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tihly Jiinted, (which may be plainly per- 

 ceived not only by his external appearance, 

 but inceffant attempts to obtain fiipplies with- 

 out fuccefs) artificial means muft be adopted 

 to folicit a due difcharge of this very necef- 

 fary fluid, without vvhich every expectation 

 of the foaFs growth and gradual improve- 

 ment muft be rendered abortive. 



This objed: can only be accomplifhed by 

 enlarging the mode and increafing the means 

 of' conveying a larger portion of more nutri- 

 tious aliment into the fyftem : from the ge- 

 neral difFufion of which, the lymphatics and 

 ladleals become proportionably difiended, and 

 are confequently enabled to fecrete and dif- 

 charge a m.uch greater quantity than nature 

 in her rnore reluftant ftate feems inclined to 

 beftow. 



This fyftematic procefs of nature may, to 

 the lefs enlightened reader, feem matter of 

 fo much ambiguity, that fomevvhat more in 

 explanation may be probably required; but 

 as abftrufe reafoning and phyfical definition 

 (it has been before faid) is not the purpole 

 of the prefent publication, every irrelative 



matter 



