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fan, and many carcafcs hung up at a time for the 

 benefit of the wind. By this method, a confider- 

 able quantity of loft meat might be annually pre- 

 ferred; for in hot, fultry weather, when no wind is 

 ftirring, meat will taint before it is cold. 



Query, Whether this method might not be found 

 ufeful in putrid fevers, if a fan were introduced into 

 the xick perfon's chamber, and turned round now 

 and then to clear the room of ftagnant air, and 

 thereby give the patient a better chance, by breath- 

 ing more freely in a different atmofphcre ? 



This thought occurred to me while I was in the 

 farming bufinefs. A man whom I employed to 

 turn the fan was troubled with fits. He fell down 

 one day, and I ordered him to be fct upon his 

 bottom with his face to the wind, while another 

 man turned the fan a few times round. The man, 

 although to all appearance lifekfs, foon began to 

 rub his nofe and mouth with his hand, and imme- 

 diately came to himfelf. 



J. S. 



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