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PRESFR- Prieflley ) and of fuch air as will not fupport the flame of a candle 



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This empyreal air Mr. Scheele, * has proved to be compound- 

 ed of a very fubtle acid and a phlogiflon, Confequently in every 

 inhalation, the common air yields to the blood its empyreal part,. 



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which contains a good deal of phlogiflon, and leaves the reft unfit 

 for re fpi ration. The empyreal air adls as an ether, or dulcified 

 acid upon the lungs and the heart, and confequently as a gentle 



ftimulus. Were the acid too prevalent in its compofition, it 

 would caufe convulfions, and too much phlogifton would likewife 

 be hurtful, as we fhall Ihew in the fequel. The dulcified acid or 





ethereal air is therefore found the moft 



All the 



operations of our body are produced either by chemical procefies or 

 by mechanical powers, or both. The empyreal air, on account of 

 its dulcified acid, ftimulates the heart, and caufes its continual mo- 



and 



of its phlogifton 



d di^u^Q^ that 



natural heat,, which is abfolutely neceflary for the functions of 



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life. - 



All organic bodies both animal and vegetable confift of an acid,, 



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fome phlogifton and abforbent earth. The proportions of the 



integrant partg vary 

 fome other fubftanc 



and are fometimes modified 



addit 



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The addition of food and the attradion of 



juices 



* Chemical Treatife on Air and FIrc> by Charles William Scbeele, XJpfala, otflaro, 

 1777. (written in German). 



