for discussion in the lecture-room. I shall, 

 therefore, merely mention by way of ex- 

 citing attention to some of the phsenomena 

 alluded to, that it seems impossible to 

 account for those which Mr. Hunter con- 

 considered as the effect of sympathies 

 between remote organs, or for those con- 

 sequences of idiosyncrasy which have been 

 mentioned, upon any other supposition 

 than that of a subtile substance, prone 

 to act, or liable to fail in action, per- 

 vading the body, the affections of which 

 can with electrical celerity be propagated 

 throughout the system. 







I have further to shew that Mr. Hun- 

 ter's Theory of Life is adequate to ex- 

 plain the cause of the prevention of pu- 

 trefaction, and the regulation of tem- 

 perature. If the vital principle of Mr. 

 Hunter be not electricity, at least we have 

 reason to believe it is of a similar nature, 

 and has the power of regulating electrical 



