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Quotation from Meteorology by Aristotle
“Tetanus and spasms are motions of wind, and their force is such that the united efforts of many men do not succeed in overcoming the movements of the patients”
Meteorology, Book II, Part 8, trans. E. W. Webster (1923)
Aristotle argues from the violence of spasms in the body to the force of wind trapped in the earth, which he takes to cause earthquakes.
Citation: "Tetanus and spasms are motions of wind, and their force is such that the united efforts of many men do not succeed in overcoming the movements of the patients" — Aristotle, Meteorology, Book II, Part 8, trans. E. W. Webster (1923). (id aristotle-meteorology-q7)
