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VI. That a due Quantity of Ailments^ at proper 
Intervals of Time, is neceifary to keep the Blood and 
Humours in their natural Temperature and Sw^eet- 
nefs, and to prefervc them from Acrimony and Putre* 
fadion : And this will be true in all Diftempers as 
well as in Health, and is againft the Pradice of fuch 
as pretend to ftarve away Diftempers, or to deny a 
due Quantity of Drink and liquid Food to the Sick, 
efpecially in Fevers, where the Want of this Re- 
cruit will tend to encreafe the Acrimony or Pu- 
trefadion, whence the Malignity of moft Fevers does 
arife, 
VII. That Pus^ or Matter in a Wound or Ulcer is 
the Produd of Chyle^ and not of the Blood or Se^ 
rum: Which has indeed been the received Opinion, 
though fupported by no other Proof than the Simi- 
litude of Pus to Chyle, And as a great Redundancy, 
as well as a Defed of Pus, does fometimes retard the 
Cure of a Wound or Ulcer, this may ferve to fhew 
by what Means it may be encreafed or diminiflaed, to 
anfwer the Intentions of the Artift. 
This alfo makes it appear probable, that a great 
Redundancy of Chyle difpofeth the Body to purulent, 
fuppuratory and fcrophulous Diftempers ; and feems 
to indicate the fubtrading fuch Sorts of Food as af- 
ford a rich, grofs or plentiful Chyle, and the admini- 
firing of fuch Medicines as may ftrengthen Sangui- 
fication, and the other aflimulating Powers, to aflimu- 
late and thereby confume it ; the Sanguification and 
aftimulating Powers being manifeftly weak, as the 
Chylification feems to be ftrong in all fuch Cafes. 
And this feems to be the Reafon why in Adults, 
as the Sanguification grows ftronger, and in Age, as 
the Voracioufnefs of the Appetite, too common in 
2 . Youth, 
