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the_o temperament_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o wound_a body_n but_o if_o
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may_v at_o length_n fall_v away_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o cure_n shall_v
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moment_n now_o poison_n do_v not_o only_o kill_v be_v take_v into_o the_o body_n but_o some_o be_v put_v or_o apply_v outward_o neither_o do_v venomous_a creature_n only_a harm_n by_o their_o sting_a and_o bite_v but_o also_o by_o their_o excrement_n as_o spittle_n blood_n the_o touch_n and_o breath_n chap._n ii_o how_o poison_n be_v small_a in_o quantity_n may_v by_o their_o only_a touch_n cause_n so_o great_a alteration_n it_o seem_v strange_a to_o many_o how_o it_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o poison_n take_v or_o admit_v in_o a_o small_a quantity_n may_v almost_o in_o a_o moment_n produce_v so_o pernicious_a effect_n over_o all_o the_o body_n and_o all_o the_o part_n faculty_n and_o action_n so_o that_o be_v admit_v but_o in_o a_o little_a quantity_n it_o swell_v up_o the_o body_n into_o a_o great_a bigness_n neither_o ought_v it_o to_o seem_v less_o strange_a how_o anridote_n and_o counter-poison_n which_o be_v oppose_v to_o poison_n can_v so_o sudden_o break_v and_o weaken_v the_o great_a and_o pernicious_a effect_n thereof_o be_v it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o so_o small_a a_o particle_n of_o poison_n or_o antidote_n can_v divide_v itself_o into_o so_o many_o and_o so_o far_o sever_v particle_n of_o our_o body_n there_o be_v some_o say_v galen_n who_o think_v that_o affect_v something_n by_o touch_n only_o by_o the_o power_n of_o their_o quality_n may_v alter_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v next_o to_o they_o and_o that_o this_o appear_v plain_o in_o the_o sea_n torpedo_n as_o that_o which_o have_v so_o powerful_a a_o quality_n that_o it_o can_v send_v it_o alongst_o the_o fisher_n rod_n to_o the_o hand_n and_o so_o make_v it_o become_v torpide_v or_o numb_a but_o on_o the_o contrary_a philosopher_n teach_v that_o accident_n such_o as_o quality_n be_v can_v without_o their_o subject_n remove_v and_o diffuse_v themselves_o into_o other_o subject_n therefore_o galens_n other_o answer_n be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o reason_n that_o so_o many_o and_o great_a affect_n of_o poison_n and_o remedy_n arise_v either_o from_o a_o certain_a spirit_n or_o â—…le_a huminity_n not_o true_o for_o that_o this_o spirit_n and_o subtle_a humidity_n may_v be_v disperse_v over_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o all_o the_o part_n thereof_o which_o it_o affect_v but_o that_o little_a which_o be_v enter_v the_o body_n as_o cast_v in_o by_o the_o stroke_n of_o a_o spider_n poison_n or_o the_o sting_n of_o a_o scorpion_n infect_v and_o corrupt_v all_o the_o next_o part_n by_o contagion_n with_o the_o like_a quality_n these_o other_o that_o be_v next_o to_o they_o until_o from_o a_o exceed_a small_a portion_n of_o the_o blood_n if_o the_o stroke_n shall_v light_v into_o the_o vein_n it_o shall_v spread_v over_o the_o whole_a mass_n of_o blood_n or_o of_o phlegm_n if_o the_o poison_n shall_v chance_v to_o come_v to_o the_o stomach_n and_o so_o the_o force_n thereof_o shall_v be_v propagate_v and_o diffuse_v over_o all_o the_o humour_n and_o bowel_n the_o doubt_n of_o 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which_o within_o time_n a_o certain_a and_o definite_a time_n put_v case_n a_o month_n or_o year_n may_v kill_v man_n theophrastus_n thus_o answer_v of_o poison_n some_o more_o speedy_o perform_v their_o part_n other_o more_z slow_o yet_o may_v you_o find_v no_o such_o as_o will_v kill_v in_o set_a limit_n of_o time_n according_a to_o the_o will_n and_o desire_v of_o man_n for_o that_o some_o kill_v soon_o or_o late_a than_o other_o they_o do_v not_o this_o of_o their_o own_o or_o proper_a nature_n as_o physician_n right_o judge_v but_o because_o the_o subject_n upon_o which_o they_o light_v do_v more_o or_o less_o resist_v or_o yield_v to_o their_o efficacy_n experience_n show_v the_o truth_n hereof_o for_o the_o same_o late_a sort_n of_o poison_n in_o the_o same_o weight_n and_o measure_n give_v to_o sundry_a man_n of_o different_a temper_n and_o complexion_n will_v kill_v one_o in_o a_o hour_n another_o in_o six_o hour_n or_o in_o a_o day_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_n will_v not_o 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