Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	cold_a	hot_a	moist_a	5,424	5	10.2024	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49892	The history of physick, or, An account of the rise and progress of the art, and the several discoveries therein from age to age with remarks on the lives of the most eminent physicians / written originally in French by Daniel Le Clerc, M.D. ; and made English by Dr. Drake and Dr. Baden ; with additional notes and sculptures.; Histoire de la médecine. English	Le Clerc, Daniel, 1652-1728.; Drake, James, 1667-1707.; Baden, Andrew, 1666-1699.	1699 (1699)	Wing L811; ESTC R9369	311,651	430

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not_o to_o be_v hippocrates_n we_o shall_v find_v something_o more_o of_o importance_n in_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o fibre_n we_o have_v see_v already_o three_o different_a opinion_n take_v from_o the_o write_n of_o hypocrates_n concern_v the_o origin_n of_o the_o vein_n there_o be_v yet_o a_o four_o and_o what_o be_v more_o particular_a this_o late_a opinion_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o same_o book_n with_o the_o three_o i_o mean_v the_o book_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o bone_n in_o which_o the_o vein_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o head_n the_o passage_n be_v this_o the_o vein_n which_o be_v spread_v through_o the_o body_n and_o which_o give_v it_o nerve_n it_o see_v the_o chapter_n of_o the_o nerve_n the_o spirit_n the_o flux_n and_o the_o motion_n be_v all_o branch_n of_o one_o vein_n whence_o it_o draw_v its_o origin_n or_o it_o terminate_v i_o know_v not_o but_o suppose_v a_o circle_n a_o beginning_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v something_o like_o this_o be_v what_o we_o 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the_o body_n shop_n body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o word_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o diet._n we_o find_v there_o likewise_o these_o follow_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o turn_v about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gyration_n or_o turn_v round_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d term_n use_v by_o hypocrates_n to_o signify_v the_o mechanism_n of_o our_o body_n by_o a_o allusion_n to_o the_o method_n use_v by_o artificer_n of_o all_o sort_n in_o their_o shop_n the_o circulation_n go_v a_o great_a way_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o faetus_fw-la and_o to_o the_o nourishment_n after_o the_o nourishment_n be_v perform_v what_o remain_v return_n and_o turn_v to_o milk_n and_o become_v nourishment_n to_o the_o mother_n and_o afterward_o to_o the_o faetus_fw-la and_o again_o the_o same_o way_n which_o lead_v upward_o lead_v also_o downward_o or_o there_o be_v but_o one_o way_n which_o go_v both_o upward_o and_o downward_o hom._n

less_o noble_a by_o the_o mother_n side_n as_o be_v the_o 19_o descendant_n from_o hercules_n he_o be_v not_o content_a with_o learning_n physic_n under_o his_o father_n he_o have_v herodicus_n abovementioned_a for_o his_o master_n in_o that_o faculty_n he_o be_v likewise_o the_o disciple_n of_o gorgias_n the_o sophist_n brother_n to_o that_o physician_n and_o according_a to_o some_o of_o democritus_n the_o philosopher_n as_o we_o gather_v from_o the_o above-cited_n passage_n of_o celsus_n but_o if_o he_o learn_v any_o thing_n of_o this_o latter_a it_o be_v in_o all_o probability_n by_o the_o conversation_n chief_o which_o he_o have_v with_o he_o when_o he_o be_v entreat_v by_o the_o abderite_n to_o come_v and_o cure_v this_o philosopher_n it_o be_v likewise_o credible_a that_o he_o be_v a_o follower_n of_o heraclitus_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v hereafter_o if_o hypocrates_n be_v not_o look_v upon_o to_o be_v the_o first_o inventor_n yet_o all_o antiquity_n give_v he_o this_o honour_n at_o least_o of_o be_v the_o first_o that_o reestablish_v it_o after_o esculapius_n and_o his_o son_n it_o may_v also_o be_v affirm_v that_o by_o the_o great_a reputation_n he_o acquire_v he_o have_v efface_v the_o glory_n of_o all_o that_o precede_v he_o except_o the_o god_n of_o physic_n himself_o so_o that_o in_o the_o history_n of_o physic_n we_o can_v convenient_o stop_v any_o where_n between_o the_o god_n and_o he_o or_o make_v any_o considerable_a epoch_n but_o in_o pass_v all_o at_o once_o from_o one_o to_o the_o other_o although_o there_o be_v above_o seven_o hundred_o year_n difference_n between_o they_o pliny_n make_v hypocrates_n the_o author_n of_o clinic_n physic_n which_o we_o have_v ascribe_v to_o esculapius_n for_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o it_o be_v so_o long_o before_o the_o custom_n begin_v of_o visit_v the_o sick_a in_o their_o bed_n but_o what_o distinguish_v this_o physician_n so_o eminent_o from_o those_o that_o come_v before_o be_v that_o according_a 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〈◊〉_d claim_v to_o he_o likewise_o dogmatic_a or_o reason_v physician_n call_v so_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o empiric_n have_v unanimous_o own_a he_o for_o their_o head_n as_o be_v the_o first_o that_o assist_v reason_n with_o experience_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o physic_n the_o philosopher_n mention_v by_o we_o in_o the_o precede_a book_n be_v well_o enough_o verse_v in_o the_o art_n of_o reason_v but_o want_v experience_n or_o practice_n hypocrates_n be_v the_o first_o person_n who_o possess_v both_o one_o and_o the_o other_o this_o may_v seem_v to_o contradict_v what_o i_o have_v already_o advance_v upon_o the_o credit_n of_o celsus_n viz._n that_o hypocrates_n separate_v physic_n from_o philosophy_n for_o a_o salvo_n to_o this_o seem_a contradiction_n we_o need_v only_o suppose_v that_o hypocrates_n who_o be_v descend_v of_o a_o family_n where_o he_o as_o it_o be_v suck_v in_o physic_n with_o his_o milk_n find_v this_o art_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o philosopher_n who_o have_v late_o engross_v it_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o asclepiadae_n think_v there_o be_v no_o better_a way_n to_o support_v the_o decline_a honour_n of_o his_o house_n than_o by_o use_v his_o utmost_a effort_n beside_o the_o knowledge_n derive_v to_o he_o by_o tradition_n to_o acquire_v all_o that_o learning_n which_o give_v these_o new_a physician_n so_o great_a a_o reputation_n in_o the_o world_n but_o after_o he_o have_v make_v himself_o master_n of_o it_o he_o open_o declare_v that_o although_o the_o light_n of_o philosophy_n be_v very_o serviceable_a to_o give_v a_o man_n a_o just_a idea_n of_o thing_n and_o to_o conduct_v methodical_o and_o in_o the_o right_a way_n such_o as_o design_v to_o carry_v art_n to_o perfection_n yet_o however_o that_o philosophy_n be_v not_o sufficient_a of_o itself_o to_o perfect_v a_o man_n for_o all_o profession_n if_o he_o do_v not_o descend_v to_o the_o particular_n which_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o its_o jurisdiction_n that_o philosophy_n have_v 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