A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several EssaysMead, Richard
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A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays
Mead, Richard
Poisons -- Early works to 1800; Venom -- Physiological effect -- Early works to 1800
(173) _De Febrib._ Prop. 27.
(174) _De Motu Cordis_, Prop. 9.
(175) _Tumulus Pestis_, pag. m. 163, & 172.
(176) _Vid. Lister_’s Voyage to _Paris_.
(177) _Quis tumidum Guttur miratur in Alpibus._ Juvenal Satyr. 13.
(178) Lib. 31. cap. 2.
(179) _Metam._ lib. 15.
(180) _De Therm._ lib. 6.
(181) _N^o. 8._
(182) Dr. _J. H. Scelera Aquarum_: Or, a Supplement to Mr. _Graunt_ on
the Bills of Mortality.
(183) Lib. 25. c. 3.
(184) _Geogr._ lib. 6.
(185) _Prorrhet._ l. 2. c. 16.
(186) _De Aere Aquis & Locis_, _sub finem_.
(187) _De Fontib. Med. Angl._ _P._ 2. pag. 75. _At fossilia sive
Metallica salix aliæ atq; alia sunt, & nobis & pene igni dixeram
indomabilia._
(188) _Medicin. Static._ Sect. 2. Aphor. 6.
(189) _Ibid._ Sect. 3. Ap. 13. _Flatus nil aliud est quam rude
perspirabile._
(190) _Lib._ 31. c. 3. _Damnantur imprimis Fontes quorum Aquæ decoctæ
crassis obducunt Vasa crustis._
(191) _De Aere, Locis, & Aquis._
_FINIS._
_The Explication of Those Figures which are not Explained in the
Treatise._
[Illustration: Figs. 1–19. _M. Vander Gucht Sculp._]
_Fig. 1._ Represents the Head of the _Viper_ in its Natural Bigness,
with the Mouth open, and Fangs Erected.
(_a_) Marks the Poisonous _Fang_.
(_b_) The Eye.
(_c_) The Hole of one Nostril.
(_d_) The _Larynx_.
(_e_) The Forked Tongue.
_All the Other Figures relating to the 〈Viper〉 are drawn larger than
the Life._
_Fig. 7, & 8._ Exhibit some Muscles, which serve for the Motion of the
Jaws.
(_a, Fig. 7._) _Elevator Maxillæ Inferioris._
(_b_) _Depressor ejusdem._
(_c_) _Depressor Dentis Venenosi._
(_d_) A Strong Ligament fastened by one Extremity to the Spinal
_Apophysis_ of the Second _Vertebra_ of the Neck, and by the other to
the end of the _Elevator Maxillæ Inferioris_.
(_a, Fig. 8._) A Muscle, which being fixt to the Extremity of both
Jaws, serves to pull them backwards, and may be call’d _Retractor_.
(_b_) The Internal side of the _Depressor Dentis Venenosi_.
(_c_) _Elevator Dentis Venenosi._
(_d_) The Extremity of the Lower Jaw.
(_e e_) _Flexores Capitis._
(_f_) The Internal Part of the Skin covered with some Muscular Fibres.
_Fig. 17._ Shews the Head of the _Scolopendra_.
(_a a_) The Wounding Claws.
(_b_) The Mouth.
(_c c_) The Two First Feet.
_Fig. 18._ The Weapons of the _Nhamdu_ in their Natural Bigness.
[Illustration]
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Transcriber's note:
Footnotes were moved to the ends of chapters and renumbered 1–191.
Original spelling and grammar are generally retained, with a few
exceptions noted below.
Page viii. The phrase "Which do no not promise a" was changed to "Which
do not promise a".
Page 19. Changed _impregdated_ to _impregnated_ in the phrase “tho’ it
be duly impregdated with Salt”.
Page 20. “Strenghning” is retained.
Page 23. “Royal Acamy” is retained.
Page 26n. “Sanie & hnmano Sanguine” to “Sanie & humano Sanguine”.
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