Volume 1

A new theory of acute and slow continu'd fevers; wherein, besides the appearances and manner of cure, occasionally, the structure of the glands, and the manner and laws of secretion, the operation of purgative, vomitive, and mercurial medicines, are mechanically explain'd. Together with an application of the same theory to hectick fevers: and an essay concerning the improvements of the theory of medicine / [By G.C].

  • Cheyne, George, 1671 or 1672-1743.
Date:
1722
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Credit: A new theory of acute and slow continu'd fevers; wherein, besides the appearances and manner of cure, occasionally, the structure of the glands, and the manner and laws of secretion, the operation of purgative, vomitive, and mercurial medicines, are mechanically explain'd. Together with an application of the same theory to hectick fevers: and an essay concerning the improvements of the theory of medicine / [By G.C]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i And here I Hope it will not be im¬ pertinent, to let down a Propofition to compare the Vifcidities of different Li¬ quors. PROPOSITION. LE T two Drops of two different Liquors fall into a Pair of fine Scales; (a Drop of the one Liquor into the one Scale, and a Drop of the other Liquor into the other Scale) fo that there fall no more than juft their own Gravities carry down: Thus you lhall have, what I here call, their comparative Gravities; and by the ordinary Method, you may likewife have their Specifick Gravities, Thefe being given; I fay, their Vifcidity and Cohefion fhall be in a compounded Proportion of their Specifick Gravities reciprocally, and their comparative Gra¬ vities directly. The Demonftration is eafie from the Nature of Fluids. L E T us again fuppofe the Length of the fmall Guts, (for it is there only vvhere any thing is feparated from the In-f