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the_o oil_n of_o salt_n and_o so_o be_v cure_v paracelsus_n scholia_fw-la the_o theory_n of_o convulsion_n by_o the_o author_n w._n salmon_n cviii_o the_o pathology_n of_o convulsion_n and_o first_o of_o the_o notation_n thereof_o 1._o the_o name_n it_o be_v call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o latin_a convulsio_n in_o english_a a_o convulsion_n or_o retraction_n 2._o the_o definition_n convulsio_fw-la nervorum_fw-la &_o musculorum_fw-la versus_fw-la suum_fw-la caput_fw-la originemque_fw-la violenta_fw-la praeter_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la contractio_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la extensio_fw-la articulorum_fw-la laeditur_fw-la &_o membrum_fw-la à _fw-la figura_fw-la naturali_fw-la detorquetur_fw-la acerbissimoque_fw-la dolore_fw-la afficitur_fw-la a_o convulsion_n be_v a_o force_a contraction_n of_o the_o nerve_n and_o muscle_n towards_o their_o original_a viz._n the_o brain_n and_o spinal_a marrow_n wherein_o the_o voluntary_a motion_n of_o the_o 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