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pearance of Meteors? or in the Time of 
Famine or Peflilence ? or in a Year when 
there happened to be feveral Earthquakes ? 
whether fome venomous Effluvia might not 
that Year arife from the Earth, and render 
them noxious ? (Sc. But I fhall confine my 
Inquiries to narrower Bounds, as in what 
Difeafes and Conjiitutions Cold Bathing is 
profitable or hurtful, whether excefflve 
Rains, Great Floods , Irruptions of frejh 
Water , or lefTening of mineral Principles , 
as well for outward as inward Ufe, or if it 
be fafe to go into an uncovered Bath in 
ftormy Winds ; or if the Soil is low and 
marfhy, &c. both which laft I think fhould 
be avoided, when we can be accommodated 
with other Waters of the fame fort, with- 
out thefe Inconveniencies. But firft as to 
Bathing in common Water, by way of Ca- 
veat, I judge it improper on a full Sto- 
mach of either Meat or Drink, or both ; 
the fame it is after much Exercife, or when 
the Body is hot ; nor is it fafe to fuch as 
make bloody Urine, or vomit Blood, or 
have any inward Impoftum , or have unfound 
Vifcera ; nor is it advifeable to weak, faint, 
or feverifh People, nor to fuch whofe Ne- 
ceffity obliges them to feed on thin, poor 
2 Diet, 
