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an Hour, yet have weighed an Ounce hea- 
vier than when they went in. Not only 
are we fatisfied that the Water in tepid 
Bathing pierces the Skin and mixes with 
the Juices, but that alfo the Water floating 
in the Atmofphere, in foggy Weather, en- 
ters it ; for Dr. Keil found that by his Ser- 
vant’s riding out in fuch a Night, his Body 
gained eighteen Ounces in W eight. Nay* 
we are further convinced from Obferva- 
tion, that fuch as ufe tepid Baths much, 
have the excretory Dufts of their Skin fo 
cleared, and the Pores fo open, that four 
times the Quantity of Water will be im- 
pelled through their Skin,, as is into the 
Skins of fuch as were Strangers to it before. 
This Impullion into the Skin is not from 
any Suction there, but from the Preflure of 
the Atmofphere out of the Water, and of 
both Air and Water in the Bath ; and fince 
we have (hewn before, that this Preflure 
throws the Blood from the Externals upon 
the Internals, the Water being got into and 
mix’d with the Juices, mufl: with them be 
cafi: into the Blood, and fo into the whole 
Habit of the Body. 3. As an Effed: of 
Relaxation, Preflure, Intromifli.on, and 
Mixture of the Water with the Fluids, 
comes 
