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Show 15 Of the FLUiDs. Oftize FLUtDs. caufe they are fuperfiuous, and would become prejudicial. Thefe lhall be examined in their Order. _ The Matter ot'z‘ii m 215/5 Prryj/ofrm‘ioiz is a line {ubtile Fluid, which proceeding from an Infarction ofthe mm, are either leiliened in ‘17 ll'lC Summer, or quite ceale. It is likewife oblervable, that free Perfpiration helps to Cure the molt dangerous Dileales, on which exhsiqs from the Body in the Form of a Vapour, and proceeds from the whole Sut‘lzice, and from every Cavity. VVhen it pro~ «seeds from the Lungs it is called pzzlmoizm'y Pezfpz'raiz'oii, that ‘h iiics of‘tifrom the Pores of the Skin, is termed cuianscm Account more that are lean, are more eafily cured, than Pe:fons ofa {purigv Habit. . . ,- r" (It,v 5 which im Dfii The proceed, from a Supprqflan of Pmflbzmt zm are great and dangerous, for it increafes the. impure Juices, and dilpmes their} to Corruption and Putrefaiftion, whence proceed Mia/'1. ,.\raCiiation is called iiilenfilile, hecaule it is imperceptible to the Eyes, and vet it is more copious than all the relt of the univerlal Dilt‘afes, inch as Fwy": and Car/Juliet, which are tainted With {omething or iVlalignity. Evaciiations. l‘Vliiny Experiments prove its Exiftence. if you pals your Finger over the Surface of a llooking-glals, or any other 7‘ : awry 7 . Sta fl 0.12 or‘ the . l‘huo- .n ' ' on is' Sup-Year, when Perlpirati prelled, Difeafes are generated, hence in the Shi‘z'ng proceed film!- polilhed Body, it will leave a Track of h'loifiure. If you put your naked Head hear a white "Tall, expoled to the Sun, the Shadow ofthe lapours which proceed from the Pores of the Skin, may he . plainly teen. If you breath upon Glals, you may perceive i ta. covoted with finall Drops of VVater. The Vapours which proceed from the Lungs, are in TvVinter coxitleiiled by the Cold, and form a Kind of bluilh Milt, proceeding from the Mouth. Other Expe- riments prove that it is more copious than the relt of the Evacuations. Sanfiori'm has obferved, that of eight Pounds of Aliment, 71%, Hamirrbagw, Epi/apflry, (Quin/26;, Goriz‘, R/Mums, Caug/JJ, szpztzu'lss, fl/fl‘eflr, PEI/111165, Rr'yrzzmatf/im, the Sizzai'Z-pca‘, 111mflrr, (draw/ml and continual 17271:". For when the Atmolphere is unequal and changeable, that is, fometimes moillr, {ome- tnnes hot, fometimes cold, and lonietimes windy, as in [Manly "yr Tare0 . .. geneial a . ly iife. .' Liloacs ' becomes warm from 1*‘ or when the Air putrid ll'rt‘iiitnre, which has long Ptaqnated in the Earth, and the ,, ..::i a. rive go of‘t‘by infenlible Perlpiration. Hence we may learn how much the Animal Oeconomy is dilordered when this Perfpiration is {topped by too cold an Air, which contracts the Pores, or when body be weak. the h/latter is too thick. As there are no Glands which ferve for the Excretion of this Fluid, it is fuppoled to proceed from the Pores or the Extremities of the capillary Arteries, which are exceedingly fmall. This Eva-cuation is more copious in Summer than in Winter, before a good Fire than in cold Air, when the Body is in lVlotion, during Digef- tion rather than before Meals, and in a hot Country than in a cold. its Matter is aqueous and faline, and feems to have ai‘great Analogy with the Urine, hecaufe in a healthy State, the Increafe of one diminilhes the other. its U]? is to prelerve the Supplenels of the Papi/Ice of the Skin. it carries the {aline Particles of? from the Blood, and renders it more pure by this l‘vleans. Belides a free Perlpiration preferves the Body From various Dileales, and is of extraordinary Ute in promoting their Cure; for it is oblervable in the Summer Months, when Perlpiration is greatelt, Men are lets apt to be fick, and fewer die. The Spalms which affect the Hypocondriac, and the Pains which torment thofe that have the Gout, generally ceale. Perfons advanced in Years, that are of a weak Conl'titution, and obnoxious to Bil-orders, are never better than in the Summer. Obltinnte quartan Agues, and other Dilealts which have continued long, proceeding .-- begin ' to Le , (tholved,_it Lorupltmie bxliaiatioiis "is dangerous to be tdire/ac, and to continue long in this Kind ol Air, efpecially if the ' Even the .01/217/2'1‘ which happen in Summer, fuch as ardent, 3213mm, contzmml and Zfitermzl‘flflgFZTJL'I‘S, are not to much owing to Heat and Drynefs as to a cold moilt Air, which predominates early in the lVlorning, and in the Evening. ' 1 he [flirt/77212, according to the Experience of all fkillul Phyficians, is full of Dileales, on Account of the Inequality and fudden Changes of the VVezither. ' The szerfe: which reign in the lVl'm'er are certainly owing to , L .l . . intenl'c Coid ; hence Plant/1: 75, and Pzrzp urn/"19‘3", R5614???"21/7715, Dr .z/xzom, Goats, acute Paint and DC, V/fi: of the Head. Pgoplever, dry, ferezie, pure cold Weather increafes the Spring of t e ibies, and flrengthens the Body, which, it well cloathe d,gives a proper Fone to, and increafes the Strength ofall the Parts. G11 "1C [ertlfé'r ofSLt/mt is feparated from the Blood by the "ii/[dry . > (mm. It is much more gi‘ofs than that otPerlpiration, whence 1: Summer. 1t may be perceived in fmall Drops. The Pores t. iougii which it palles are likewile more large than thofe ofin~ {enlihle Perlpiration. ‘1 "l x - . . the excretory Duets or the miaI Perfon Mg? l:n nmzy iran-.3 conipreilsfln s'th‘ea l§weat, ores ofinlenl iblc Perfpiration, ‘1 ,1. p OJ s sweat diminilhes Perfpiration. . ' whence The Sweat 13 nearly 2 '7 ' ained to the Urine. ' 1 ‘sn li. «1 ,.,,, : Hymn,.. Swan/u ' ' is an unfiiious, thick, vzfcous Matter, which |