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Morton particularly entertained this 
opinion, and no one has given fo many 
fails in fupport of it as he has done. 
“ All difeafes,” “ fays he, whether pri¬ 
mary or fecondary, arife immediately from 
a derangement of the fpirits, as do like wife 
mediately difeafes of parts.” 
44 Quod ad morbas attinet primarib uni- 
verfales, et acutOs quorum primum vel 
infultum comitantur vehementia fympto- 
mata: illi certe a fegni humdrum mafia 
quippe particulis conftat craflis, et max¬ 
ima ex parte motu tantum aliunde commu- 
nicato praeditis, in inftanti oriri, concipi 
nequeunt, fine fpiritibus earn agitantibuSs 
praefertim fi ferio perpendatur, quomodo 
fanguis humanus ac alii humores prsepa- 
rari poftulant antequam aliquam infigneril 
mutationem fubire obferventur. Perdnet 
hue atque digniffimum eft notatu, quod a 
principio horum morborum tota trageedia 
in genere nervofo agitur, antequam fan- 
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