"Emporium, a market-town; but metaphorically applied to the brain, which is the seat of all rational and sensitive transaction."

— Quincy, John (d. 1722)

Author

Quincy, John (d. 1722)

Work Title

Lexicon physico-medicum: or, a new medicinal dictionary. Explaining the difficult terms used in the several branches of the profession, And in such Parts of Natural Philosophy, As are introductory thereto. With an Account of The things signified by such terms. Collected from the most eminent authors

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Longman
Date
1794
Metaphor
"Emporium, a market-town; but metaphorically applied to the brain, which is the seat of all rational and sensitive transaction."
Metaphor in Context
Emporium, a market-town; but metaphorically applied to the brain, which is the seat of all rational and sensitive transaction.
(p. 311)
Categories
City::Emporium
Provenance
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Citation
John Quincy, Lexicon physico-medicum: or, a new medicinal dictionary. Explaining the difficult terms used in the several branches of the profession, And in such Parts of Natural Philosophy, As are introductory thereto. With an Account of The things signified by such terms. Collected from the most eminent authors. London : printed for T. Longman, in Pater-Noster Row, 1794. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/07/2010

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.