( 3 6 9 ) 
Deer. 22, cloudy, cold, high' 
Eaft Wind, and feme flying 
fmall Snow, 
In River Water, between two 
Boards of ftrong Ice, 
Hid under foft Snow, 
Set in Snow and Salt, 
This Tube having hung Jix Tears in my 
St air- cafe, the Spirits never fell under jz 
before , but Deer. 22 d they fell down to 84, 
which is the greatejl Cold by fome Degrees 
fmee 1709 ; and by this any future Cold or 
Heat may be determined . 
Of Warm and Tepid Bathing . 
Having briefly confidered fome of the 
Effects of cold Water both common and 
mineral, in feveral Diforders, we fhall now 
turn our Thoughts upon tepid Baths, both 
artificial and natural. But before we come 
to their Benefit and Ufes, let us enquire 
into their manner of adting upon the Body. 
And that is firft by Relaxation ; as the cold 
Bath produced Contraction, or a Force 
whereby two Points in any Fibre (for all 
our Solids and Veffels are conftituted of 
Fibres) are forced from a more remote or 
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