By ERASMUS DARWIN, M.D. F.R.S.

AUTHOR OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN.

Principiò cœlum, ac terras, campofque liquentes,
Lucentemque globum lunæ, titaniaque aftra,
Spiritus intus alit, totamque infufa per artus
Mens agitat molem, et magno fe corpore mifcet.
VIRG. En. vi.

Earth, on whose lap a thousand nations tread,

And Ocean, brooding his prolific bed,

Night's changeful orb, blue pole, and filvery zones,
Where other worlds encircle other funs,

One mind inhabits, one diffufive Soul

Wields the large limbs, and mingles with the whole.

VOL. II.

THE THIRD EDITION, CORRECTED.

LIFE

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

1801.

T. Bendley, Printer, Balt Court, Fleet Street,

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CONTENT S.

SECT. XXX. The Paralyfis of the Liver and Kidneys.

XXXVI. The Periods of Difeafes.

XXXVII. Of Digeftion, Secretion, Nutrition.

XXXVIII. Of the Oxygenation of the Blood in the

Lungs and Placenta.

XXXIX. Of Generation.

XL. Of Ocular Spectra.

PART III.

ARTICLES OF THE MATERIA MEDICA,

ART. I. Nutrientia.

II. Incitantia.

III. Secernentia.

IV. Sorbentia.

V, Invertentia.

VI. Revertentia.

VII. Torpentia