Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	disease_n	nature_n	symptom_n	2,067	5	11.8165	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25375	Chymical disceptations, or, Discourses upon acid and alkali wherein are examined the object of Mr. Boyle against these principles : together with a reply to a letter of Mr. S. Doctor of Physick & fellow of the colleg of *** : wherein many errors are corrected, touching the nature of these two salts / by Fran. Andre, Dr. in Physick ..., faithfully rendered out of French into English by J.W. ; to which is added, by the translator, a discourse of phlebotomy shewing the absolute evils, together with the accidental benefits thereof, in some cases.; Entretiéns sur l'acide et sur l'alkali. English	Saint André, François de, fl. 1677-1725.	1689 (1689)	Wing A3113A; ESTC R30709	47,738	222

vasis_fw-la circulatur_fw-la ●o_o tardius_fw-la lue_fw-fr pestifera_fw-la contaminatur_fw-la a_o most_o injurious_a opinion_n since_o by_o weaken_v the_o spirit_n she_o become_v the_o less_o able_a to_o withstand_v so_o lethal_a a_o enemy_n for_o if_o a_o plenitude_n be_v the_o pretence_n by_o a_o more_o spare_a diet_n and_o other_o proper_a thing_n it_o may_v be_v make_v so_o harmless_a as_o not_o in_o the_o least_o to_o assist_v that_o poisonous_a disease_n when_o it_o have_v seize_v we_o nor_o to_o encourage_v it_o in_o any_o way_n to_o seize_v upon_o we_o wherefore_o to_o go_v and_o let_v any_o infect_a person_n blood_n be_v a_o short_a way_n to_o cure_v they_o of_o the_o disease_n and_o rid_v they_o of_o their_o life_n together_o since_o it_o so_o wasteful_o spend_v the_o vital_a power_n by_o who_o only_o this_o cruel_a disease_n can_v be_v withstand_v and_o vanquish_v for_o if_o nature_n at_o any_o time_n have_v so_o far_o prevail_v with_o the_o disease_n as_o to_o collect_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o malignant_a matter_n into_o one_o place_n and_o do_v endeavour_v to_o cast_v it_o forth_o in_o botch_n boil_n or_o carbuncle_n which_o common_o appear_v in_o the_o emunctory_n who_o gland●●es_n be_v then_o tumify_v with_o this_o poisonous_a humour_n blood-letting_a be_v then_o admit_v nature_n do_v not_o only_o for_o want_v of_o power_n cease_v to_o prosecute_v her_o design_n but_o this_o vicious_a humour_n be_v remit_v ob_fw-la fugam_fw-la vacui_fw-la and_o so_o quick_o spread_v itself_o through_o the_o whole_a mass_n of_o blood_n assist_v those_o poisonous_a particle_n which_o be_v there_o before_o and_o which_o nature_n be_v obstruct_v by_o phlebotomy_n from_o purge_v out_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o miserable_a patient_n it_o be_v for_o the_o very_a same_o cause_n that_o those_o common_a break_v his_o out_o of_o the_o body_n in_o large_a swelling_n in_o the_o emunctory_n and_o in_o small_a pimple_n and_o scurf_n all_o over_o the_o body_n 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if_o she_o be_v not_o obstruct_v of_o else_o till_o those_o venomous_a corpuscle_n be_v by_o some_o accidental_a cause_n excite_v to_o fermentation_n whereby_o they_o pollute_v the_o blood_n to_o a_o great_a degree_n so_o that_o the_o whole_a flesh_n be_v so_o deprave_a as_o to_o appear_v in_o a_o measly_n scurfy_a and_o filthy_a form_n and_o may_v perhaps_o at_o last_o merit_v the_o name_n of_o incurable_a leprosy_n it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o some_o physician_n that_o blood-letting_a be_v very_o proper_a yea_o necessary_a in_o the_o scurvy_a among_o who_o 〈◊〉_d find_v the_o often_o quote_v doctor_n willis_n t●_n be_v one_o who_o say_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o scurvy_a pag._n 256._o cum_fw-la enim_fw-la liquor_n sanguineous_a valde_fw-la impurus_fw-la evasit_fw-la nullo_n remediorum_fw-la genere_fw-la certius_fw-la emendatur_fw-la quam_fw-la crebra_fw-la &_o parva_fw-la extramissione_n quip_n sanguini_fw-la veteri_fw-la corrupto_fw-la quoties_fw-la educitur_fw-la recens_fw-la melior_fw-la &_o defoecatior_fw-la existit_fw-la now_o thererefore_o it_o be_v grant_v by_o most_o that_o the_o blood_n be_v better_a in_o some_o venal_a pipe_n than_o in_o other_o which_o may_v easy_o be_v prove_v by_o any_o who_o ever_o see_v many_o robe_v of_o this_o rubid_a liquor_n for_o in_o some_o it_o spout_v out_o bad_a at_o first_o and_o better_a afterward_o in_o other_o the_o quite_o contrary_a wherefore_o if_o this_o be_v true_a as_o it_o most_o certain_a and_o undeniable_a then_o the_o question_n be_v how_o shall_v we_o know_v when_o that_o vitiate_a parcel_n of_o blood_n which_o we_o so_o much_o seek_v to_o remove_v have_v take_v up_o its_o abode_n in_o the_o inferior_a part_n of_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o arm_n and_o in_o the_o artery_n tend_v thereto_o that_o we_o may_v let_v it_o out_o for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o there_o it_o be_v impossible_a we_o shall_v extract_v it_o since_o all_o the_o other_o artery_n be_v too_o remote_a and_o so_o in_o stead_n of_o the_o bad_a we_o may_v take_v away_o the_o good_a and_o beside_o if_o we_o do_v take_v away_o some_o of_o the_o bad_a for_o its_o impossible_a to_o take_v all_o yet_o it_o may_v be_v question_v whether_o the_o new_a make_v blood_n may_v not_o be_v vitiate_a in_o its_o preparation_n before_o it_o come_v to_o be_v circulate_v with_o the_o old_a as_o undoubted_o it_o be_v both_o in_o the_o liver_n spleen_n and_o other_o viscera_n wherefore_o though_o a_o new_a mass_n of_o blood_n may_v well_o be_v expect_v this_o way_n yet_o not_o without_o a_o cruel_a wrack_a of_o nature_n in_o force_v she_o to_o labour_v so_o hard_o for_o life_n be_v before_o torment_v by_o so_o stubborn_a a_o disease_n yet_o we_o can_v expect_v to_o have_v it_o much_o better_a than_o the_o former_a but_o rather_o worse_a unless_o we_o use_v some_o proper_a remedy_n to_o cut_v off_o the_o cause_n and_o to_o purify_v it_o in_o the_o fountain_n the_o which_o remedy_n will_v as_o well_o have_v correct_v and_o amend_v the_o old_a mass_n of_o blood_n as_o this_o new_a one_o since_o no_o blood_n in_o a_o curable_a disease_n can_v be_v so_o corrupt_v but_o it_o may_v be_v reduce_v to_o its_o pristin_a sanity_n without_o extramission_n of_o any_o part_n of_o it_o which_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o real_a corruption_n but_o a_o disposition_n thereto_o for_o a_o absolute_a corruption_n be_v a_o total_a destruction_n of_o its_o first_o essential_a form_n and_o the_o assumption_n of_o a_o new_a one_o which_o by_o no_o mean_n will_v admit_v of_o be_v reform_v into_o its_o pristine_a one_o according_a to_o that_o philosophical_a axiom_n a_o privatione_fw-la ad_fw-la habitum_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la regressus_fw-la yet_o we_o find_v that_o the_o blood_n though_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v deep_o corrupt_v may_v easy_o with_o proper_a and_o efficacious_a medicament_n be_v restore_v to_o its_o former_a soundness_n and_o pureness_n because_o it_o have_v not_o total_o lose_v that_o form_n with_o which_o it_o be_v first_o stame_v but_o yet_o further_o suppose_v the_o scorbutic_a malignity_n do_v lodge_v no_o where_n but_o in_o the_o blood_n which_o be_v indeed_o false_a yet_o new_a blood_n come_v to_o be_v circulate_v with_o that_o old_a which_o be_v lest_o will_v by_o mere_a contact_n be_v in_o a_o small_a time_n equal_o affect_v by_o those_o noxious_a particle_n as_o that_o such_o a_o fermentative_a force_n have_v the_o seminal_a ens_fw-la of_o a_o disease_n as_o it_o can_v quick_o multiply_v itself_o to_o a_o wonder_n if_o it_o be_v not_o restrain_v or_o cut_v off_o wherefore_o blood-letting_a in_o these_o case_n do_v not_o appear_v be_v examine_v by_o reason_n and_o experience_n to_o be_v so_o very_o necessary_a as_o some_o will_v make_v we_o believe_v it_o be_v therefore_o to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o all_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o mean_n use_v to_o let_v out_o bad_a blood_n without_o remove_v the_o efficient_a cause_n thereof_o be_v no_o direct_a method_n of_o healing_n now_o phlebotomy_n let_v out_o bad_a blood_n without_o remove_v the_o efficient_a cause_n thereof_o ergo_fw-la phlebotomy_n be_v no_o direct_a method_n of_o healing_n the_o major_n be_v easy_o prove_v for_o whatsoever_o suffer_v the_o cause_n to_o remain_v can_v never_o total_o remove_v the_o effect_n now_o phlebotomy_n suffer_v the_o cause_n to_o remain_v therefore_o it_o can_v never_o absolute_o remove_v the_o effect_n the_o minor_a be_v also_o as_o easy_o prove_v for_o if_o the_o cause_n of_o bad_a blood_n be_v cut_v off_o the_o fever_n and_o scurvy_n depend_v thereon_o will_v quick_o cease_v the_o which_o we_o find_v rare_o to_o happen_v since_o after_o a_o frequent_a extraction_n of_o blood_n we_o find_v the_o fever_n and_o most_o of_o the_o symptom_n still_o remain_v and_o the_o disease_n grow_v more_o strong_a even_o to_o a_o total_a deprivation_n of_o all_o the_o vital_a faculty_n of_o their_o power_n and_o vitallity_n i_o own_o blood_n let_v may_v do_v

least_o harm_n yea_o be_v very_o beneficial_a by_o accident_n in_o some_o respect_n in_o some_o few_o disease_n of_o which_o the_o most_o note_a be_v a_o frenzy_n quinsy_n pleurisy_n a_o inveterate_a and_o stubborn_a headache_n and_o in_o some_o fever_n which_o be_v in_o no_o wise_a malignant_a as_o also_o in_o contusion_n rheumatism_n and_o intermit_a fever_n but_o it_o must_v be_v in_o young_a and_o strong_a body_n if_o it_o be_v do_v without_o any_o cause_n of_o fear_n and_o in_o some_o few_o other_o disease_n but_o especial_o it_o be_v most_o proper_a to_o temper_v the_o plethoric_n body_n of_o our_o age_n who_o by_o a_o extravigant_a destruction_n of_o vious_a liquor_n cause_v themselves_o to_o abound_v in_o that_o precious_a balsamic_a vital_a liquor_n it_o help_v a_o frenzy_n by_o abate_v the_o effervescence_n of_o the_o blood_n in_o diminish_v the_o vital_a spirit_n it_o help_v a_o quinzy_n by_o revulsion_n and_o draw_v back_o the_o blood_n into_o the_o vein_n which_o will_v 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sharp_a lympha_fw-la which_o tickle_v the_o lung_n by_o its_o sharp_a point_a corpuscle_n the_o which_o also_o afflict_v the_o nerve_n and_o tendon_n with_o acute_a pain_n to_o be_v discharge_v from_o thence_o mediate_o into_o the_o subclavian_a vein_n to_o supply_v the_o loss_n of_o the_o blood_n let_v out_o and_o into_o the_o mesenterial_a glandula_n to_o be_v mix_v with_o the_o chyle_n also_o to_o promote_v the_o speedy_a make_v the_o like_a quantity_n of_o blood_n hence_o sometime_o do_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o greedy_a appetite_n proceed_v after_o blood-letting_a and_o after_o the_o retreat_n of_o a_o sharp_a disease_n for_o nature_n be_v studious_a to_o repair_v her_o loss_n and_o especial_o when_o she_o have_v not_o be_v too_o much_o weaken_v by_o the_o disease_n or_o blood-letting_a do_v manifest_v her_o want_n by_o these_o hungry_a symptom_n it_o seem_v to_o assist_v the_o circulation_n of_o the_o blood_n when_o it_o be_v congeal_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o obstruction_n of_o its_o circulation_n in_o the_o small_a vein_n which_o by_o the_o contusion_n be_v so_o squeeze_v that_o they_o whole_o deny_v its_o flux_n because_o it_o seem_v to_o afford_v it_o more_o room_n for_o that_o circulation_n but_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o the_o blood_n be_v conglebate_v only_o as_o i_o say_v in_o the_o small_a vein_n and_o that_o the_o thin_a and_o most_o fluid_a blood_n spin_v out_o at_o the_o orifice_n we_o can_v think_v it_o can_v much_o further_o its_o quiet_a circulation_n since_o fluidity_n be_v the_o great_a promoter_n of_o it_o last_o by_o its_o waste_v the_o spirit_n and_o deprive_v we_o of_o that_o pure_a nutritive_a juice_n the_o blood_n it_o keep_v we_o back_o not_o suffer_v nature_n to_o store_n up_o so_o much_o nutriment_n to_o herself_o and_o thereby_o render_v we_o equal_o as_o needy_a as_o if_o we_o put_v a_o great_a restraint_n upon_o our_o appetite_n and_o indulge_v they_o far_o less_o than_o we_o do_v to_o the_o former_a advantage_n by_o phlebotomy_n 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also_o it_o be_v that_o fat_a person_n be_v the_o small_a eater_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o lack_n of_o internal_a heat_n but_o a_o little_a after_o the_o doctor_n speak_v yet_o more_o full_o to_o the_o purpose_n qui_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la habent_fw-la sale_n volatilizato_fw-it bene_fw-la suturatum_fw-la ●i_fw-la sunt_fw-la minus_fw-la febribus_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la hinc_fw-la etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la saepius_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la emittunt_fw-la ad_fw-la febres_n aptiore_fw-la sunt_fw-la thus_o far_o he_o who_o single_a testimony_n in_o sufficient_a and_o since_o it_o appear_v that_o it_o do_v so_o little_o hinder_v the_o approach_n of_o a_o fever_n that_o it_o rather_o further_v it_o it_o seem_v impossible_a that_o it_o shall_v absolute_o and_o alone_o cure_v any_o fever_n for_o it_o be_v grant_v by_o all_o physician_n that_o a_o fever_n have_v a_o property_n to_o pollute_v the_o blood_n and_o that_o this_o can_v be_v take_v away_o à_fw-la posteriori_fw-la that_o be_v by_o withdraw_v what_o be_v putrify_v and_o contaminate_v seem_v very_o absurd_a to_o think_v be_v contrary_a to_o that_o philosophic_a axiom_n manente_fw-la causa_fw-la manet_fw-la effectus_fw-la beside_o it_o be_v general_o believe_v that_o the_o material_a cause_n of_o a_o fever_n do_v not_o possess_v the_o vessel_n about_o the_o heart_n but_o rather_o the_o vena_fw-la cava_fw-la and_o therefore_o how_o can_v blood-letting_a be_v suppose_v to_o remove_v either_o the_o efficient_a or_o material_a cause_n thereof_o wherefore_o consequent_o it_o can_v be_v no_o true_a remover_n of_o a_o fever_n but_o only_o a_o abater_n of_o one_o of_o its_o most_o troublesem_fw-la symptom_n viz._n heat_n which_o it_o do_v by_o impoverish_v the_o stock_n of_o vital_a spirit_n which_o maitain_a contest_v with_o the_o radix_fw-la of_o the_o fever_n do_v by_o that_o contentious_a motion_n cause_n that_o preternatural_a excessive_a heat_n and_o ebulition_n of_o the_o blood_n which_o be_v particular_o affect_v therewith_o hence_o 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death_n whence_o it_o be_v hold_v as_o a_o dangerous_a prognostic_n when_o a_o fever_n abate_v in_o the_o violency_n of_o its_o symptom_n without_o any_o crisis_n or_o natural_a assistance_n or_o without_o any_o medicinal_a aid_n or_o without_o any_o certain_a sign_n of_o approach_a health_n as_o well_o as_o sure_a token_n of_o nature_n obtain_v the_o victory_n over_o the_o disease_n so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n why_o phlebotomy_n seem_v to_o afford_v so_o great_a refreshment_n to_o the_o afflict_a even_o in_o the_o most_o troublesome_a symptom_n because_o by_o deprive_v nature_n of_o some_o of_o she_o provoke_v force_n it_o compel_v the_o rest_n for_o want_v of_o power_n to_o suffer_v patient_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o disease_n which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o very_o malignant_a as_o those_o fever_n call_v ephemera_fw-la synochus_fw-la non_fw-la putrida_fw-la and_o sometime_o in_o those_o putrid_a one_o call_v synochus_fw-la putrida_fw-la and_o the_o continual_a quotidian_n 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though_o with_o extreme_a hazard_n she_o escape_v death_n yet_o there_o be_v such_o a_o stock_n of_o malignant_a matter_n leave_v behind_o secret_o lurk_v in_o the_o mass_n of_o blood_n which_o will_v upon_o a_o small_a excitation_n discover_v its_o presence_n there_o by_o untoward_a troublesome_a symptom_n unless_o by_o powerful_a remedy_n it_o be_v dispossess_v before_o it_o have_v ferment_v itself_o to_o that_o height_n it_o have_v be_v the_o audacity_n of_o some_o physician_n to_o prescribe_v blood-letting_a even_o in_o the_o small_a pox_n and_o plague_n suppose_v that_o in_o the_o first_o the_o corrupt_a blood_n be_v partly_o let_v out_o it_o will_v be_v impossible_a that_o the_o afflict_a person_n shall_v have_v so_o many_o of_o those_o deform_a pussle_n as_o they_o otherwise_o will_v have_v have_v and_o therefore_o blood-letting_a in_o such_o case_n may_v be_v lawful_a if_o it_o be_v upon_o no_o other_o account_n but_o the_o preserve_a the_o threaten_a beauty_n of_o a_o youthful_a face_n it_o be_v true_a by_o allay_v the_o effervescence_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o weaken_v the_o expulsive_a faculty_n partly_o as_o they_o say_v by_o reason_n part_n of_o that_o corruption_n be_v let_v forth_o which_o otherwise_o perhaps_o may_v have_v make_v some_o hundred_o of_o those_o filthy_a pussle_n there_o be_v if_o the_o disease_a escape_n death_n a_o great_a diminution_n of_o they_o and_o thereby_o those_o sweet_a feature_n which_o they_o before_o possess_v be_v not_o whole_o raze_v but_o that_o this_o can_v be_v perform_v without_o ●●nifest_a hazard_n of_o the_o patient_n life_n experience_n and_o reason_n have_v show_v since_o so_o many_o great_a person_n have_v fell_a mere_o to_o save_v a_o handsome_a face_n the_o spirit_n by_o blood-letting_a be_v diminish_v and_o enervate_v so_o that_o they_o can_v no_o long_o endeavour_v for_o their_o own_o recovery_n for_o as_o hypocrates_n say_v natura_fw-la est_fw-la morborum_fw-la medi●a●ri●_n beside_o phlebotomy_n general_o by_o weaken_v the_o retentive_a faculty_n produce_v a_o diarrhaea_n which_o be_v ever_o account_v a_o dangerous_a symptom_n in_o malig●●●_n disease_n but_o most_o particular_o in_o the_o small_a pox_n and_o upon_o this_o account_v it_o be_v that_o phlebotomy_n sometime_o by_o produce_v 〈◊〉_d accident_n on_o the_o a_o simple_a fever_n but_o in_o the_o plague_n they_o pretend_v that_o the_o open_n of_o a_o vein_n be_v necessary_a for_o prevention_n sake_n because_o the_o less_o effervescence_n be_v in_o the_o circulation_n of_o the_o blood_n the_o less_o obnoxious_a we_o be_v to_o the_o contagion_n the_o most_o note_a man_n of_o this_o opinion_n i_o find_v to_o be_v the_o above_o mention_v dr._n willis_n in_o his_o book_n of_o fever_n pag._n 157._o where_o he_o say_v vbi_fw-la adest_fw-la plethora_n cum_fw-la magna_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la turgescentia_fw-la ●ut_fw-la quibus_fw-la long_fw-mi consuetudine_fw-la sanguis_fw-la solenniter_fw-la mitti_fw-la solebat_fw-la iis_fw-la venam_fw-la secare_fw-la convenit_fw-la quo_fw-la enim_fw-la sanguis_fw-la minus_fw-la effervescet_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la tumultu_fw-la in_o