( 4°4 ) 
whereby Attenuation and Dilution is won- 
derfully promoted in the Fluids, and 
they are reftored to their Motion, and 
carried either into the Blood, or to the 
Outlets of the Skin, and there difcharged, 
and the Fibres and Veffels are reftored to 
their Elafticity. But as the mineral Water 
is hot or warm, it relaxes the Skin ; part 
of the Water, together with the volatile mi- 
neral Principles, enter the Pores, gradually 
thin and dilfolve the morbid Cohefions of 
the Blood, enliven and excite the Solids to 
more healthy State and Vigour. Therefore 
Pumping has been chiefly ufed for Stupors, 
Lethargicnefs , inveterate Headachs , Numb - 
nefs , Lamenefs , Contractions , fix'd Pains , 
Rhcumatifm , white Swellings , old Aches 
from Falls , Strains , Blows, Difiocations y &c. 
Sciatica , weak Limbs , Lamenefs with Con- 
tractions, Relaxation from frequent Difioca- 
tions or Contufions , Deafnejs , Blows on 
the Head, Dulnefs , Pains of the Stomach , 
Shoulders , &c. and habitual Vomiting. The 
Time of Pumping is the fame with that of 
Bathing, the Number of Strokes are from 
30 to 500. The Time to hold the Part 
under a Fall of Water, may be from 3 
Minutes to 15; or it may be repeated two, 
three, or four times, at fhort Intervals. 
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