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(in fome Meafure difTolved by the Motion of the 

 Stomach, but not fufficiently feparated from esch 

 other, through want of a due Quantity of Fluid, 

 every one yet being in fome Meafure in Contact 

 with each other) pafs over the Pylorus or lower Ori- 

 fice of the Stomach into the Guts ; and when thefe 

 greater or lefs digefted Particles cannot, by reafon 

 of their Magnitude, be ftrained in any con'fiderable 

 Quantity into the Ladeals, they are thruft yet far- 

 ther into the Inteftinal Tube, and therein putrefy, 

 fmce they are out of the A^erge of Circulation, 

 which commences at the La<Sleals : For all Things, 

 as the Flefti of dead Creatures, Herbs, ^c. which 

 are capable of Putrefaftion out of the Animal, are 

 capable of Digeftion in it. And from hejice it is, 

 that Digeftion is much more effeftually and expedi- 

 tioufly performed in the Day-Time, or when the 

 Animal is awake, than in the Night or during 

 Sleep : Becaufe, while awake, every Creature breathes 

 thicker, and the Diaphragm or Midriff and Mufcles 

 of the Jbdo?nen, and even of the whole Body, are 

 more exercifed, and the Stomach oftener comprefs'd. 

 It alfo follows, that by gentle Walking ( or while 

 any Animal exercifes in a moderate Degree,) Digef- 

 tion is more efFedually and expeditioully performed, 

 than while in Idlenefs and without Motion. And 

 that this is the true Theory of Digeftion and Nutri- 

 tion (I mean that it is the Motion of the Diaphragjn, 

 &c. which conduce in a great Meafure to thefe great 

 Ends ) will appear from the very Phiz or Counte- 

 nance of a hard Student, more efpecially if he be- 

 take himfelf to this Work foon after Eating ; for, 

 by this his Vifage looks pale and wan, for no other 

 Reafon than that the Mind is fo diverted, that Re- 

 fpiration or Breathing is more rare or feldom, that 

 is, we do not fetch our Breath near fo often, as even 

 v*hen we lleep, which is a very bad Situation for 

 Digeftion : Add to this the Determination of the 

 Animal Spirits, which after eating a hearty Meal, 

 ought to flow in greater Abimdance to the Stomach, 



