"For this purpose there is thought to be a common receptacle of the [animal] spirits called the emporium."
— Reeves, John (1710-1793)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Newbery
Date
1758
Metaphor
"For this purpose there is thought to be a common receptacle of the [animal] spirits called the emporium."
Metaphor in Context
The pia mater is very useful to support the blood-vessels which penetrate into the soft substance of the brain, especially the cortical, which, according to some, seres to secrete the animal spirits, which pass from thence into the medullary substance, formed by the union of the excretory canals of the glands of the cortical substance, and is afterwards distributed to the nerves in all parts of the body. For this purpose there is thought to be a common receptacle of the spirits called the emporium. This opinion seems to be established by the following experiment. A considerable quantity of the cortical part of the brain was taken off with a knife, notwithstanding which, the man continued to move as if his brain had been entire. Likewise, when persons have been wounded in the head, and a part of the brain has been carried away, they have no paralytic disorder in any part of their bodies.
(p. 78)
(p. 78)
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Searching "emporium" in ECCO
Citation
John Reeves. The art of farriery both in theory and practice containing the causes, symptoms, and cure of all diseases incident to horses. With anatomical descriptions, illustrated with cuts, For the better Explaining The Structure, and accounting for the Various Disorders of these useful Animals. As also Many Rules relating to the Choice and Management of Horses of all Kinds, and useful Directions how to avoid being imposed upon by Jockies. Wherein some egregious Errors of Former Writers are occasionally pointed out. By Mr. John Reeves, Farrier at Ringwood, Hants. The whole revised, corrected, and enlarged by a physician. To which is added, a new method of curing a strain in the Back Sinews, and the Anatomy of a Horse's Leg, with some Observations on Shoeing, by an eminent surgeon. London : printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun in St. Paul's Church-Yard ; and B. Collins, in Salisbury, 1758. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/07/2010
