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arife^ and' fo would hinder thefe Fun&ions, to wit 
Digedion, the periftaltic Motion, Refpiration, and 
the Circulation of the Blood, all which, on the con- 
trary, are obferved to be more regular and ftronger 
in Sleep, than when we are awake ; at lead in a 
healthy and temperate Perfon, who has ufed mode- 
rate Exercife. 
Again, Gluttony, Drunkennefs, and Flatufes, 
which overload the Stomach, a'nd therefore, accord- 
ing to this Hypothecs, ought to produce the quieted 
and mod ferene Repofe in Sleep, do, on the contrary, 
bring Inquietude, or broken and interrupted Red ; 
and when to the greated Excefs, a lethargic Sleep, 
which is a Difeafe for the Time, and fometimes ter- 
minates in Death. 
The Incubus alfo, which is judly fuppofed toarife 
from an Inflation or Didention of the Stomach, in a 
fupine Podure in Bed, opprefling the Aorta Defcen- 
dens, ought to produce quiet Red; whereas nothing 
diflurbs more, asitfird brings the Perfon out of quiet 
Sleep into a fort of waking Dream, with a Senfe of 
Oppreflion, and at lad awakes him quite, in a kind of 
Terror, with Palpitation of the Heart. 
And indeed as nothing contributes more to found 
and quiet Red than an eafy Digedion and Refpiration, 
a fedate, equal and regular Circulation of the Blood’, 
that is, an uninterrupted Function of all the natural 
and vital Parts ; the Reverfe of thefe, and particu- 
larly an interrupted or difficult Circulation, if to any 
confiderable Pitch, mud produce the contrary Ef- 
fefts, to wit, Reftleffnefs or Inquietude of fome Kind 
or Degree; as in Fevers and other Didempers attend- 
ed with fuch Irregularities of the Animal Oecanornyu 
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