A discourse upon the nature and cause of sudden deaths; and the reason why such numbers of people died suddenly in the years 1730 and 1731, with the most proper indications both to discover the danger, and prevent the fatal stroke from taking effect : To which is added, a dissertation upon bleeding in a fit of the apoplexy; with remarks upon the case of an illustrious person that lately dy'd abroad upon his travesl. To which is prefix'd, a preface in defence of the theory of medicine. Against the cavils and exceptions of some late writers ... / By Nicholas Robinson.

  • Nicholas Robinson
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1732
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Credit: A discourse upon the nature and cause of sudden deaths; and the reason why such numbers of people died suddenly in the years 1730 and 1731, with the most proper indications both to discover the danger, and prevent the fatal stroke from taking effect : To which is added, a dissertation upon bleeding in a fit of the apoplexy; with remarks upon the case of an illustrious person that lately dy'd abroad upon his travesl. To which is prefix'd, a preface in defence of the theory of medicine. Against the cavils and exceptions of some late writers ... / By Nicholas Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    t »S ] from the Brain to the Heart, and from the Brain and Heart to the Stomach; whereby each particular Organ is oblig’d, by a mechanical Neceffity, upon the Failure of Motion in any one, to redouble its Vi¬ gour and Adtion, not only for the Be¬ nefit of the ©pprefs’d Organ, but for the Support of the whole Fabrick, and all its feveral Parts. T o conclude; the more adtive the in¬ ternal Motions are, in any Clafs of Ani¬ mals, the more brifk are their Senfations, and confequently the more vigorous their . Organs of Life : And it is evident that, thofe Animals, that have the greateft Quantity of Blood, generally have their Organs of Life in the greateft Perfection • and which fooneft expire, under any im¬ minent Stroke or PrefTure, that may, im¬ mediately, intercept the Commerce be¬ tween the principal, vital Organs, that is between the Brain and Heart.