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a quantity of the action of life fufficient to deftroy the 
very powers themielv.es. (•) The fame effects probably 
take place even in perfect health. It appears, from ex- 
periments made in a hot room, which were read to this 
Society, that a perfon in health, expofed to a great degree 
of heat, found the addons of life accelerated lb much as 
to produce faintnefs and debility. 
If bed-cloaths are put over the perfon fo as fcarce 
to touch him, ffeam of volatile alkali, or of warm bal- 
fams and effential oils, may be thrown in, fo as to 
come in contact with many parts of his body. It will 
certainly prove advantageous if the fame fleams can be 
conveyed into the ftomach, as that feat of univerfal fym- 
pathy will by thefe means be roufed. This may be done 
by a hollow bougie and a lyringe; but this operation 
ffiould be performed with all poffible nimblenefs, be- 
caufe the inffrument, by continuing in the mouth, may 
produce iicknefs, an effect I ffiould chufe to avoid. Some 
of the ffimulating fubftances, which are of a warm na- 
ture, and have an immediate effebl, may be thrown into 
the ftomach in a fluid ftate; viz. fpirits of hartfhorn, 
peppermint water, juice of horfe-raddilli; as many others 
alfo, which produce a more lafting Jiiniulus , as balfams 
and turpentines, fuch as are found to quicken the pulle of 
a man in health ; but the quantity mull; be fmall, as they 
have a tendency to produce Iicknefs. The fame lleam 
and fubftances ffiould alfo be thrown up by the anus. 
( e ) It is upon this principle that parts mortify in confccpiencc 'of inflam- 
mation. 
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