indication_n from_o the_o cause_n and_o disease_n right_o apprehend_v to_o be_v a_o most_o effectual_a remedy_n but_o in_o this_o case_n although_o conjunct_a with_o plenitude_n of_o blood_n which_o do_v most_o proper_o indicate_v evacuation_n yet_o this_o evacuation_n by_o blood-letting_n be_v insufficient_a because_o according_a to_o galen_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr multitudine_fw-la de_fw-fr element_n de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la vulgaribus_fw-la say_v that_o blood_n be_v most_o temperate_a because_o it_o be_v a_o equal_a mixture_n of_o all_o humour_n ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la and_o therefore_o phlebotomy_n to_o be_v a_o equal_a evacuation_n of_o all_o humour_n conjunct_a with_o natural_a spirit_n and_o by_o this_o operation_n the_o blood_n be_v leave_v in_o its_o predominancy_n according_a to_o proportion_n only_o the_o universal_a plenitude_n be_v equal_o lessen_v and_o the_o morbificall_a cause_n still_o mix_v with_o the_o remainder_n answerable_a both_o in_o quantity_n and_o quality_n to_o its_o first_o impression_n upon_o the_o whole_a mass_n so_o that_o the_o disease_n be_v not_o extinguish_v by_o this_o remedy_n but_o lessen_v in_o the_o cause_n and_o although_o according_a to_o this_o doctrine_n of_o galen_n there_o be_v a_o equal_a evacuation_n of_o humour_n yet_o the_o spirit_n do_v at_o this_o orifice_n unequal_o transpire_v for_o in_o all_o blood-letting_n there_o be_v a_o pass_n of_o fix_a and_o innate_a spirit_n with_o the_o fluent_a and_o these_o can_v come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o equality_n because_o the_o fluent_a spirit_n be_v daily_o repair_v but_o the_o fix_v never_o otherwise_o if_o it_o come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o repair_n man_n shall_v be_v eternal_a upon_o this_o earth_n but_o every_o evacuation_n of_o this_o nature_n do_v abreviate_v humane_a life_n and_o hasten_v old_a age_n as_o may_v be_v observe_v in_o the_o french_a child_n which_o by_o this_o frequent_a phlebotomise_v be_v wither_v in_o juvenile_n age._n therefore_o phlebotomy_n be_v not_o a_o common_a remedy_n but_o in_o such_o extremity_n as_o the_o person_n must_v lose_v some_o part_n of_o his_o subsistence_n to_o save_v the_o whole_a moreover_o in_o this_o universal_a evacuation_n there_o may_v be_v a_o expense_n of_o some_o humour_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v preserve_v in_o the_o mass_n because_o they_o be_v not_o so_o sudden_o repair_v again_o and_o from_o this_o cause_n nature_n may_v want_v a_o vehicle_n of_o motion_n and_o suffer_v tyranny_n from_o the_o disease_n as_o when_o the_o phlegmatic_a part_n of_o humour_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o choleric_a the_o bilious_a humour_n be_v leave_v as_o fire_n to_o