( Mpi ) 
Then he endeavours to folve atiother difficulty, raifed from the 
.f:onfiderauon, that the greateft part of the Fibres may be terminated 
within the Body, and thence to (how how theie fewer Fibres term!- 
nated at the Skin may be fufficient for this evacuation. 
That done, he pro^ofes a Paradoxical Problem to be confidercd, 
viz, whether all the t ibres in all parts of the Body may not at their 
terminations naturally form Glandules ^ ^nd fo the whole Body may 
not beglandulous^ and this he doth from rhrecor fouf confidcrations. 
At iaft hepropofes a method and lome means of promoting rhis 
Perfpi ration, when 'tis confiderably checked. And Ftrjt he advifes 
Phlebotomy ^ Then Fafting for a day or two, partly to fpend the 
congefled Matter of it, and partly to digeft the reft j only he con- 
ceives a moderate quantity of thin Liquors ufeful and withal 
thinks, that a quiet compofurc at this time may be moft ufeful to 
this end. Thirdly^ He advifes the ule of a Body-brufli every morn- 
ing for fome time, fourthly^ if thefe fucceed not, he adviles mode- 
fste Purging, having firft uled fome Digeftives. Fifthly^ ^incQ we 
abound with Volatile Salts (and perhaps our Animal Spirits are little 
clfe) he advifes a prudent ufe of them. Sixthly^ If ycc it proceed 
not, he advifes wa;m Bathing. But if notwithftanding it proceed 
not rightly, he ^to^^o^&^^ Seventhly^ the Ufe of Cold Bathing. Of 
all which he afligns, in. his fuccin£l way, fome realons- 
He concludes with alledging the benefit, that he hath found him- 
felf by praftifing it but would not have any rely on that, but make 
tryal of it themfelves, fince 'tis both eafie .and pleafant j no more 
^oing to it, than to lye quiet in Bed, the Hands covered, for half an 
hour or longer, after full waking refolving to fleep no more, taking 
care in the mean time carefully to avoid Sweating, which, tho it 
may have its ufe in fome cafes, where ferofities abound in the 
Blood, yet is here ordinarily prejudicial, not only in Ms Opinion, 
but Experience in himfelf 
LO NDOIQ, Printed for Sam, Smkh, and Benj. Walfordy Printers to the 
Royal Society, at the Princes Arms in St Pauls Church-yard, 1703. 
ERRATA. 
\Jo ^S6, p, 141']. 1. 1 6. for Pidlure r. PoUure. p. 141 8. 1. 7. for Weather r. 
Water. 
