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Circulation, Secretion, Evacuation, and Ex- 
cretion. Fallopius would have us ufe the 
Bath only once a Day at beginning, then 
twice a day after. In tepid Waters, he fays, 
they may Hay in five Hours at a time, in hot 
Waters only two Hours , and that the Pa- 
tients mult go in at Sun-rifing, and feven 
o’clock at Night, But we look upon from 
15 Minutes to an Hour in tepid Baths, and 
half that Time in the hot Baths, and a few 
Minutes in the cold Baths, fufficient. 
The Reafon why Bathings in mineral are 
more efficacious than in common Water, is, 
1. From the Admixture of faline and me- 
tallic, mineral or fulphureous Parts with the 
Water, which make it more ftimulating, 
attenuating, bracing, diffolving, cleaning, 
drying, healing, cooling, penetrating, dif- 
cuffive, and corrective of Acrimony, foft- 
ening, fmoothing, &c. 2. From the Mi- 
nutenefs of thefe adventitious Mixtures ; for 
the medicinal Parts of thefe Waters are re- 
ally fo fmall, that they are not only invifi- 
ble, when looked for thro’ the fineft Micro- 
fcope, but are incolligible by any Art yet 
known, and incoercible by any VefTel ; and 
it was neceflary they fhould be fo 5 for had 
it been otherwife, they had been incapable 
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