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by a Mad Dog , or hot Fomentations, might be of 
greater Service than cold Applications: For a cold 
Bath {huts the Pores, as a warm one opens them •, 
therefore the Blood being allowed to be greatly in- 
flamed in this Cafe,, and D ampler % Powder being a 
very hot Medicine, it is reafonable to think, that when 
a Patient takes it, the fetting him up to the Chin in 
hot Water for fome Hours, would help the Opera- 
tion of the ‘Powders , by diluting the Blood, and re- 
laxing the Pores. 
VII. A brief Account by Mr. John Eatnes, 
F. R. S. of a Work entitled , The Me- 
thod of Fluxions and Infinite Series, 
with its Application to the Geometry 
of Curve Lines, by the Inventor Sir 
Ifaac Newton, Kt. &c. Tranflated from 
the Author's Latin Original not yet 
made publick. To which is fubjoind a 
perpetual Comment upon the whole , See. 
by John Colfon, M. A. and F. R. S. 
HIS Pofthumous Work of our late excellent 
Prefident, a Tranflation of which we have now 
received from the Hand of the learned. and ingenious 
Mr. Colfon , has been long and impatiently expe&ed 
by the curious in thefe Matters 5 and now it appears, 
I believe it will fully anfwer, if not exceed, thofe Ex- 
pe&ations, as well as confirm the Reputation the Au- 
thor 
