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Ioofe Contact, to a more contiguous or near ; 
fo Relaxation is that Alteration in the Solids, 
whereby they are capable of greater Exten- 
tion, and yet preferve the Cohefion and Con- 
tact of their conftituent Parts ; hence they 
become more flexible and dilatable, whereby 
the Diameters of the Veflels are enlarged. 
Tho’ cold Bathing would in time relax, yet 
few if any human Bodies can fuftain its Ri- 
gour fo long y but the warm Bath relaxes 
prefently and foftens all Bodies, as Skin, 
Horns, &c. This Relaxation is not confined 
to the Body’s Surface only ; but the agreea- 
ble fmooth Senfation of it is communicated 
to the Brain, and by it all over the internal 
Parts of the Body alfo. 2. The warm Bath 
ads by Penetration : tho’ fome Water may 
enter the Skin in cold Bathing, yet it is in- 
confiderable in comparifon of what pierces 
the Body in tepid Bathing ; which Doftor 
JVainwright has demon fixated, and Quincey 
from him, verbatim. For tho’ at a com- 
mon Medium Sanbtorius found that we per- 
fpired 5»8ths of our Meat and Drink daily, 
yet even this Force and Quantity arifing 
from the Skin, is too little to prevent the 
Infinuation of Water into the Pores ; for 
Dr, Pitcairn has proved, that the Matter of 
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