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urc, with now-and-then a nitrous fulphureous Smell, 
perfpires from our Skin - 3 to which Dr. Blancard 
aferibes the whole Circulation. 
Abundance of combuftible Matter, fhut up in a 
great Number of Cells, lies in the Omentum. 
There is further to be confider’d the vaft Quantity 
of Effluvia that emanate from our Bodies. Sanfforius 
obferved, that, of eight Pounds of Food and Drink 
in a Day, there is an infenfible Perfpiration of about 
five 5 computing with them thofe Effluvia which go 
out of the Mouth by Breathing, and which might be 
gathered in Drops on a Looking-glafs [_Se£l. i. 
Aphor. 6.]. As alfo, that, in the Space of one Night, 
it is cuftomary to difeharge about 1 6 Ounces of Urine, 
4 of concocted Excrements by Stool, and 40 and 
more by Perfpiration \_Aphor. 59.]. He teaches alfo, 
that Numbncfs is an Effed of too much internal Heat, 
by which is prevented fuch an infenfible Tranfpiration; 
as we will fhew in this very Cafe. 
On this Suppofition I fay, that the Effluvia of fuch 
an infenfible Tranfpiration are an inflammable Mine, 
eafily apt to kindle, whenever a Fridion, be it ever 
fo fmall, puts them in quick Motion, and increafes 
their Velocity. 
We acknowledge the Difcovery of this evident 
Truth from Mr. Hauksbee , F. R. S. in the Experi- 
ment fo much known of the Glafs Globe , p. 30, 
to which 1 refer the Reader. I faw this Experi- 
ment at Rome ; and altho’ it feems that the Light 
be only Phofphorus produced by the Effluvia com- 
ing out of the Hand, and of the Glafs, it may never- 
thelefs occafion further Meditation on the prefenc 
Cafe. 
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