A new physical system of astronomy : an attempt to explain the operations of the powers which impel the planets and comets to perform eliptical revolutions round the sun, and revolve on their own axis : in which, the physical system of Sir Isaac Newton, is examined, and presumed to be refuted ; to which is annexed, a physiological treatise ; in which the first stage of animation is considered, and the means shewn, by which circulation is performed in the first rudiments of the incipient animal, before the vessels are completely organized, &c. ; together with an explanation of the general laws, by which the animal economy is governed ; and particularly, the mode whereby the operations of the vis medicatrix naturae, or the unassisted powers of nature, are exerted to obviate and cure disease ; also, successful methods of curing cancerous ulcers, the quartan ague, putrid fevers, stopping mortifications, and extracting frost, so as to leave the frozen member perfectly well / by Joseph Young, M.D. of New-York.

  • Young, Joseph, 1733-1814.
Date:
[1800?]
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Credit: A new physical system of astronomy : an attempt to explain the operations of the powers which impel the planets and comets to perform eliptical revolutions round the sun, and revolve on their own axis : in which, the physical system of Sir Isaac Newton, is examined, and presumed to be refuted ; to which is annexed, a physiological treatise ; in which the first stage of animation is considered, and the means shewn, by which circulation is performed in the first rudiments of the incipient animal, before the vessels are completely organized, &c. ; together with an explanation of the general laws, by which the animal economy is governed ; and particularly, the mode whereby the operations of the vis medicatrix naturae, or the unassisted powers of nature, are exerted to obviate and cure disease ; also, successful methods of curing cancerous ulcers, the quartan ague, putrid fevers, stopping mortifications, and extracting frost, so as to leave the frozen member perfectly well / by Joseph Young, M.D. of New-York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FIG. V. 7. When two hemispheres are brought together with their plane sides, so as to exclude the air, their atmospheres combining, will unite, surrounding both, and they will remain in contact. (See Fig. VI.) Flat FIG. VI. bodies often unite in the same manner, whenever they are brought into such close contact, as to ex- clude the air j for as long as the air can insinuate itself between the two bodies, they will have separate atmos- pheres, and consequently repel each other. This is demonstrated by an experiment frequently made by boys, who, by passing a string through the upper part of a piece of wet leather, and applying it close to the surface of a stone, they will be so forci- bly compressed to each other, by the surrounding atmosphere, as to enable the boy to carry off the stone, suspended by the small cord. This teaches us that water is often necessary in cementing bodies together