An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies / By John Arbuthnot.

  • Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
Date:
1733
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Credit: An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies / By John Arbuthnot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tender Lungs, than that of England, tho’ ic muft neceffarily be moifter; but it is free from Mineral Steams, of which there are none in the Country. The Lungs being the chief Organ of Sangui- fication, good Air mutt help the fecond Digeftion; and we often fee] the Effes of good Air, as well in Stomachick as in Peétoral Cafes, In fhort, Air has fo great an Influence, both upon the Fluids and Solids of Human Bodies, that it is Matter of Experience that fome People find themfelves much diforder’d in one fort of Air and Weather, and perfeétly well in another; the Caufe of which Change is eafily difcoverable by any Per- Air, and the Conftitution of the Patient; and for this fingle | Reafon, the Nature and Effe&s of Ait are a very proper Subject of Study, becaufe the Choice. of it is often a neceflary Part of Advice. ‘The Effects of Air, when it enters the Tho- rax by an Aperture, are very much to be tegarded in the Management of Wounds in the Thorax; for firft, the Air which enters into the Phorax, is a Counterpoi ife to that which enters by Inf{piration, ad muft ftop: the Expanfion of that Lobe ef the Lungs where the Appetite is. The Air catering into the Cavity of the