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
A31225	The chymical Galenist a treatise, wherein the practise of the ancients is reconcild́ to the new discoveries in the theory of physick, shewing that many of their rules, methods, and medicins, are useful for by George Castle ...	Castle, George, 1635?-1673.	1667 (1667)	Wing C1233; ESTC R21752	90,129	232

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child_n while_o they_o be_v in_o the_o womb_n which_o be_v seldom_o take_v notice_n of_o by_o modern_a writer_n plutarch_n give_v a_o account_n of_o a_o young_a man_n at_o athens_n symp._n plut._n 8._o symp._n who_o void_a worm_n mingle_v with_o his_o seed_n alsaravius_n in_o his_o chapter_n of_o the_o cough_n tussi_fw-la alsarav_fw-mi cap._n de_fw-fr tussi_fw-la treat_v of_o animal_n generate_v in_o the_o lung_n as_o one_o cause_n of_o it_o and_o without_o doubt_n they_o may_v often_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o consumption_n and_o ulcer_n of_o that_o part_n though_o i_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o any_o modern_a writer_n who_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o except_o the_o learned_a muffet_n who_o quote_v a_o story_n out_o of_o hieronymus_n gabucinus_n of_o a_o lady_n who_o spit_v up_o a_o lump_n of_o phlegm_n in_o the_o middle_n of_o which_o there_o be_v a_o worm_n the_o same_o thing_n happen_v not_o long_o since_o to_o a_o learned_a friend_n of_o i_o who_o affirm_v to_o i_o that_o have_v a_o untoward_a cough_n he_o begin_v to_o be_v very_o suspicious_a of_o his_o lung_n and_o be_v himself_o a_o physician_n to_o use_v those_o remedy_n which_o he_o judge_v most_o fit_a and_o one_o day_n observe_v diligent_o his_o spital_n he_o observe_v a_o red_a spot_n to_o move_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o clot_n of_o it_o which_o when_o he_o have_v disengage_v from_o the_o slimy_a phlegm_n which_o encompass_v it_o he_o discover_v to_o be_v a_o long_a red_a worm_n with_o many_o foot_n after_o this_o he_o cough_v up_o another_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n and_o then_o grow_v very_o well_o and_o have_v since_o continue_v free_a from_o his_o cough_n there_o be_v a_o disease_n of_o worm_n among_o the_o ancient_n though_o in_o their_o time_n and_o country_n the_o scurvy_a and_o pox_n be_v not_o stir_v which_o be_v seldom_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o our_o age_n it_o be_v call_v by_o

pag._n 40_o all_o the_o symptom_n of_o that_o disease_n easy_o derive_v from_o thence_o pag._n 40_o 41_o man_n fall_v into_o the_o scurvy_a after_o fever_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o waste_n of_o the_o volatile_a salt_n of_o the_o blood_n in_o they_o pag._n 41_o the_o urinal_n of_o healthy_a and_o young_a man_n abound_v much_o more_o with_o volatile_a salt_n than_o that_o of_o age_a and_o sickly_a person_n pag._n 41_o the_o air_n in_o the_o northern_a country_n abound_v with_o fix_a salt_n and_o dispose_v the_o blood_n to_o the_o scurvy_a pag._n 41_o 42_o respiration_n necessary_a to_o life_n for_o the_o draw_v in_o of_o nitre_n to_o keep_v afoot_o the_o fermentation_n of_o the_o heart_n pag._n 42_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n in_o nitre_z pag._n 43_o the_o specific_v for_o the_o scurvy_a perform_v their_o effect_n by_o their_o volatile_a salt_n ib._n why_o it_o be_v increase_v in_o the_o bill_n of_o mortality_n pag._n 44_o the_o rickets_o a_o new_a disease_n ib._n the_o reason_n of_o its_o first_o break_v forth_o in_o england_n pag._n 45_o not_o alter_v since_o pag._n 45_o not_o akin_a to_o the_o pox_n and_o scurvy_a ib._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o consumption_n in_o the_o bill_n of_o mortality_n pag._n 45_o 46_o the_o stop_n of_o the_o stomach_n the_o same_o with_o the_o asthma_n ib._n the_o rise_n of_o the_o light_n the_o same_o with_o the_o suffocatio_fw-la uterina_fw-la ib._n man_n as_o well_o as_o woman_n subject_a to_o the_o disease_n call_v the_o hysterical_a passion_n pag._n 48_o why_o woman_n be_v more_o frequent_o trouble_v with_o fit_n than_o men._n pag._n 49_o the_o hysterical_a passion_n describe_v pag._n 49_o 50_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o disease_n and_o its_o symptom_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_n pag._n 51_o they_o be_v reject_v pag._n 51_o 52_o the_o cause_n assign_v by_o dr._n highmore_n pag._n 52_o 53_o reason_n why_o they_o be_v insufficient_a pag._n 53_o 54_o 55_o 56_o the_o animal_n constitution_n be_v primary_o affect_v in_o this_o disease_n ib._n the_o motion_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v cause_v by_o the_o animal_n spirit_n pag._n 57_o a_o experiment_n to_o prove_v it_o pag._n 57_o 58_o the_o hysterical_a symptom_n be_v convulsive_a motion_n pag._n 58_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o seed_n pag._n 59_o a_o nitrosulphureous_a spirit_n the_o author_n of_o all_o generation_n pag._n 59_o 60_o 61_o how_o the_o seed_n be_v make_v in_o man_n and_o other_o creature_n out_o of_o the_o blood_n pag._n 61_o 62_o how_o the_o seed_n may_v cause_v the_o hysterical_a passion_n pag._n 62_o 63_o 64_o how_o a_o defect_n in_o the_o uterine_n ferment_n may_v cause_v hysterical_a fi_n pag._n 64_o 65_o a_o suppression_n of_o the_o menses_fw-la often_o cause_v they_o ib._n ill_a humour_n fling_v upon_o the_o brain_n and_o nervous_a part_n will_v cause_v they_o ib._n some_o other_o cause_n of_o they_o pag._n 66_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o mother_n pag._n 67_o 68_o chap._n iii_o the_o pox_n and_o scurvy_a can_v alter_v all_o disease_n from_o their_o ancient_a state_n and_o condition_n pag._n 70_o the_o pox_n and_o scurvy_a not_o infectious_a at_o a_o distance_n pag._n 71_o blood-letting_a in_o agnes_n and_o fever_n in_o the_o northern_a country_n be_v justify_v pag._n 72_o dr._n harvy_n be_v opinion_n of_o it_o pag._n 72_o 73_o in_o the_o rheumatism_n blood_n must_v be_v take_v away_o ten_o or_o twelve_o day_n together_o pag._n 74_o a_o mad_a woman_n cure_v by_o be_v let_v blood_n seventy_o time_n in_o one_o week_n ib._n the_o liver_n be_v not_o the_o shop_n where_o blood_n be_v make_v pag._n 75_o the_o use_n of_o it_o be_v to_o separate_v choler_n and_o how_o that_o be_v perform_v pag._n 75_o 76_o 77_o how_o the_o chyle_n be_v turn_v into_o blood_n pag._n 77_o 78_o the_o heart_n the_o chief_a shop_n where_o the_o chyle_n be_v turn_v into_o blood_n pag._n 79_o 80_o the_o innate_a spirit_n salt_n or_o ferment_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o blood_n pag._n 80_o the_o fermentation_n of_o the_o blood_n in_o the_o heart_n compare_v to_o the_o ebullition_n which_o be_v cause_v when_o spirit_n of_o nitre_n be_v pour_v upon_o butter_n of_o antimony_n pag._n 81_o of_o colour_n pag._n 81_o 82_o how_o colour_n be_v produce_v ib._n new_a colour_n be_v produce_v by_o mingle_v thing_n which_o ferment_n with_o one_o another_o ib._n two_o way_n of_o produce_v a_o red_a colour_n in_o body_n by_o the_o action_n of_o heat_n upon_o they_o or_o by_o the_o addition_n of_o salt_n pag._n 83_o 84_o phlebotomy_n be_v very_o necessary_a in_o many_o scorbutic_n affect_v pag._n 84_o 85_o how_n purge_v medicine_n perform_v their_o effect_n pag._n 85_o 86_o the_o pox_n and_o scurvy_a be_v not_o communicable_a at_o a_o distance_n and_o without_o corporal_a contact_n pag._n 87_o whatever_o infect_v or_o poison_n by_o immediate_a contact_n must_v not_o necessary_o work_v the_o same_o effect_n at_o a_o distance_n ib._n instance_n to_o prove_v this_o assertion_n pag._n 87_o 88_o a_o plague_n in_o moravia_n which_o only_o infect_v those_o person_n who_o be_v cup_v and_o scarify_v pag._n 88_o a_o strange_a poison_n use_v by_o the_o huntsman_n in_o spain_n make_v of_o the_o juice_n of_o white_a hellebore_n pag._n 89_o 90_o a_o account_n of_o the_o original_a and_o spread_v of_o the_o pox_n out_o of_o guicciardin_n pag._n 91_o 92_o 93_o that_o the_o pox_n infect_v not_o at_o a_o distance_n be_v argue_v from_o the_o cure_n of_o it_o pag._n 94_o that_o the_o scurvy_a infect_v not_o at_o a_o distance_n be_v argue_v from_o the_o nature_n and_o formality_n of_o it_o pag._n 95_o 96_o chap._n iu_o the_o pox_n and_o scurvy_a be_v not_o complicate_v with_o all_o disease_n pag._n 98_o 69_o the_o pestilence_n be_v not_o from_o a_o complication_n with_o the_o french_a ferment_n more_o frequent_a and_o violent_a now_o than_o in_o former_a age_n pag._n 99_o 100_o instance_n of_o many_o depopulate_a plague_n in_o former_a age_n pag._n 100_o 101_o chap._n v._o worm_n be_v not_o more_o frequent_o appear_v in_o fever_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o disease_n in_o these_o day_n than_o former_a pag._n 105_o as_o strange_a case_n of_o worm_n observe_v by_o the_o ancient_n as_o modern_a writer_n pag._n 106_o worm_n generate_v in_o child_n in_o the_o womb_n observe_v by_o hypocrates_n ib._n in_o the_o seed_n by_o plutarch_n ib._n in_o the_o lung_n and_o treat_v of_o as_o one_o cause_n of_o a_o cough_n by_o alsaravius_n pag._n 106_o 107_o the_o drancucula_n of_o the_o grecian_n and_o vena_fw-la civili●_n 〈◊〉_d medena_n of_o the_o arabian_n what_o kind_a ●●●●sease_n pag._n 107_o 108_o animal_n generate_v under_o the_o skin_n observe_v by_o aristotle_n ib._n the_o lady_n penruddock_n kill_v by_o that_o disease_n pag._n 109_o worm_n engender_v in_o metal_n stone_n fire_n and_o snow_n the_o bladder_n of_o gall_n vinegar_n pag._n 111_o worm_n breed_v in_o all_o sort_n of_o animal_n not_o subject_a to_o the_o pox_n and_o scurvy_a pag._n 112_o worm_n breed_v in_o millstone_n pag._n 113_o a_o live_a toad_n find_v in_o the_o centre_n of_o a_o huge_a stone_n ib._n the_o cause_n of_o the_o production_n of_o infect_v in_o man_n body_n pag._n 114_o why_o they_o often_o accompany_v putrid_a fever_n pag._n 114_o 115_o why_o child_n be_v usual_o trouble_v with_o they_o at_o the_o time_n of_o their_o breed_a tooth_n ib._n infect_v produce_v by_o their_o seminal_a salt_n pag._n 116_o a_o disease_n in_o germany_n and_o hungary_n which_o the_o polonian_n call_v stony_a robac_n and_o the_o german_n hauptwurn_v pag._n 117_o the_o seminality_n of_o infect_v may_v be_v convey_v into_o our_o blood_n in_o our_o meat_n drink_n and_o air_n pag._n 118_o the_o manner_n of_o infection_n from_o the_o plague_n be_v better_a make_v out_o by_o the_o figure_n and_o motion_n of_o atom_n than_o by_o kircher_n animate_v efflux_n pag._n 119_o 120_o kircher_n notion_n not_o conducible_a to_o the_o practice_n of_o physic_n pag._n 120_o a_o account_n of_o the_o plague_n give_v by_o gassendus_fw-la pag._n 122_o 123_o the_o comparison_n of_o runnet_n coagulati●●_n milk_n serula_n very_o well_o to_o explain_v how_o the_o pesti●●●●_n infect_v t●_n blood_n and_o air_n pag._n 12●_n the_o spot_n in_o the_o plague_n be_v quare_v flake_n of_o blood_n pag._n 124_o chap._n vi_o many_o maxim_n in_o physic_n will_v remain_v truth_n the_o world_n end_n they_o be_v ground_v upon_o experience_n and_o be_v in_o use_n long_o before_o the_o notion_n of_o cause_n be_v invent_v pag._n 127_o doctor_n willis_n his_o opinion_n as_o to_o this_o point_n pag._n 127_o 128_o what_o medicine_n be_v to_o be_v account_v secret_n pag._n 129_o medicine_n the_o product_n of_o chance_n not_o invention_n pag._n 130_o 131_o 132_o chap._n vii_o word_n impose_v by_o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o the_o art_n

sennertus_n in_o this_o point_n though_o he_o himself_o be_v plain_a m._n n._n either_o through_o ignorance_n or_o want_v of_o sincerity_n have_v false_o render_v he_o for_o in_o that_o place_n where_o he_o say_v plurimae_fw-la febres_n quae_fw-la hic_fw-la aegros_fw-la infestant_fw-la omnes_fw-la notas_fw-la febrium_fw-la a_o graecis_fw-la &_o arabibus_fw-la descriptas_fw-la non_fw-la obtinent_fw-la it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o particle_n hic_fw-mi do_v not_o relate_v to_o time_n but_o place_n and_o that_o febres_n be_v not_o to_o be_v translate_v ague_n but_o fever_n in_o general_a for_o it_o immediate_o follow_v 4._o sen●ert_n pr._n l._n 3._o p_o 5_o s●ct_n 2._o c._n 4._o sunt_fw-la autem_fw-la febres_n eae_fw-la varii_fw-la generis_fw-la quandoque_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la lentae_fw-la &_o continuae_fw-la quandoque_fw-la intermittentes_fw-la sennertus_n in_o this_o place_n discourse_n concern_v the_o fever_n of_o scorbutical_a person_n and_o the_o degenerate_v of_o fever_n sometime_o into_o the_o scurvy_a in_o that_o part_n of_o germany_n wherein_o he_o live_v but_o his_o design_n be_v not_o in_o the_o least_o to_o prove_v as_o any_o man_n may_v find_v who_o will_v consult_v he_o that_o disease_n of_o late_a in_o general_n and_o much_o less_o ague_n in_o particular_a have_v be_v whole_o alter_v from_o their_o former_a nature_n and_o be_v grow_v incurable_a by_o those_o method_n by_o which_o they_o former_o be_v master_v as_o to_o blood-letting_a which_o m._n n._n so_o much_o condemn_v in_o the_o ancient_n and_o will_v not_o admit_v of_o in_o putrid_a fever_n i_o must_v tell_v he_o he_o will_v make_v foul_a work_n with_o his_o patient_n if_o he_o be_v so_o spare_v of_o his_o launcet_n for_o it_o be_v know_v to_o all_o the_o world_n and_o confirm_v by_o the_o experience_n and_o practice_n of_o both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a physician_n that_o in_o putrid_a fever_n phlebotomy_n be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a and_o most_o effectual_a remedy_n without_o 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of_o physic_n and_o establish_v by_o the_o use_n and_o consent_n of_o both_o galenist_n and_o chemist_n be_v to_o be_v retain_v pag._n 134_o the_o first_o quality_n be_v cause_n of_o disease_n pag._n 135_o prove_v by_o sundry_a argument_n pag._n 136_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n quality_n ibid._n the_o nature_n of_o heat_n pag._n 137_o of_o cold._n pag._n 137_o 138_o of_o humidity_n and_o dryness_n pag._n 138_o though_o there_o be_v not_o in_o the_o vessel_n four_o distinct_a humour_n man_n be_v not_o improper_o say_v to_o be_v of_o a_o phlegmatic_a choleric_a melancholic_a or_o sanguine_a temperament_n pag._n 139_o it_o alter_v not_o the_o matter_n as_o to_o practice_v whether_o a_o physician_n suppose_v one_o of_o the_o humour_n or_o the_o rawness_n or_o overstaleness_n of_o the_o blood_n to_o be_v in_o fault_n pag._n 140_o purger_n be_v proper_o divide_v into_o chologoga_n phlegmagoga_n melanagoga_n and_o hydragoga_n pag._n 1●1_n hepaticks_n must_v be_v use_v in_o disease_n cause_v from_o imperfect_a sanguification_n though_o the_o liver_n do_v not_o make_v blood_n pag._n 141_o 142_o the_o spleen_n be_v the_o receptacle_n of_o melancholy_a according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o bartholinus_n and_o doctor_n highmore_n pag._n 143_o 144_o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o use_n of_o the_o spleen_n and_o hypocondriacal_a distemper_n pag._n 145_o a_o description_n of_o the_o spleen_n pag._n 146_o 147_o it_o prepare_v a_o ferment_n for_o the_o blood_n pag._n 149_o two_o sort_n of_o ferment_n pag._n 149_o 150_o how_o the_o ferment_n be_v make_v in_o the_o spleen_n pag._n 152_o fix_v salt_n ferment_n the_o blood_n pag._n 153_o how_o medicine_n of_o tartar_n steel_n and_o vitriol_n perform_v their_o effect_n pag._n 153_o how_o the_o ferment_n of_o the_o spleen_n come_v to_o be_v deprave_v pag._n 156_o 157._o what_o be_v the_o fault_n of_o the_o spleen_n in_o hypocondriacal_a person_n pag._n 161_o 162_o 163_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o symptom_n in_o hypocondriacal_a person_n pag._n 163_o 164_o 165_o the_o head_n and_o nervous_a part_n how_o affect_v from_o the_o spleen_n pag._n 166_o it_o be_v proper_a to_o say_v there_o be_v bilious_a or_o choleric_a complexion_n and_o disease_n pag._n 167_o 168_o m._n n_n ignorance_n in_o chemistry_n pag._n 168_o sulphur_n be_v not_o light_a and_o more_o aetherial_a than_o spirit_n pag._n 169_o chap._n viii_o the_o particular_n offer_v by_o m._n n._n in_o the_o room_n of_o they_o which_o he_o pretend_v to_o have_v demolish_v be_v not_o conducible_a to_o the_o practice_n of_o physic_n pag._n 171_o the_o grow_v of_o disease_n from_o seed_n according_a to_o paracelsus_n and_o severinus_n a_o ridiculous_a fancy_n pag._n 172_o 173_o the_o number_n of_o concoction_n assign_v by_o the_o ancient_n sufficient_a pag._n 174_o helmont_n notion_n of_o a_o disease_n unintelligible_a pag._n 176_o what_o the_o archaeus_n of_o the_o chemist_n mean_n pag._n 177_o new_a word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o old_a notion_n and_o thing_n pag._n 178_o how_o the_o vital_a animal_n and_o natural_a spirit_n differ_v pag._n 179_o the_o archaeus_n either_o a_o idle_a word_n or_o a_o new_a term_n to_o express_v a_o old_a notion_n pag._n 180_o chap._n ix_o the_o use_n of_o the_o doctrine_n about_o critical_a day_n pag._n 181_o the_o ignorance_n of_o their_o true_a cause_n do_v not_o hinder_v the_o ancient_n from_o make_v true_a observation_n upon_o they_o ibid._n fever_n in_o the_o country_n where_o hypocrates_n and_o galen_n live_v observe_v regular_o the_o critical_a motion_n which_o be_v by_o they_o describe_v pag._n 183_o a_o crisis_n in_o a_o continual_a fever_n be_v the_o same_o with_o a_o paroxysm_n in_o a_o intermittent_a ibid._n the_o cause_n of_o critical_a motion_n according_a to_o doctor_n willis_n ibid._n sweat_v the_o best_a way_n of_o crisis_n pag._n 184_o the_o cause_n of_o a_o crisis_n by_o a_o haemorrhage_n pag._n 184_o when_o a_o crisis_n be_v to_o be_v expect_v pag._n 185_o 186_o the_o dootrine_n of_o pulse_n be_v justify_v pag._n 188_o 189_o the_o respective_a difference_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o artery_n may_v be_v observe_v as_o well_o as_o the_o absolute_a pag._n 189_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o different_a motion_n of_o the_o pulse_n assign_v by_o doctor_n highmore_n pag._n 189_o paracelsus_n his_o whimsy_n concern_v the_o pulse_n pag._n 190_o the_o use_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o pulse_n in_o fever_n pag._n 191_o 192_o direction_n must_v be_v take_v from_o the_o pulse_n for_o the_o give_v of_o all_o sort_n of_o physic_n in_o fever_n pag._n 193_o what_o accident_n may_v cause_v a_o alteration_n in_o the_o pulse_n pag._n 194_o