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t. Watery, 6. Bitter. 



2. Dry. 7. Vifcous^ 



3. Pinguious; 8. Salt. 



4. Styptic. 9- Sweet. 



5. Acid. 10. Acrid. 



Under each are fubjoined fonimary obfervations, 

 relating to the effedts of a regimen, in which any 

 of thefe clafles form the prevailing part ; and to 

 its tendency in producing particular difeafes. The 

 author then fpeaks oa the great power of cuftom 

 on the habit, and concludes wioh inculcating the 

 Ne quid nimis\ an axiom of much higher impor- 

 tance than any of thofe nice difcriminations relating 

 to the wholejome and unwholefome^ which fo often 

 perplex the minds, and diflurb the peace of many 

 well-meaning people. 



136. P'ervidorum ei Geli'Doruiwt usrrs. 

 €. Ribe, 1765. 



Dr. Ribe fixes the heat of the human body be-^ 

 tween 35 and 37 of the Celfian thermometer, and 

 pronounces all foods and drinki which arife to 

 40, to be fervid. He confiders the conftant and 

 daily ufe of hot aliments as an abufe that calls 

 for the ftrideft animadverfion ; and fhews, by the 

 efFedls of them on the folids of the human body, 

 their tendency to produce a variety of chronical 

 difeafes, which he here fpecifies. Man is the only 

 animal accuftomed to hot foods,, and is almofl 

 alone alfedled with carious teeth. Hence he takes 

 occafion to condemn, in a forcible manner, the cuf- 

 tom of drinking hot tea, coffee, and chocolate, and 



difiuade 



