A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays (Registro nro. 94036)
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| Classification number | RA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mead, Richard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1673-1754 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| General note | Release date is 2016-10-03 |
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| Creation/production credits note | E-text prepared by RichardW and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays" by Richard Mead is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The book explores the nature and effects of various poisons through a series of essays that delve into their mechanical properties and how they interact with the human body. It provides insights primarily into poisonous creatures such as vipers and the mechanisms of their venoms, aiming to move beyond the superstitions of previous eras and approach the subject with empirical scrutiny. At the start of the work, the author outlines his intention to provide a more intelligible account of poisons and their effects than what has been previously published. In the preface, Mead reflects on the complexity of understanding poisons, emphasizing the need for mechanical reasoning to uncover their workings. He introduces his first essay on the viper, detailing its cultural significance as a symbol of danger and divine retribution. The essay describes the symptoms following a viper bite and the vital role of venom in the viper's survival, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of the venom's interaction with the human body, its physiological effects, and potential cures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Poisons -- Early works to 1800 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Venom -- Physiological effect -- Early works to 1800 |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53202">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53202</a> |
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