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

  • John Arbuthnot
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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    ^ ^ A y coni^tY'mng the The fickly Cdriftitutlon at^ tending Thaws is mended by Winds blow- iiif the Vapoursv - p ^ ^ - a>^G.iFfom extreme ■ ahd lafting' Coldj^ a great Run df\^ople^irii and other coil- generous Difea&s, Catarrhs^'Vertigoes. ' XCC Frdm^ great Heat and Drought/ burning eotilinrUed Fevers, attended with Haemorrages, bilious Vomitings, andDe- jeaioni.--- ^ = ' . VvP... ■ uOCCIh In ^Mildews which Ve¬ getables, ^hd^Iorning and E\^fting Ait dangetousr Northerly and Eafterly Winds, which ftof) the Perfpiratk]^ of Vegetables (abating their Fragradty)''ha^0^pr6babl/ the fame Effedt upon Mankind. . XGIII. E|)idCmical Difckfes depend not only on the prefent, but the previous Con^ ftitution both of the Air and Patient : 'A hot Seafoil often produeeth The Scurvy and other cOtaneous Irruptions; after pre-^' vious-Gold’-Jthere have beeii Scurvies? which were exafperated by Heat^- as that in the Memoirs Acaderny de Sci^ ences, -? XGIV. Weather which produeeth no uneafy SenTation in Human BodieSj is wholldm as long-as it lafts; but the Indo- loice produc'd by fuch Weather may make?lhem TxiiGre fenfible of the Agita- 17 tionSj
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