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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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SPFCIELCK Medicines, are such as have a Pc.
liae Verrue asainst some Dilcase; 25 che duinqui-
na, Ox Cortex Peruviana, hach ro cure Incermicrins
Fcavers: And Phylrians mencion in cheir BOOkS
chree kinds of Specitick Medicines.
1. Such as are FminenuY, and Peculiarly Friend.
Iy cochis or char Part of che BodY, 25 co che Flcarr.
the Brain, itre Stomach, (9c.
2. Such a5 do sCCm EO AUTact. ExPel, OF ZVacu
are Lome determinate Humour, by a kind ot Spe-
cifick POrVeF, Thac cher are endowed wrich. Thus
Talap Purges Wacer Humors, Rhubarb Bile
C5C. Ana,
3. Such as trave a Virtue ro cure by some hid
den Proxeur, chis or chac Parricular Disease.
Thaxchere are such Medicines as chele, in che
lattex and most proper Sense ot the Word
NIF. Boyle matres very probable, by chele Rea
1075.
1. The Concurrene Testimony oF Experience
boch Anriene and Modeen. Calen promised =
Book on chis Subject, bur iris lostil he erer Wrore
2.Tis manifest chac Inconsiderable Ouanticie.
ofPoyions can do very oreac mischeit, and pro
duce sreat and dismal F. Hects ithour any mani
Fest Oualier appearins eo be in chem: And chere.
fore by Parirs of Realon, one vould conclude, Me.
dicinesmay be sounet which Mall heal and d0 500c
che lame Nay.
3. The Testimony oF Physicians themselres Whe
in cheir Writings, do allvays mention some one
Specitick or octier, whichi ctiex beseired was realls
TuCH.
And certaims il Wooutu De vell vorch wvhilere
kecp an accoune oF che Operations oF, a5 mans
precended Speciticks, a5 can come ro any Physiri
ans knoledse, and by no means ro reject alI chinss
oF chac Nacure, because a Realon cannor presenel)
be giren tor che Cure; torit e Mould aliv2y5 de
50, ve must reject almostererr ching.
SPECILLOM, is a Surscons Instrument callec
utually a Probe, by erhich he scarches che Deprtis,
Windines, COc. OF Nounds and VICCFS.
SPECOLOM Lucidum. Sec Seprum Luci
dum.
SPFCDTEM Oculi, itie Apple, or Puxil 0.
che Fye, Sec Aranea Funica Occuli.
SPFCDLOMOris. Sec Dilatatorium.
SPFLL, 2 Sea WVord signitrinsco lec 30 the
Strears and Bolings ot a Sail, (cheiAtr rhe Missen)
and Bracins che Weacher Brace in the Wind, thac
che Sail may lie loose in che Wind: This is donc
When a Sailhath e00 much Wind in ic, and chere is
Danser os rongins the Mast. This Word id
mostly uled about che Missen sait. For there in
Aead os Carins ceke in the Missen and Peck it uP;
cher Cay in one WVord Spell the Missen.
Yodo a Spell allo WITh Thera, Signifies doins any
WVork For a Morcrime, and then leavins ic: There.
Fore a Fresto Spell IS WVHeN FFeM Men COmC LO
Nork; and eo sive a Spell, i5 all one a5 t0 Pay
Work in such a ones Room.
SPENT, The Seamen, Cay, a Strix hath spent an)
TVeacher, or any such accidene: Buc is ic be done
Mast, or Yard, when it is broten donn by foul
by an Enemies Shor in FighE, they Pay such a Vard
or Mast was stot by the Board.
Arreries and vels, ertuch brins che Blooo
Vessels chroueh Wrtrichche Secd passes: Likevile al
Whiri Parrs of the Bodr, wrhich becaule oF rheir
Colour, vere acenes ous de alle et c
Sced: OF LHIS IOIL AIE LHC LNCLMCS, CVICS, MMCH
branes, Cristles, (9C.
SPERMATOCELE, a Ruxcure caused bY Mhc
Contraction ot the Vessels which eject the Secd,
and is Fallins dovon inco into the Scrotum.
SPHACKLOS, 15 a ludden LXCInCHIOM OL LMC
and sense Meret LaIL.
roundsie s sphandides, lepetales lehola ie ls
Occipitis, trom chie O5 Petrosa, andl LLBI Che Os
Frontis,
SPHDO, 15 a Bone ot che Cramum
common bochcorhe stull and upper jarr; ic is on
Vuula arile: On its Inside ic has tour Procelles call-
ed Clinoides. Becwixe che rro Tables ofchis Bone
under ihe Cella Turica, chere is a sinus divided in
tuo in che Middle, which opens byrvo libles lo
che Carirs of che NoArils. In chis Bone lomelaz.
chere are alsorvelre Holes; byche first arid secona
PaIs che Oprick Nerres; by the rest pals octet
Nerres For che Morion oF orher ParES, 25 al(0 0
Carsareon,  ecs o a oua sens i
15 in a direet Line berween che Ala Despercilionis.
and Processus Styloides, chence it becomes a rou
Aechy Bcilr in Half its Progrels, groirs lelo aga
near ies lacreral Inserrion ro che P’otterior Part O
ihe Carsarcon.
witrich hinders che masticared Alimene trom L egur-
sicacins ehiroush rhe Foramina Narium in Desluli
tion.
coic, ohac ic will, (and wohac ic 1s, io Meun in 2n-
orher
SPERMATICK Vessels; and Paris, are those
and convey ic trom the Telticles: Lilenise chole
SOIDACI Sutura; i5 2 Surure char sur.
a vels Alegulat isce, and is licuared in the
midale oE the Balis oF che Stull, and is iorned ro
noidalis, excepe  che middle et its Sides, irhere
ic is continued rohe ) a P’etrosa a5 it they vere
one Bone. LIs Bone has a lmall PFOTUBCTanCC In
all che Bones oF che Cranium, by che sutura Sphae-
the Middlerhereot, From wvtich che Muscles oFche
SELLLHOPALATHIOS, iS d M  I
Veins and Arceries.
sination ar a Procels of the Os Sphaenoides, which
L wich ils Parrner aStins, deaw che Carsan
on Wn cne Dvula upvards. and. backwvards;
SPTTANOPITARINOAVS, is a pair ot MuI.
Cles alins From the sinus oF che inner Wins oF chc
Os Cuneoforme, and soins Obliquelr dontvard,
atic Guller.
SPFTEITOIS. Sec Os Cuniforme.
SPHANOPTERILIOS oet.
ricopalatinus
SetTAGITIDES, according co some, are the su-
sulat Veins inthe Neck.
STHLFHE, I a Sen Dus, made by che ROra-
is extended intorhe Sides ot che Cullet; ir dilares
tion oF a Semicirele abOur irS Diameter.
T. AII Spheres are t0 one another a5 che Cubes
oF cheir Diameters. For under che word Cylinder.
You will tind ic Prored, That Cylinders whose. Alti-
tndes are equal to the Diameters of their Bases, are
in Proportion to each other asthe Cubes of their Dia-
meters; which is chus express d = rddd. = rDDD::
dad. DDD. Wherctore, beche Racio ot a Sphere
10 a Cxlinder oF che lame Diamerer and Llciphr