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and comminuted to fuch a degree, as Is requi- 

 red to make it pafs into the Orifices of the refpe- 

 <5tive Glands; and therefore as the moft perfett 

 Crifis is by Sweaty (both by reafon that the Sub- 

 cutaneous Glands do naturally difcharge more 

 than all the other put together, and alfo that 

 their Du£ts being the fmalleft of any, whatfoc- 

 ver comes this way is certainly wery well divi- 

 ded and broken) fo the moft imperfeB is an H<e- 

 morrhage, becaufe This is an Argument that what 

 Offends is not fit to be caft off in any Part, and 

 confequently breaks the Veffels by the Efferve- 

 fcence of the Blood; An Abfcefs in thofe Organs 

 which ftparate thick, flimy Juices is of a middle 

 nature betwixt thefe two. 



Now it is very plain, That if the time, in which 

 either the Peccant Humour is prepared for Secre- 

 tion, or the Fermentation of the Blood is come 

 to its height, falls in with thofe Changes in the 

 Atmofphere which diminiflh its preffure ; the Cri- 

 fis will then be more compleit and large. And 

 alfo, that this Work may be forwarded or de- 

 lay'd a day, upon the account of fuch an Altera- 

 tion in the Air ; the Diftention of the Veffels up- 

 on which it depend^ being hereby made more 

 eafie, and a weak Habit o? Body in fome Cafes 

 ftanding in need of this outward Afliftance.^ Thus 

 a Fever which requires about a Week to its Pe- 

 riod, may ibmetimes, as Hippocrates obferved, 

 have a good Crifis on the fixth, and fometimes 

 not till the eighth day. 



In Order therefore to make true Obfervations 

 of this kind, the time of Invafion is to be confr 

 dered, The genuine courfe of the Diftemper muft 

 firft be watched, which is not to be interrupted 

 by any violent Methods : The ftrength of Na- 

 ture in the Patient is to be confidered, and by 



