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Pane \ but if we may guefs, from his Body being flefhy, 
from the goodnefs of his Stomach and Appetite, and 
from the Difeafe he dyed of, there could be no want of 
Blood in him. In this Man there feemed to be more 
Blood than in feveral others l have feen, whofe Bowels 
appeared more Red. And it can hardly be conceived, 
that the Aorta could be fb large, without a large quantity 
of Blood, unlefs there had been fome Stricture upon fome 
other parts of it, which I did not perceive : And there- 
fore it feems not improbable, that this whitenefs of the 
Bowels was owing to the clofenefs of the Blood Veffels 
in both. It is no frnall confirmation of this opinion, 
that the Flefh and Skin felt hard, and the Brain firm and 
f o! id. I might add that it is . highly probable, that the 
fame difpofition might give a clofenefs or liardnefs to the 
Veffels every where elfe. It is true, this was a Diftem- 
per-, but then it is as true that it is a Difeafe of Old Age, 
and may juftly be reckoned one of the effe&s of it. And 
for a farther proof of what I have faid, I cannot but 
take notice, that in preparing a piece of the fmall Gut.for 
an Injection, the Tunica ViUcfa felt more like a fine File 
than the fofteft Velvet $ and that I could ufe more vio- 
lence in injecting the Veffels than thefe parts will ufually 
bear. Whoever confiders how foft a Subftance an Ani- 
mal Body is at its firft beginning, and. how from time to 
time it acquires a firmnefs and folidity, will eafily be in- 
duced to believe, that Old Age brings a more- than ordi- 
nary hardnefs to all the Fibres and Veffels. 
The neceffary confequence of this hardnefs, and con- 
traction of the Fibres and Veffels of old people, is a di- 
minution of their Secretions, which ceteris paribus are al- 
ways proportional to the Orifices of the Glands. Hence 
it is that we find the Skin of old people al ways dry, their 
perforation being very little. They are likewife gene- 
rally bound, old Bayles went to Stool but once in ten or 
twelve days for fome years §. and old people axe always 
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