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The Word is form'd of the Greek, i^S-nom!, which Jignifies a Graft, and by Metaphor, a Melioration, Amend- ment : For as we only graft Trees to mend them ; fo a Man only alienates his Land by Emphyteofts, on Condi- tion of amending it.
The 20 th Canon of the Council of Carthage, prohibits the Bifhops feizing the Church's Emfhyteofis, out of the Hands of private Perfons, unlefs they have been three Tears without paying Rent.
EMPIRE, the Territory, or Extent of Land under the
Command, and Jurifdiftion of an Emperor. See Emperor.
The Roman Empire 5 the Empire of the Eaffi ; the
Empire of the Weft, or the Weftern Empire ; the Empire
of the Great Mogul, cSc.
Tacitus obfervcs of Galba, that all the World would have thought him worthy the Empire, had he never been Emperor.
Antiquaries diftinguifh between the Medals of the tipper and lower Empire. The curious only value thofe of the upper Empire, which commences with C<efar, or Au- gustus ; and ends in the Tear of Chrift 2<fo.
The lower Empire comprehends near 1200 Tears reckon- ing as low as the Deftruction of Constantinople, in 1455 They ufually diftinguifh two Ages, or Periods, of the lower Empire : The firft beginning where the upper ends, vis. with Aurelian, and ending with Anaftafius, including 200 Tears : The fecond beginning with Anaftafius, and ending with the <Paleologi, which is 1000 Tears.
Empire, ufed abfolutely, and without any Addition, or Tm 1 Empire, figmfies the Empire of Germany, call'd alfo, in Judical Afls and Laws, the Holy Roman Empire ; SRI, q. d. Sacrum Imperium Romanian ; which is what we otherwife call the Germanic Body.
The. Empire had its Beginning with the IXth Century; Charlemeigne being created firft Emperor by Pope Leo III. who put the Crown on his Head in St. 'Peters on Chrilt- raas-Day in the Tear 800.
Authors are at a Lofs under what Form of Government to range the Empire : Some will have it a Monarchic
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m K . w . S f • ,f Ild Theoretici. See Theorist. The Word ,s formd of the Greek, £f ^W,, and that of ^. ms @r, knowing, able; but, particularly, knowin» •md learned by Experience. The Root beina *£ P ± E/Tav Trial. 3 -V Ji
Pliny, and Celfus, make mention of the Empirick' and their Profeflion, which the Greeks, and the Latins\fta them, call Empirice ; as attributing all to Experience and nothing to the Authority of the Matters of the Art, or the Deductions of Rcafon. See Medicine. JPlmy relates, that the Sect of Empiricks had its Rife in Sicily : The firft who profefs'd it, he Jays, were Apollo- '""a u" d Glmc ' as i others fay, Acron Argentinus. Thoy, and their Followers, made great Oppofiiiori to the diffect- ing of human Bodies ; particularly to that praftifed by . Hemophilus, and Erafiftratus on living Bodies, of Criminals condemn'd to Death. ' See Dissection.
But the Word Empiric is now more odious than ever » being confounded with that of Charletan, or Quack, and applied to Perfons who praftife Phyfic at Random, with- out a proper Education, or undemanding any Thing of the Principles of the Art. See Charletan.
Indeed, 'tis pofftble, the Word may be abufed even on this Side of the Queftion ; for thofe of the Phyficians at- tached to the Train and Method of the Schools, the Rea- fomngs of Hippocrates and Galen, and the Statutes of the Faculty, we all know, have been ever forward to treat thofe who think more freely, and are lefs ftnffly devoted to Antiquity, Cuftom, and the reigning Practice, or Mode, as Empiricks, Charletans, and Quacks.
EMPL ASTER, popularly call'd PLASTER, a Medici lie, of a ftiff, glutinous Confiftence, compofed of divers Ample Ingredients, fpread on Leather, or Linnen, and applied externally.
Emplafters are made up in a ftrong folid Body, that by remaining a long Time on the Part, the Medicinal Ingredients, they are chiefly compofed of, may have Time enough to produce their EfFecT:.
The Drugs, ufed to give a Body and Confiftence to Emplafters, are ufually Wax, Pitch, Gums, Fats, Li marge, and and other Preparations of Lead.
There are Emplafters of divers Kinds, and ufed with Others, will have it a Republic, or Ariftomtic State, divers Intentions: Stomachic Emplafters; Cephalic, Stiptic, byReafon the Emperor cannot refolve, or determine any Hepatic, Diaphoretic, Refolutive, Deterfae, Emollient, A^r 8 ',, a!", u concumn g Suffrages of the Princes : Incarnatwe, Aftringeut, Conglutinatiue, ckc. Emplafters.
Fealtv S to him ftl &?% 'T^T £° n \, and f T ar Thc moA ufUal Emplafters, are thofe of Diajalma, to, him, t^orJy i; as Head of the Republic, jmd in and Diachylon : The Emplaftrum Polychrefton, the Di-
vinum, the Mantis Dei, the Magnetic, of Angelus Sala> That of Charpi, of Safran, de Ranis, &c.
The Word is form'd from the Greek, ifi-TrAmlii, or s/*- ■nxi.<xm, to put in a Mafs, or to do over : By Reafon the Emplafter is made of divers Kinds of fimple Drugs, work'd up into a thick tenacious Mafs ; or becaufe it covers over the Piece of Leather, or Linnen, to be applied on the Part affefled.
EMPLASTICKS, in Pharmacy, are Salves, or Medicines, which flop up, and conftipate the Pores of the Parts they are applied on.
Such are Fat's, Mucilages, Wax, the Whites of Eggs, &c.
They are alfo call'd EmphracTwks. The Platter is co- verd over with a very Emplaftic Unguent, that it may ftick the ftrongcr to the Skin. Dionis.
The Word is form'd from the Greek, ey.na.Kup, to
State, by Reafon all the Members thereof are obliged to afk the Inveftiture of their States of the Empei to take an Oath of Fidelity to him.
the Name of the Republic, and not in his own : Tuft. at Venice, every Thing is tranfactcd in the Name of 'the Doge. See Doge.
Laftly, others will have the Empire to be a Monarcho- Ariftocratic State, i. e. a Mixture of Monarchy and Arifto- cracy ; for that tho' the Emperor, in many Cafes, feems to aft foveraignly ; yet his Decrees and Refolvcs have no Force, in Cafe the States refufe to confirm them.
In fine, we fhould rather chufe to call it an Arifto- Democratic State ; by Reafon the Dyet, wherein the Sove- raignty is lodged, is compofed of Princes, and the Deputies of Cities ; and is divided into three Orders, or Bodies, call'd Colleges, viz. the College of Electors, the College of Princes, and the College of Cities. See College.
We fay Diet of the Empire, Circles of the Empire, Fiefs of the Empire, (Princes of the Empire, Eftates of the Empire, Members of the Empire, Capitulations of the « ^ .
Empire, Receffus of the Empire, &c. See Diet, Circle, J •C,£„r,om,T™ B n„„„ . EieV, Ban, Prince, Capitulation, Recessus, ®c. „ EMPROSTHOTONOS, in Medicine, a Kind of Tonic
The States of the Empire are of two Kinds, Mediate L °™ulfi<m, wherein the Head is drawn forwards, till the and Immediate. chln t0u ™ the Breaft. See Convulsion.
The Immediate States are thefe who hold immediately , So ™ etimes » t0 °, '™ & general, that the whole Body is of the Empire ; whereof, again, there are two Kinds = bent forward, and makes a Bow ; and even, fometimes, a The firft, fuch as have Seats, and Voices in the Imperial Kl ™ °' r ' r , Kncos mcctin g the Head - Diet ; the fecond, fuch as have none . 1 h ? Laute of tnls Diforder is a Contraction of the
The Mediate States are thofe who hold of the Im- ^'F 10 / Muftks > particularly thofe of the Head, cail'd mediate. Maftoides. See Mastoides.
The States which now compofe the Empire, are the , ^' ,e * ord is Greek, compofed of itxireilnV, before, and Princes of the Empire, the Counts of the Empire, the Free "»©■> Tenfion, Stiffnefis, of the Verb mvn, to ftrctchi Barons of the Empire, the Prelates of the Empire, the EMPTEMA, in Medicine, a Collection of Pus, or pu- Pnnceffes, or Abbefles ot the Empire, the Nobles of the rulent Matter, in the Cavity of the Breaft ■ difebamed Empire, and the Imperial Cities. thither upon the burfting of fome Abfcefs, or Ulcer, in
EMPIRIC, or EMPIRICK, a Name attributed, of all the Lungs, or Membranes, that inclofe the Breaft. Antiquity, to fuch Phyficians as form'd themfelves Rules, The Empyema fometimes fucceeds a Squinancy, fome- and Methods, on their own Practice and Experience ; and times a Peripneumony, but more ufually a Pleurify 5 as not on any Knowledge of Natural Caufes, or the Study being ordinarily the Effect of a Peripneumonic or Pleuritic ot good Authors ; and who prefcribed, without enquiring Abfcefs. See Pleurisy Peripneumony, &c. into the Nature of the Difeaie, or the Properties and Vir- It u f u ally comes or 20 D after thofe Difcafes-
tues ot their Medicines : depending wholly on the Authority Sometimes, alfo, 'tis peneratcd of extravafated Blood, iffued
wSt; S T cral e , x P e " en f d Remedies. See Physician, out of a burften, broken, or putrified Vein; 'Tis diftin-
Medicine was almoft altogether in the Hands of Empi- guifty {,„ a D;fficulty of Breathing, a dry Cough, a ricks, tin the lime of Hippocrates ; who firft introduced Heavinefs about the Diaphragm, a Noife, and fluctuating Kealon ana the Ufe of Theory therein : And hence of the Matter upon moving ; flow Fever, ruddy Checks,
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