i‘8 2 Hcemajlatics: 
tity of Blood flowing thro’ its Veflels, mull 
nor only be cooler, by reafon of a more re- 
tarded Motion of the Blood, which we find' 
in fome Degree after ordinary Meals, but 
rnuft alfo have much Icfs Moifture feparated 
from its Glands, at a time when the too great 
Mafs of Food requires an extraordinary Sup- 
ply duly to be moiftened; the Confequence of 
which muft be a more difficult and unkindly 
Digeftion. 
. 8. Since there is more Blood in the VeflTels 
of the Stomach when it is empty than when 
full, this greater Flow of Blood to the empty 
Stomach may probably contribute to increafe 
the Appetite of Hunger ; hence alfo it may be 
that the Digeftion is- ftronger in Winter than 
in Summer, bccaufc lefs being perfpired in 
Winter, the CXiantity of Fluid retained in the 
Blood-veflels being thereby greater, the Blood 
will be more vigoroufly impelled, as into all 
other Parts of the Body, fo into the Veflels of 
the Stomach, whence a greater Warmth, and 
alfo a more plentiful Secretion from the Glands 
of the Stomach, to promote the Digeftion of 
the Aliment. The Increafe alfo of the Ap- 
petite which is obferved in the beginning of 
Pleurifies, is attributed to the greater Flow of 
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