jj 6 Phe Pores of the Skin. 
Dr. Nathanael Grew obferves, that 
the * Pores through which we perfpire are 
more particularly remarkable in the Hands 
and Feet; for if the Hand be well walked 
with Soap, and examined with but an indif¬ 
ferent Glafs, in the Palm, or upon the Ends 
and hrft Joints of the Thumb and Fingers, 
innumerable little Ridges parallel to each 
other, of equal Bignefs and Diftance, will be 
found ; upon which Ridges the Pores may 
be perceived by a very good Eye, lying in 
Rows, even without a Glafs : but, viewed 
through a good Glafs, every Pore feems like 
a little Fountain, with the Sweat Handing 
therein as clear as Rock-Water ; and, if 
wiped away, it will be found immediately 
to fpring up again. 
When we coniider the Multitude of Ori- 
•x 
flees all over the Skin, it is reafonable to 
imagine, that minute Animals, as Fleas, 
Lice, Gnats, &c. do not with their ilendei* 
Inflruments make new Perforations, but 
rather thruft or inhnuate them into the Vef- 
fels of the Skin, and fuck out the Blood, or 
. what other Humour is their proper Ali¬ 
ment. 
* Thilofopb. Tranf, Numb. 159, 
CHAP, 
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