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'he Series of Caufes, we mull go back in infinitum, 1. e. there muft have been an infinite Number of Men and other Individuals already generated ; which fubverts the very Notion of Number. And if theCaufe which now generates have been produced by an infinite Series of Caufes ; How fliall an infinite Series be finite, to give room for new Ge- nerations?
Dr. Bailey fuggefls a new Method of finding the Age ot the World, from the degree of Saltnefs of the Ocean. See Saltness, c£c. , ,
Tis another popular Topic of Controverfy, Whether the World be finite, or infinite >. See the Arguments on both flies under the Article Universe.
'Tis likewife difputed,\Vhether it were poffible for feveral
Worlds to exitt Some hold the Affirmative, ftom an
Opinion of the infinite Power of the Deity ; it being a fet-
ting Bounds to Omnipotency, to fay, that he created lo many Bodies at firft, that he could not create more.
The Carrefians maintain the Negative upon thefe Prin- ciples : That it is a Contradiction to fay, there are feveral V orlds exifting at the fame time ; fflnce this implies feveral "Univerfes of created Beings, the World being the to mr. That if there were feveral WoWA, they muft either be at a ditlance from one another, or contiguous ; but neither can be faid : For were they contiguous, they would only conilitute one ; and were they difUnt, there muft be feme- thing between. But what can be between ? If it be ex- tended, it is corporeal ; and inftead of feparating the feve- xoXlVorlds, will connect 'em into one.
IrtzUorld is fometimes divided into Uffer, and Zonver
The Lower World, or Sublunary, is the Globe of our
Earth. See Earth.
The Upper World includes the Heavens, and heavenly Bodies. Sec Heaven.
Syftemof the Vic 1, L-oi feeSvsTEM. Sold of the World > fee Anima Mundi. Map of the World ; fee Map. WORMS, in Medicine ; fee Vermes. Sir 'I'heodore jM*ver»e aflures us, in the Tbilofoph. Tranf. N° in. That the famed Sugar, or Remedy given by Tomans, (a celebrated Chymical Empiric) for the Worms in Children, is fifteen Grains of Mercurius Dulcis with five Grains of Scammony, or two or three times as much Sugar, made up in Lozenges. He adds, that this Dofe, which in France purge6 grown Perfons, is ineffectual in England to Fctfons of above fifteen Tears old, and ought to be aug- mented.
In the fame TranfaB. N° it?, we have Accounts of di- vers remarkable Operations whereby Worms were taken out of divers unfufpected Parts of the Body ; the Operators be- ing chiefly Women. Mrs. Mary Hafiings is there recorded as famous for rhe difcovcry of Worms hid in the Face, Gums, Tongue, i$c. which {he manage- 1 with fuch Addrefs, that file took them out of any part affected with a Goofe-Quill. Mr. 'Dent relates, that he himfelf was cured of cer- tain odd Tumors on his Tongue by one of thofe Worm Doflreffes, Mrs. French ;' who, piercing the parts affected
with a Lancet, drew out five or (ixWorms at a time ->
In lefs than eight days, he affures us, fhe took out of his Tongue above a hundred Worms, and thirty out of his Gums. See Hybatides.
InTerfia, &c. there are very long, flender Worms, fix or feven Yards long, bred in the Legs and other Parts of Mens Bodies : When arriv'd at a certain Pitch, they put out their Heads, Necks, &c. and withdraw them (if difpleafed or hurt) again, caufing intolerable Fains, Fevers, ££c. See Crinones.
Ariflotle obferves, that all Deer have Worms under their Tongues— —Sheep's Nofes often abound with them.
Worm, in Chymiftry, a long, winding Pewter-Pipe, which Diftillers and Apothecaries place in a Tub of Water to cool andcondenfe the Vapours in the Diftillation of Spirits. See Alembic, Distillation, (Sc.
Formerly, this Worm, or fomething like it, was placed above the Head of the Still, with a Refrigeratory at the upper end of it, which isufeful enough in the Diftilling of Spirit of Wine. SeeR.EFRiGER atory.
This the Chytnifts call a Serpentine. See Serpen- tine.
lb Worm a Cable, in the Sea-Phrafe, fignifies to ftreng- then it by winding 1 fmall Rope all along between the Strands. See Cable, Sgc.
<fo Wor m a Zteg.is to take out a kind of Worm from under his Toncue ; which, if let alone, would make him mad.
WORM-SEED, a kind of WoRM-<Powiec, call'd alfo Sarbotine, Semen contra, Semen fantlum, Semen fantoni cum, and Abrotcmm, is a kind of Seed proper to deftroy Worms generated in a human Body, particularly in Children. See Worms,
This Seed is fmall, of abrowni/h Colour, an oblong Fi- gure, a bitter Taile, and a ftrong Smell.
The Place where it is produced, is 'Perjia, about the Frontiers of Mufcovy. It is brought to us trum Aleppo, ^c. . Naturalilts are not agreed about the Plant tliat pro- duces it. y. Sauhlll has a large Diffcrtation on the Sub- ject, .Some will haveitthe Species of Abfynthium, or
Wormwood call'd Santonicum, or Marinum Abfynthium ; others will have it the Tanacetum, others the Aorotonura. Monf. Tournefort gives us the lolloping Account ol this
notable Drug, in the fecond Volume of his Travels The
Sementine or kPorm-^Powder, is notgather'd like other Seeds
The Plant grows in the Meadows, and muft be let
ripen; and the mifchief is, that as it grows near to Maturity, the Wind fcatters a good part of it among the Grafs, where it is loft ; and this it is makes it fodear.
As they dare not touch it with the Hand fot fear cf ma- king it fpoil the fconer ; when they would gather what is left
in the Ear, they have recourfe to this Expedient They
take two Hand-Baskets, and walking along the Meadows, fweep the Baskets theone from right toletf, the other from left to right, as if they were mowing ; by this means the Seed is Ihook out into the Baskets.
It muft be chofennew, gteenifh, of a Iharp, bitter, aro- matic Tafte, yet difagreeable.
WORMWOOD, a Medicinal Herb, among Pbyficians, (gc. call'd Abfyntbium. See Absynthium.
Wosmwood»«, Vinmn Abfynthites ; fee Vinum. WORSHIP of God, Cultus 1'ei, is what we ufually call Religion. See Religion.
1 his Worfhip confifts in paying a due Refpect.Veneration, and Homage to the Deity, under a certain Expectation of Reward. See God.
And this internal Refpefl, tfc. to be (hewn and teftified by external Acts ; as Prayers, Sacrifices, Thankfgivings,^. See Prayer, Sacrifice, i$c.
The £>uietijls, and fome other myftic Divines, fet afide not only all ufe of external Worfhip ; but the Confidera- tion of Rewards and Punimments. SeeQyiETisM.
let, even the Heathens had a Notion, that God did not
require us to fervc him for nought : 2)ii qiumobrem
Colendi funt, fays Cicero, non iatelligo , nullo nee accept ab illis neefperato bono.
The School-Divines divide W 'orjhip into divers Kinds, viz. Zatria, thatrender'd to God ; and Idclatria, that render'd to Idols or Images. To which the Romaiufts add, Dulia, that render'd to Saints ; and Hyperdulia, that to the \ rgin. See Idolatry, Image, Dulia, Hyperdulia, i$c.
WORSTED, or WOOLSTED, in Matters of Com- merce and Manufacture, is a kind or Woollen-Thread. See Wool.
WorJIed is properly a Thread fpunof Wool that has been combed,; and which in the Spinning is twilled hatder than ordinary. See Combing.
It is chiefly ufed either to be knit or wove into Stockings, Caps, Gloves, or the like. SeeSTOcitiNG, (£c. The name Worjfed is fuppofed to be borro^'d from a
Town thus call'd in Norfolk, noted for fine Spinning
They who write it Wcoifted, do it on fuppofition of the Word's being form'd from Wool, the Matter of this Thread.
WOULDING, a Sea-Term, for the winding of Ropes hard round about a Yard or Maft of a Ship, after it has been ftrengthned by fome Piece of Timber nailed thereto.
WOUND, Vulims, in Medicine and Chirurgery, a recent Separation made in the foft ot flefhy Parts of the Body, from an exrernal Caufe, and particularly the Action of fome hard and iharp Instrument. See Solution.
Or, it is a Solution of the Continuity of a flcfliy Part, made by fome penetrating Body; while it yet remains fre/h, bloody, and without Putrefaction: By which Citcumftances it is diftinguifti'd ftom an Ulcer. See Ulcer.
A like Separation happening in a bony Parr, is call'd a Fratlure. See Fracture. See alfo Flesh, Bone, &c.
All Wounds proceed either from Puncture, Incifion, or Contufion, according to theNatureand Make of the Inrtru- ment they were caus'd by. See Puncture, Incision, and Contusion.
M'ounds areufually divided, with refpect to their Caufe, Circumftances, Cure, (Sc. into Simple and Compound.—— Simple Wounds are thofe made by Puncture, Incifion, or Contufion feparately ; thofe of the outer Skin, without any confiderable lofs of Subftance, or hurting any remarkable Veffel ; and thofe not complicated with any dangerous Symptoms.
Compound Ulcers are thofe made both by Puncture and Incifion ar the fame time, to which is fometimes alfo added Contufion ; thofe attended with great lofs of Flefh, or the hurt of fome confidetable Veffel ; and thofe made by en- venom'd Inftruments, orattended with violent Symptoms.
TheHiftory of a Wound is thus delivered by "Boerhaave 1 — Immediately upon the Solution, the wounded Parts recede
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