jlcemajiatics. 8 7 
the Hearers, than thofe who draw in but lit-» 
tie Breath ; who are thereby not only incapa- 
citated from fpcaking loud, but are alfo at the 
feme time greatly incommoded and fatigued 
for want of a free Paflage of the Blood through 
the but little dilated Lungs. This is indeed 
unavoidable in fome who labour under the 
Inconvenience of a narrow T^horax ; neither 
are fuch Perfons ufually fo healthy, as thofe 
who have a large Thorax for their Lungs to di- 
late in, which is commonly with good Rea- 
fon looked on as a prime Symptom of a 
robufl: and healthy Conftitution. 
14. But the healthy Dilatation of the Lungs, 
and what is confequent thereon, the free Paf- 
fage of the Blood thro' them, is much ofener 
incommoded by Intemperance and Exceffes in 
eating and drinking, than by any Defed in 
the Formation of the Thorax. For thefe Ex. 
cefTes incommode the Lungs not only by fur- 
charging therii, with too great Quantities of 
inflamed Blood, but alfo hinder the free Di- 
latation of them, by filling the Stomach and 
Bowels fo full, as thereby not only greatly to 
hinder the Adion of the Midriff in defeend- 
ing, and thereby dilating the Thorax and 
Lungs-, but alfo retard the Motion of the 
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