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mediately after it. They increafe and 

 fix the bad eflredls of the leady fmoak. 



IV. No mill-man, when heated by work, 

 ought to go into cold air ; but to put on 

 his deaths immediately, and return to his 

 lodging, to change his working cloaths for 

 others, and cool gradually: By which he 

 would prevent catching cold. In this ar- 

 ticle they are very carelefs. 



y . Im m f "?' I a t £ l y after coming from 

 work, the aliment ihould be moftly liquid, 

 as broths. 



yi Low and poor diet makes them 

 more liable to be afFecled, and lefs able to 

 undergo a cure: Thefe workmen ought 

 to feed on good meat 



Vn. When their bufinefs can allow, 

 they fliould go out of the reach of the 

 reek, to breathe an untainted air, and to 

 take viduais free from lead. But I muf): 

 caution the labourers at Leadhills not to 

 take long journeys : They are more hurt 

 by travelling one day, than by working 

 two, 



The cure of this difeafe depends prin- 

 cipally 



