Vegetable Stanch. i j 



made in man, to carry off above half of 

 what he takes in, by other evacuations. 



For iince neither the furface of his body 

 was extenfive enough to caufe fufficient ex- 

 halation, nor the additional wreak , arifing 

 from the heat of his blood, could carry off a- 

 bove half the fluid, which was neceffary to be 

 difcharged every twenty four hours ^ there 

 was a necefiity of providing the kidneys,, 

 to percolate the other half thro'. 



And whereas it is found, that feventeen 

 times more 'enters, bulk for bulk, into the 

 fap .vefifels of the plant, than into the veins 

 of a man, and goes off in twenty four hours : 

 One reafon of this greater plenty of frefh 

 fluid, in the vegetable than the animal body, 

 may be, becaufe the fluid which is filtrated 

 thro' the roots immediately from the earth, 

 is not near fo full fraighted with nutritive 

 particles as the chyle which enters the la&eals 

 of animals $ which defeat it was neceffary to 

 fupply by the entrance of a much greater 

 quantity of fluid. 



And the motion of the fap is thereby much 

 accelerated, which in the heartlefs vege- 

 table would otherwife be very flow? it ha- 



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