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Vital spirits

Also known as: Spiritus vitalis, Vital force, Pneuma, Vital Spirits

25 books·462 total mentions

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In early modern physiology, the subtle substances believed to circulate through the body to sustain life, motion, and sensory perception.

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Appears in 26 Books

Medical Letters, Volume One

Niccolò Massa

p. 295 p. 296 p. 297 p. 298 p. 299 p. 300 p. 301 p. 302 p. 303 p. 304+1 more pages

A Christian and Heavenly Treatise: Containing Medicine for the Soul

Abernethy, M.I

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p. 74 p. 75 p. 76 p. 77 p. 78 p. 79 p. 80

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Musurgia universalis Tomus II

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p. 218 p. 219 p. 220 p. 221 p. 222 p. 223 p. 224 p. 225 p. 226 p. 227

Sylva Sylvarum (Latin edition)

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Anatomiae Amphitheatrum

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Sylva Sylvarum (1631 English edition)

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History of Life and Death

Bacon, Francis

p. 388 p. 389 p. 390 p. 391 p. 392 p. 393 p. 394 p. 395 p. 396 p. 397+15 more pages

Oeuvres de Descartes Vol. XI (Le Monde)

Rene Descartes

p. 524 p. 525 p. 526 p. 527 p. 528 p. 529 p. 530 p. 531 p. 532 p. 533+22 more pages

Basilica chymica. De signaturis

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De anatomia triplici in partes tres diuisa

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Communication einer vortrefflichen chymischen Medicin

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p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40+11 more pages

[Hebrew: Sod reqeva ve serefa] Das Geheimnuss der Verwesung und Verbrennung aller Dinge

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