Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	couch_v	cure_v	pupil_n	24	3	16.4578	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53921	The store-house of physical practice being a general treatise of the causes and signs of all diseases afflicting human bodies : together with the shortest, plainest and safest way of curing them, by method, medicine and diet : to which is added, for the benefit of young practicers, several choice forms of medicines used by the London physicians / by John Pechey ...	Pechey, John, 1655-1716.	1695 (1695)	Wing P1030; ESTC R17969	344,757	525

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then_o the_o sight_n be_v equal_o obstruct_v which_o way_n soever_o it_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o object_n or_o it_o cover_v one_o part_n of_o the_o pupil_n more_o than_o another_o and_o the_o object_n be_v not_o see_v whole_a by_o look_v direct_o nor_o many_o at_o one_o time_n but_o if_o the_o humour_n be_v very_o small_a and_o be_v seat_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o pupil_n the_o object_n appear_v as_o if_o there_o be_v hole_n in_o they_o but_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v tear_v into_o various_a corpuscle_n seat_v in_o various_a part_n of_o the_o pupil_n the_o appearance_n of_o gnat_n be_v always_o before_o the_o eye_n also_o hair_n cobweb_n circle_n about_o a_o candle_n and_o many_o other_o thing_n the_o diagnostic_n of_o this_o disease_n be_v first_o to_o be_v direct_v to_o a_o legitimate_a suffusion_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o a_o spurious_a afterward_o the_o various_a sort_n of_o a_o legitimate_a suffusion_n be_v to_o be_v inquire_v into_o a_o true_a suffusion_n seize_v 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and_o therefore_o the_o whole_a body_n especial_o the_o brain_n must_v be_v first_o well_o purge_v afterward_o the_o humour_n obstruct_v the_o pupil_n must_v be_v difcuss_v or_o remove_v some_o other_o way_n which_o indication_n be_v the_o same_o in_o a_o manner_n as_o be_v propose_v for_o the_o cure_n of_o a_o gutta_n serena_n may_v be_v seek_v for_o there_o therefore_o all_o that_o cure_n be_v premise_v which_o be_v institute_v for_o a_o gutta_n serena_n we_o must_v proceed_v to_o those_o remedy_n which_o respect_v peculiar_o the_o take_n off_o the_o matter_n that_o be_v seat_v near_o the_o pupil_n and_o though_o topical_a remedy_n may_v seem_v not_o to_o do_v much_o good_a yet_o a_o due_a use_n of_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reject_v for_o experience_n teach_v that_o incipient_fw-la suffusion_n have_v be_v cure_v by_o topical_a remedy_n when_o they_o have_v be_v use_v after_o general_a evacuation_n first_o therefore_o you_o must_v begin_v with_o gentle_a resolvent_n which_o must_v 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that_o a_o inflammation_n of_o the_o brain_n or_o frenzy_n in_o malignant_a fever_n occasion_n blindness_n last_o wound_v in_o the_o head_n whereby_o the_o optic_a nerve_n be_v cut_v hinder_v the_o influx_n of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n to_o the_o eye_n this_o disease_n be_v know_v by_o the_o eye_n seem_v to_o continue_v in_o their_o natural_a state_n only_o the_o pupil_n appear_v black_a and_o large_a but_o there_o be_v great_a difficulty_n in_o distinguish_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o for_o though_o when_o it_o proceed_v from_o blood_n or_o pus_fw-la a_o inflammation_n abscess_n or_o wound_v go_v before_o yet_o no_o sure_a sign_n can_v be_v give_v to_o distinguish_v a_o compression_n by_o a_o phlegmatic_a humour_n from_o a_o obstruction_n yet_o we_o may_v in_o some_o sort_n guess_v because_o in_o a_o obstruction_n only_o of_o the_o