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dangerous, when the Stomach is full ; for 
the VefTels being then diftended with Jui- 
ces, though the Blood be carried up in a 
perpetual and now large Stream to the Head, 
along the bony Cafe of the Vertebra of the 
Neck, by the Carotid Artery , where the 
Prefiure of the Water cannot touch, yet it 
defeends by the jugular and other Veins of 
the Neck, without this Cafe, where the 
Weight and Coldnefs of the Water a<fts 
moft powerfully, any may leffen the de- 
fending Quantity, whereby fome of the 
fmall VefTels of the Brain may be over- 
ftretched and broken, and bring immedi- 
ate Death. 2. Or the Blood being thrown 
by too full a Stream into the right Ventri- 
cle of the Heart, and thence into the Lungs, 
may ft retch fome of the fmall VefTels be- 
yond their Tone, caufing Pleurifies > Per ip. 
neumonies , Ajlbmas , &c. Or the Auricle 
or Ve?itricle of the Heart itfelf, may be 
ftretched beyond the fudden Recovery of 
the Spring of their Fibres ; hence fudden 
Death j or too great a Quantity of Blood, 
may be fuddenly thrown into the VefTels of 
the Stomach, Liver, or other Vifcera 3 
hence Inflammations , Fevers , &c. The 
fame Caufes forbid Bathing, efpecially in 
the 
