[95] The morbid material passed successively through the stages of "crudity," "coction" (_pepsis_), and "elimination" (_crisis_). For "critical days" _cf._ p. 74, note 1 (121). [96] This was the process by which nutriment was taken up from the alimentary canal; "absorption," "dispersal;" _cf._ p. 13, note 5 (26). The subject is dealt with more fully in chap. xvi. [97] Lit. _catharsis_. [98] _i.e._ urine. [99] On use of [Greek: kenoô] _v._ p. 67, note 9 (110). [100] _i.e._ bile and phlegm had no existence as such before the drugs were given; they are the products of dissolved tissue. Asclepiades did not believe that diseases were due to a _materia peccans_, but to disturbances in the movements of the molecules ([Greek: onkoi]) which constitute the body; thus, in opposition to the humoralists such as Galen, he had no use for drugs. _cf._ p. 49, note 5 (82). [101] About 4 oz., or one-third of a pint. [102] The Empiricists, _cf._ Introduction, p. xiii. [103] His [Greek: onkoi] or molecules. [104] He does not say "organized" or "living" body; inanimate things were also thought to possess "natures"; _cf._ p. 2, note 1 (5). [105] Carthamus tinctorius. [106] Daphne Gnidium. [107] Euphorbia acanthothamnos. [108] Teucrium chamaedrys. [109] Atractylis gummifera. [110] On use of [Greek: kenoô] _cf._ p. 98, note 1 (148). [111] Empiricist physicians. [112] Note that drugs also have "natures"; _cf._ p. 66, note 3 (104), and pp. 83-84. [113] Pun here. [114] Lit. _physiology_, _i.e._ _nature-lore_, almost our "Natural Philosophy"; _cf._ Introduction, p. xxvi. [115] The ultimate particle of Epicurus was the [Greek: atomos] or atom (lit. "non-divisible"), of Asclepiades, the [Greek: onkos] or molecule. Asclepiades took his atomic theory from Epicurus, and he again from Democritus; _cf._ p. 49, note 5 (82). [116] Lit. _Herculean stone_. [117] Lit. _aetiology_. [118] _Anadosis_; _cf._ p. 62, note 1 (96). [119] _cf._ p. 45. [120] The _vis conservatrix et medicatrix Naturae_. [121] _cf._ p. 61, note 3 (95). The _crisis_ or resolution in fevers was observed to take place with a certain regularity; hence arose the doctrine of "critical days." [122] These were hypothetical spaces or channels between the atoms; _cf._ Introduction, p. xiv. [123] He means the specific drawing power or faculty of the lodestone. [124] _cf._ our modern "radium-emanations." [125] _cf._ Ehrlich's hypothesis of "receptors" in explanation of the "affinities" of animal cells. [126] _i.e._ from the point of view of the theory. [127] _cf._ p. 69, note 2 (112). [128] That is to say, the two properties should go together in all cases--which they do not. [129] _Trygon pastinaca_. [130] _cf._ p. 66, note 3 (104).