Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	body_n	earth_n	element_n	4,634	5	9.8975	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62438	Ortho-methodoz itro-chymikē: or the direct method of curing chymically Wherein is conteined [sic] the original matter, and principal agent of all natural bodies. Also the efficient and material cause of diseases in general. Their therapeutick way and means. I. Diætetical, by rectifying eating, drinking, &c. II. Pharmaceutick. 1. By encreasing and supporting the vital spirits. 2. By pacifying and indulging them. 3. By defacing or blotting out the idea of diseases by proper specificks. Lastly, by removing the extimulating or occasional cause of maladies. To which is added, The art of midwifery chymically asserted. The character of an ortho-cymist, and pseudochymist. A description of the sanative virtues of our stomach-essence. Also, giawo-mempsiz: or a just complaint of the method of the Galenists. By George Thomson, M.D.	Thomson, George, 17th cent.	1675 (1675)	Wing T1029; ESTC R222195	87,128	216

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gratify_v their_o ardent_a appetite_n illuminate_v their_o obscurity_n next_o i_o put_v thou_o upon_o the_o search_n of_o proper_a specific_v have_v a_o dowry_n bestow_v upon_o they_o able_a to_o full_o mar_v or_o quite_o expunge_v the_o idea_n or_o image_n of_o a_o disease_n last_o i_o give_v direction_n how_o to_o banish_v exterminate_v exclude_v through_o the_o proper_a door_n with_o euphorie_n and_o benefit_n succeed_v that_o irritate_v aculeat_a peccant_a matter_n which_o cause_v those_o manifold_a tumult_n and_o disorder_n in_o the_o archaeus_n of_o the_o microcosin_n all_o which_o be_v to_o be_v perform_v without_o wrong_v the_o ferment_n or_o alter_a the_o instrument_n of_o any_o shop_n of_o digestion_n especial_o the_o first_o in_o avouch_v these_o substantial_a verity_n thou_o may_v perhaps_o conceive_v i_o have_v too_o severe_o reprehend_v the_o galenist_n to_o the_o eclipse_v the_o illustrious_a fame_n of_o such_o learned_a clerk_n who_o both_o great_a and_o small_a in_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr splenectomia_fw-la lithocolo_n &_o loimotomiae_fw-la synopsi_fw-la novemb_n 4._o 1674._o from_o my_o house_n at_o soperlane_n alias_o queen-street_n in_o well-court_n nigh_o cheapside_n geo._n thomson_n a_o explanation_n of_o some_o term_n of_o art_n chemist_n be_v one_o who_o imitate_v nature_n in_o the_o separate_n the_o pure_a juice_n from_o the_o dross_n and_o ●ilth_n for_o the_o use_n of_o medicine_n mechanic_n and_o the_o advancement_n of_o metal_n spagyrist_n be_v the_o same_o therapeutic_a i._n e._n a_o heal_n faculty_n jatrical_a pertain_v to_o physic_n healing_n chymicophant_n one_o who_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o chemist_n but_o be_v not_o real_o philomathes_n a_o lover_n of_o learning_n philalethes_n a_o lover_n of_o truth_n cacostomachick_a hurtful_a to_o the_o stomach_n pyrotechnist_n in_o general_a any_o workman_n by_o the_o fire_n in_o particular_a by_o way_n of_o excellency_n a_o chemist_n pharmaceutick_a physic_n which_o cure_v by_o 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