8 8 Hamajiatics] 
Blood in the Coats of the much diftettded 
Bowels : Hence habitual ExcelTes, as they u- 
fually occafion many kinds of Diforders in o- 
ther Parts of the Body, fo do they very of- 
ten diftemper the Lungs. 
ij. And here it may not be improp'er to 
obferve, as it naturally occurs from the fore- 
going Confidcrations, the great Benefit of Ex- 
ercife even to the temperate Liver ; for it not 
only by the meer EfFcd of Motion agitates 
the Blood in all Parts, but alfo gives it a brisk 
Circulation, not only by its increafing the 
Number of the Sy Holes of the Heart, but 
alfo by giving it a freer Courfe thro' the more 
dilated and agitated Lungs : Which Dilatati- 
on Exercife alfo makes more free and eafy, 
by promoting Digeftion and the Defcent and 
Evacuation of the Contents of the Bowels, 
whereby not only the MidriflF can more free- 
ly a^l and dilate the Thorax and Lungs, but 
the Blood alfo can have a freer PalLage thro* 
the Coats of the Stomach and Guts. Thus 
in whatever View we confider the Animal 
Occonomy, many cogent Arguments for Tem- 
perance and Exercife do always occur. 
1 6 . When we fee in Exper. XL Numb, 6, 
how freely the Scrum palled from the pulmona- 
ry 
