Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	let_v	life_n	soul_n	9,147	5	4.9888	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66951	The surgeons mate or Military & domestique surgery Discouering faithfully & plainly ye method and order of ye surgeons chest, ye uses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of ye medicines, with ye exact cures of wounds made by gunshott, and otherwise as namely: wounds, apos fumes, ulcers, fistula's, fractures, dislocations, with ye most easie & safest wayes of amputation or dismembring. The cures of the scuruey, of ye fluxes of ye belly, of ye collicke and iliaca passio, of tenasmus and exitus ani, and of the calenture, with A treatise of ye cure of ye plague. Published for the service of his Ma. tie and of the com:wealth. By John Woodall Mr. in chyrurgerie.; Surgions mate, or A treatise discouering faithfully and plainely the due contents of the surgions chest	Woodall, John, 1556?-1643.; Woodall, John, 1556?-1643. Treatise faithfully and plainly declaring the way of preventing, preserving from, and curing of that most fearful and contagious disease called the plague.; Woodall, John, 1556?-1643. Treatise of gangrena, and sphacelos.	1617 (1617)	Wing W3421; ESTC R221201	349,679	432

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sect._n 4._o sign_n another_o good_a sign_n in_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n change_v of_o the_o excrement_n be_v a_o principal_a good_a sign_n unless_o the_o change_n be_v make_v worse_a aph._n 14._o sect._n 2._o in_o perturbation_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o voluntary_a vomit_v if_o such_o thing_n be_v purge_v thereby_o that_o aught_o to_o be_v purge_v it_o be_v good_a but_o otherwise_o the_o contrary_a aph._n 25._o sect._n aph._n 3_o sect._n 4._o a_o dysentery_n which_o proceed_v from_o yellow_a choler_n be_v not_o altogether_o mortal_a as_o galen_n affirm_v in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o natural_a faculty_n that_o flux_n general_n rule_v for_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o flux_n many_o be_v cure_v of_o it_o lientery_n after_o dysentery_n be_v mortal_a these_o canon_n follow_v belong_v to_o the_o particular_a cure_n of_o any_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n no_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n before_o the_o four_o day_n if_o the_o patient_n be_v strong_a be_v to_o be_v restrain_v the_o ulcer_n of_o the_o high_a intestine_n be_v to_o be_v cure_v with_o medicine_n take_v at_o the_o mouth_n but_o those_o of_o the_o low_a with_o glister_v chief_o and_o if_o ulcer_n be_v in_o both_o then_o be_v they_o to_o be_v cure_v both_o way_n to_o such_o as_o cure_v a_o dysentery_n let_v astringent_a thing_n be_v give_v before_o other_o meat_n that_o they_o may_v the_o better_o be_v retain_v hot_a styptic_a thing_n be_v good_a in_o flux_n proceed_v of_o a_o cold_a cause_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o the_o concoct_n faculty_n shall_v be_v weak_a the_o use_n of_o hot_a thing_n be_v likewise_o good_a if_o there_o be_v a_o cough_n with_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n the_o patient_n shall_v abstain_v from_o all_o sharp_a styptic_a thing_n sweat_v medicine_n and_o frication_n with_o oil_n of_o camomile_n and_o dill_n by_o open_v the_o pore_n and_o pluck_v back_o the_o matter_n to_o the_o opposite_a part_n be_v good_a in_o flux_n cupping-glass_n say_v avicene_n apply_v four_o hour_n to_o the_o belly_n stay_v the_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n all_o styptic_a fruit_n by_o the_o counsel_n of_o avicene_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v in_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n notwithstanding_o chestnut_n hurt_v not_o as_o the_o same_o author_n affirm_v sleep_v among_o other_o thing_n be_v good_a for_o a_o flux_n and_o so_o be_v any_o quietness_n and_o rest_n good_a unless_o the_o flux_n proceed_v from_o some_o catarrh_n or_o rheum_n touch_v the_o particular_a cure_n if_o the_o disease_n come_v of_o a_o hot_a cause_n let_v there_o be_v a_o lentive_a glyster_n administer_v before_o the_o four_o day_n which_o be_v this_o ℞_o aqua_fw-la hordei_fw-la ℥_o xij_o mellis_fw-la rosati_fw-la ℥_o ij_o mingle_v it_o and_o let_v it_o be_v make_v a_o glyster_n twice_o reiterate_v it_o afterward_o let_v the_o choleric_a matter_n be_v purge_v thus_o ℞_o rosarum_fw-la ru●earum_fw-la violarum_fw-la ●_o ●_o ℥_o ●_o let_v they_o boil_v glyste_a a_o glyste_a only_o one_o walm_n and_o in_o the_o strain_n infuse_v they_o the_o space_n of_o six_o hour_n then_o add_v these_o thing_n ℞_o cortex_n mirabal_a cit_fw-la ℥_o i_o tragac_fw-la ʒij_fw-la purge_n a_o purge_n strain_v the_o medicine_n and_o let_v it_o be_v so_o give_v notwithstanding_o wary_o for_o indeed_o many_o of_o our_o ancient_n do_v abstain_v altogether_o from_o purge_v medicine_n in_o flux_n whereupon_o avicene_n 41_o capite_fw-la 3_o say_v that_o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o loose_v the_o belly_n upon_o a_o former_a looseness_n if_o the_o matter_n be_v sanguine_a and_o the_o sick_a of_o reasonable_a strength_n you_o may_v let_v the_o low_a vein_n be_v open_v to_o repress_v the_o acrimony_n of_o the_o humour_n to_o pluck_v back_o and_o cool_v the_o boil_a of_o the_o liver_n witness_n avicena_n 4_o ●rimi_fw-la chap._n 20._o phlebotomy_n do_v bind_v the_o belly_n very_o much_o and_o among_o many_o be_v hold_v for_o a_o great_a secret_a for_o a_o certain_a man_n of_o 70._o year_n of_o age_n labour_v with_o the_o dysenterie_n the_o space_n of_o a_o month_n when_o no_o other_o mean_n will_v help_v he_o he_o be_v cure_v by_o let_v of_o blood_n yet_o i_o confess_v myself_o shall_v not_o easy_o do_v the_o like_a if_o the_o excrement_n begin_v to_o grow_v thick_a and_o the_o gripe_n begin_v to_o cease_v the_o token_n be_v good_a if_o in_o the_o excrement_n scrape_v as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o gut_n seem_v to_o appear_v it_o be_v no_o token_n of_o death_n i_o read_v that_o the_o ancient_n use_v caustick_a glister_v of_o arsenicum_fw-la aes_fw-la vestum_fw-la alumen_fw-la &_o calx_fw-la vivum_fw-la but_o these_o late_a pysitian_n use_v rather_o astringent_a and_o narcotick_a medicine_n as_o these_o cortices_fw-la th●ris_fw-la masti●ts_fw-fr boli_fw-la armeniae_n sarcocollae_fw-la and_o the_o like_a the'ulcer_n of_o the_o small_a gut_n be_v worse_a to_o receive_v heal_v then_o those_o of_o the_o great_a gut_n for_o the_o great_a be_v fleshy_a and_o therefore_o they_o receive_v consolidation_n so_o much_o the_o easy_a the_o ulcer_n of_o 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witness_v beside_o that_o it_o provoke_v sleep_v and_o help_v digestion_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v to_o be_v abstain_v from_o in_o fever_n and_o when_o the_o flux_n proceed_v from_o hot_a and_o choleric_a humour_n a_o dysentery_n proceed_v from_o obstruction_n will_v never_o be_v cure_v with_o astringent_a medicine_n but_o rather_o with_o penetrate_a medicine_n by_o add_v a_o little_a vinegar_n which_o open_v more_o forcible_o than_o wine_n and_o mollisi_v obstruction_n for_o if_o astringent_a medicine_n be_v mingle_v with_o de●icatives_n they_o increase_v the_o obstruction_n although_o some_o say_v that_o in_o the_o lienteria_fw-la the_o meat_n take_v in_o do_v come_v forth_o in_o the_o same_o colour_n and_o quantity_n as_o it_o be_v when_o it_o be_v take_v in_o this_o notwithstanding_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o the_o form_n and_o colour_n of_o it_o be_v of_o necessity_n change_v but_o it_o do_v not_o whole_o alter_v it_o for_o they_o be_v alter_v somewhat_o according_a 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