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ternaturally diftended by the ftagnant 



blood, that a free circulation through 



the part was thereby interrupted ; and 



that this fwelling would have continued, 



had not the obftrudlion been removed by 



a different pofture, aflifted by proper 



applications ? and is it not obvious in 



^ed in^ '' ^I'opfical,- and other fwellings, in the ex- 



dropfical treme parts, from lax fibres, that though 



jliabits. the legs (hall be enormouQy fwelled, after 



having been in an cred pofture all the 



day •, yet that after laying twelve hours 



in a fupine one, they ihall recover their 



natural fhape ? 



The blood This is by no means intended to prove, 

 and juices that there are no bad humours, or juices," 

 orten vi- jn the blood, or that they do not attend, 

 ^'^ '^ and affecl fome particular parts ; (daily 

 experience would contradict fuch an at 

 fertion,' particularly in cancerous, fchro- 

 phulus, venereal, and fcorbutic cafes in 

 the human body, and the fr^ rcy, furfeits, 

 ftrangles, ^c. in horfes ;) but only to 

 guard againft the promifcuous ufe of the 

 term, and to evince, that in many cafes 

 where the humours are faid to abound, 

 and caufe fwellings, the fault is in the 

 vefiels, which have not force enough to 

 propel the circulating fluids, or a per- 

 j^endicular column of blood; as often 



. happens 



