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A50778 A new treatise of natural philosophy, free'd from the intricacies of the schools adorned with many curious experiments both medicinal and chymical : as also with several observations useful for the health of the body. Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723. 1687 (1687) Wing M1995; ESTC R31226 136,898 356

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never_o say_v before_o or_o that_o i_o do_v not_o proceed_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o the_o same_o course_n in_o the_o progress_n of_o this_o philosophical_a tract_n wherein_o i_o will_v sincere_o endeavour_v to_o bind_v myself_o up_o to_o the_o truth_n without_o have_v any_o regard_n to_o the_o prejudices_fw-la of_o the_o school_n i_o return_v to_o poison_n and_o after_o i_o have_v discourse_v of_o pestiserous_a and_o viperine_n poison_n which_o attack_n the_o heart_n it_o will_v be_v time_n to_o say_v something_o of_o those_o which_o immediate_o invade_v the_o brain_n and_o from_o thence_o the_o heart_n the_o centre_n of_o life_n before_o i_o address_v myself_o to_o either_o general_a or_o particular_a antidote_n which_o deserve_v a_o particular_a chapter_n by_o themselves_o therefore_o i_o say_v according_a to_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o physician_n that_o there_o be_v toxick_n and_o poison_n which_o immediate_o beset_v the_o heart_n as_o i_o have_v say_v of_o the_o 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