An essay to shew the cause of electricity; and why some things are non-electricable : in which is also consider'd its influence in the blasts on human bodies, in the blights on trees, in the damps in mines, and as it may affect the sensitive plant, &c / In a letter to Mr. William Watson. By John Freke.

  • John Freke
Date:
1746
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Credit: An essay to shew the cause of electricity; and why some things are non-electricable : in which is also consider'd its influence in the blasts on human bodies, in the blights on trees, in the damps in mines, and as it may affect the sensitive plant, &c / In a letter to Mr. William Watson. By John Freke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [jo] Now, if you further conflder the Air as loaded with any or all of thefe Vapours and Effluvia, and de¬ manding Entrance with the Authority of Fire, its Companion, is it any Won¬ der, that the Rheumatifm, and many other bad Effects, which frequently happen, in unguarded Seafons, to Mankind, may be owing to the Caufe here treated of? I remember that a Perfon, riding in an open Chaife, in an Eafterly Wind, receiv’d a Stroke upon one of his Scapula s, with as great Pain, and with the fame kind of Senfation, as if he had been ftuck with a Dagger. Upon which he inftantly faid to his Friend in the Chaife, He expected a violent Rheumatifm from it. Which accordingly happen’d; for he was not able to quit his Bed for Three Weeks 5 after.