Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	salt_n	spirit_n	volatile_a	987	5	12.2917	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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balsamical_a also_o pa._n 443._o auravitae_fw-la estque_fw-la ide●_n spiritus_fw-la vitalis_n salsus_n viciniorque_fw-la spiritui_fw-la lo●tij_fw-la quam_fw-la sali-petrae_a the_o vital_a spirit_n be_v a_o salt_n of_o nigh_a affinity_n to_o the_o spirit_n of_o urine_n than_o saltpetre_n membro_fw-la semel_fw-la stupefacto_fw-la si_fw-la sensus_fw-la redierit_fw-la id_fw-la sane_fw-la cum_fw-la sensibilibus_fw-la stimulis_fw-la &_o punctionibus_fw-la fit_a quae_fw-la &_o verae_fw-la salsedinis_fw-la sunt_fw-la indicia_fw-la if_o at_o any_o time_n a_o member_n benumb_v recover_v its_o perfect_a sense_n there_o be_v feel_v pricking_n and_o thorny_a shooting_n which_o be_v infallible_a sign_n of_o a_o salt_n matter_n from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o saline_a texture_n of_o the_o vital_a spirit_n i_o labour_v about_o the_o alkali_n of_o this_o microcosm_n divers_a part_n whereof_o i_o dissect_v fetch_v out_o by_o pyrotechnie_n their_o volatiles_fw-la which_o i_o study_v to_o 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