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this, it is probable, would liave been the 

 cafe, had an univerfal good management 

 taken place. But, as no danger was ap- 

 prehended from fo flight a malady, fel- 

 dom were thofe cautions obferved which 

 only could render it falutary, and prevent 

 a bad confequence. 



It was obferved, that the difeafe exert- 

 ed its force chiefly on the membrane of 

 the nofe, fauces, and afpera arteria. But, 

 from the continuity of this membrane, 

 and fome particular circumflances, there 

 is ground to believe, that the primae viae 

 were in the fame manner afFecled. A 

 great deal of the morbid humour mufl 

 likewife have been fwallowed ; by which 

 the gaftric and inteflinal juices could not 

 fail to be vitiated. It is not improbable, 

 therefore, that, leaving a taint upon the 

 fluids, and impairing the feveral dige- 

 ftions, it laid the foundation of many £^f- 

 ter ills, of a flow kind ; and perhaps 

 caufed, or influenced not a little, the epi- 

 demics that fucceeded. Never, at leafl, did 

 I obferye pa^ns in the flomach and fides, 



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