Armoniacal Liquor, feparated by the inrren and Glandw- 
lous Coat, But to return to the fubjeft^ the Notion of 
Acidity has fo far prevailed, that all Diftafcs, as well 
Acute'as Chronical, Fevers, Cachexies, Dropfies, Green- 
ficknefs, Suppreffion of the M^ujlrna, Venereal Maladies, 
Fvheumatifais/Colicks, Pleurifies, Apoplexies, Epilepfies, 
and what not, are all derived from this liaiverlai Source. 
This Opinion is too haftily advanced, and without due 
confideration, Tp give one inftgnce, inftead of many 
more, of its Deficiency' 5 it may fometimes happen that 
Difeafes may arifQ from the Quantity or Quality of our 
Edibles, which may be fo clofe and folid, that the Acid 
cannot penetrate or reduce thenJ^*^ or may be devoured fo 
largely by Gluttons and Great Eaters as to overpower and 
opprefs it. 
After many other Reafons, which our Author alledges 
againft the vijigar H) porhefis of A.cid and Alkali, he en- 
ters into a Difquifition concerning Fermentation in Ani- 
mals, and whither fuch an IntelHne Motion be confiitent 
with the Circulation of the Blcod, and whether the latter 
alone be not fufficient for the preparation and fecrecion 
of all the Animal Liquors, without the former. 
Tho the Blood be a Diffimular Fluid, and confequentv 
ly muft have a great Aptitude to ferment when it Itag- 
nates, yet the Rapidity of its Circular Courfe muft pre- 
vent this, fo long as it continues in the VeiTels of Living 
Creatures. The Spirits w^hich flow from the Brain by the 
Nerves caufe a quick Contraction of th^ Spiral Fibres of 
the Heart, and projed the Blood with great Sv^^iftnefsand 
Impetuofity thro the Arterial Canals to all Parts of the 
Body, fo as to overcome the Refiftance of the Fluid, and 
therefore all the Liquors in the Veffels muft receive.an 
Impuife and Diredtion from it, and can have no Motion 
of their own contrary to it. 
As for the Chylification, and the Converfion again of 
Chyle into Blood, for which fome fuppofe Fermentation 
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