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PTYLOSIS, is a Dilease whenthe Brims OF ThC) ly assected cherebr, according ro the disterene In-
Eye dids beine groun chicke, ihe Hlairs oE che F.yC.
Drows Fall OH. Blanchara.
DOBISOS. Sec Pectinis O5.
PDDDINOS, in a Shrip, are Ropes nailed corhe
Arins oE thie Main and Lore Lards, near the ends,
and chen ac 3 Or a due distances inevards one FrOI
anochier, in ordex to keep the Robbinstrom salline
de earire alurider uxon che Vards, wlen cic
Loplail-Sheers are haled home.
They call also rhose Ropes irtrichare round a
bout che R inSS OF AnChOrs rO Pave the Clinch OF thC
Cable srom beins salled ich the Tron, by chis
name. S0 chac wrtien che Rins is (0 serred, ris
Called che Puddins oF the Anchon
PVVICM. Plancae, ehe lame vich sensicive Planco
Wrhich see.
DVOTLLOS, is an handtul ot any FTerbs. O
chers Incerpret ic, as much as may bc caten ux
wich che Thumb and two Finsers.
PVISNE, Or Puny, che Lawyers rerm LOr Voun.
POLMONARTA Arteria, or Vena Arteriosa, is
a Vessel incheBreast, arisins immediarely out oF the
rigi Ventricle of thetlcarr; its Mouth is nor (0 large
as chac oF che Cava; ic has chree Valres, called
Sermoidales Ox Semilunares. Irs ule iS EO CaErY thC
Blood From rhe righe Ventricle of che Hlcarero the
Lunes, andirs Coar is double, like chat oC che Ar-
ceries.
PVLMONARTA Vena, Or Arcerra Venosa, 15 2
Vessel ofthe Feare, Which discharges ir selF ChrO
the lefe Auricle into the Ventricle oF the lame side;
for atcer ic has accompanied che Wind pipe anc
Arteria Pulmonaris in aI cheir branchinss in the
Tunes; and by is (mall eriss, has receirea the
Blood out ot the Artery, all chele trvies aro unitec
Ars into vo Truntes (viz. the Righc and LeFL) aF-
cermards into onc, Which opens into che letr Ven-
ericle oF che Heart. This Vein hach no ralre in ir
excepe chac ac is openins into the letr Vneri
cle, Wrtrere at ies Orifice are placed rvo Membra
nous Valres, called Mitrales From cheir Form re-
semblins, Wvhen joined, Comethins oF a Mitre. These
are very Arons and tirm, to sustain che violene mo-
Dux oF che Animal Spiries; the Morion WhereOE ie
ChieAtr eo be actribured eo the circular and direct
Fibres. Others astirm ic to be che dilaration anc
contraction of the Llearr and Blood. A Pulse ic
Cither natural Ox preternatural; of the former ve
tave spoken already; che larrer is tuch 25 is dif-
Ferent, accordins ro rhe disserent Circumstances ot
che Fibres and Animal Spirses; eo wic, strons, meat.
svift, Rom, equal, unequal, intermittent, dec
PVLSES, accOrdinS IO DE. Abereromby, are ci
Ther
Pulse 2nequal, is cither in respect ot rime or
Arengch; char is, cichier it strikes quieker and ROW
ex, or elle sronger and eatter
Pusse Interrupted, is When the AroaHs are muct
smaller chan usual, or cheir incerrals much grea
ter-
Pulse Intense, is that rehole Aroak is verr hard
(the ParES aS IE Wvere upOn a bCHL) or else this
Arensth is made up with the multiplicier and Fre-
quener of less Micacions, a5 in the heigtes of Fe-
VerS.
Pulse Remiss, is that whole stroaks are less quicte
Or lels Arons, and in Sichnels Meus more danger
than the ocher.
Pulse Supersicial, is Thac wotich BeWS an exact
Temperament ot Bodr, as allo 2 Free and merry
Temper oF Mind.
Pulse Deep, Mews a disposition ro Melancholy.
AsthmaS. L CTharBY, (9c. and is more trequent in
the Aged than the Loune
Pulse Leapins, is Caid 10 porcend n0 sreat dan-
Ber.
Pulse Frembline, Mews oreat Fixtremity
Pulse Wandrins, is thar which is Lomerimes fel
in one place, and somerimes in anocher, and some-
times no erhere, and is never bur a sew Minutes
3
vetore Death.
PDESTONI, is the drivine or impelline ot any
ching Forard. Sec Attraction
POTVERIZATION, is reducins any Body in-
10 a fine Ponder, which is donc by bearins Friable
Bodies in 2 NIOrtar; buE EO Pulverize Malleable
tion ot the Blood, and cohinder ic From returninq ones, or uch a5 vill spread under thetlammer
back again inco elis Vein, and ro direet its courle lome ocher Felps and Arcitices must be made ulc
coche dorca, wtole Oritice opens in che systole oE
the Vencricle
PDLNONAEY Vessels, are chose ntick carry
tho Blood From the FTeare rO the LungS, and back 2-
OF. To Pulverize Tin and Lead, procced chus;
Cet a round ooden BOx, Which rub vell ich
Chalke all orer onthe inside; then mele the Metal
and pourins a licele of it nimbly into the BOX, BUE
sain, beins ruoin number, viz. the Pulmonary Vein, the Lid, and Make the Box Aronsly and quick
and che Pulmonars artery, Wrhich sce.
POLPA, is the Recty parE OE Fruirs, ROOES, O
ocher Bodies, irhich is Fxrracted by Infulion or
Boilins, and pastins chroush a Siere; as the Puls
Ot Tamarinds, Cassia, Althaea, Dates, _c.
PDLSE, by the MaceMaccas LVCTaIMIS, 15
the term used For char Scroak wich wrhich ans Me
dium is afsected by themorion oE Liche, Soune, ec.
throush ic.
and the Mecal viil Be reduced by it into a POW-
der. And chis is a rery usetul chinq co KCnOW, chO
it be plain and casie; becaule by this means, chese
Mecals are rendred fir for sereral Operations.
and ill easils be mixed wich Sales or ortiet
Chinos.
POLVIS Fulminans. Nlix Well EOdethet three
Parrs ot commion Salc. Peter, tvo parrs oF Salc ot
Tartar, and one oF common Brimstone, all Anely
And che Admirable MEP. J. Nemton demonstrates, pondred. Fate halt a Dram or a Dram oF chis
lib. 2. prop, 48. Princip. That che Velociries of the Mixture, put ic uxon a Fire- Movel over a gentle
Ricier is proposcionable ro ies DenticY) are in d
Ratio, componnded oF half che Ratio oF the Fla-
Rick force directlr, and halt the Ratio ofche Den-
Tur Invertelr. So thac in a Medium, Wrhose Ela
sticir is equal to ies Densirs, au Pulses will be c.
quany (vite.
Fire, Co chac it may heat, and appear eo melt and
chanse Colour senely, and in about halF a quarrer
oF an Flour ic ill 50 of wich a cerrible Noile, 25
Srear a5 char OE a Musket, and vet wichoue
dangerro any Person in che Room; For ils Force is
chietty donnvards. The realon oF chis Ffect ap
pears eo be, thaE thC FIXE SaIL OF Fartar doth (0
POZSOTS, the Pulse, is the immediare Index OF Lock ux the Spirits oE the Nirre and Sulphur, chac
the FICarE, by the mediation whereos, the Blood is ther cannor sec loose wirhour breakino cheir Pei
aitused ticouen che Wohote Bocly, unil is dilterene.) sons, voticek iohen ihe Fice hach atilea and enabicat
them