These two organs form a duumviratein the body; for the stomach cannot act alone and without the concurrence of the spleen.
The duumvirate is the cause of apoplexy, vertigo, and particularly of a species of asthma, which Van Helmont calls caducus pulmonalis.
The duumvirate just spoken of is the cause of natural sleep, which does not belong to the soul, as far as it resides in the stomach.
The duumvirate operates the first digestion, of which, Van Helmont enumerates six different species.
The honours of the duumvirate and the aedileship cost respectively L32 and L24.
After the fall of the free Republic, when so many avenues of ambition were closed, many an able man might well satisfy his desire for power and distinction by the duumvirate of a provincial town.
But the Duumvirate seemed utterly incapable of devising a coherent policy for central or eastern Europe.
But for reasons which elude analysis, none of the three delegates hit it off with the duumviratewho were spinning the threads of the world's destinies.
