io8 Of Tre/erVation cy, to kill all Dogs, Cats, and other do^ meftick Brutes, left thefe Creatures in their PafTage from r one Place to another iliould carry along with them the peftiiential In. fedion. YET although both the Makers and Executors of the Laws were very diligent in their Duty during the late Sicknefs, the Con- tagion notwithftanding fpread j when there- fore all the Care and Skill of the Magiftrate could avail nothing in flopping the common Deftroyer, the utmoft Application was* made to preferve the Individuals under itsVifita- tioii : For which Purpofe, firft of all were removed all Means of rendering our Bodies more fubjecl: to take the Infection, and the beft Care taken to fortifie 'the Conftitution againft its Attacks, and to lupport it under its Tyranny* 1 know not indeed a greater Neglect than in not keeping the Body clean, and keeping at a Diftance every Thing fuper- Huous or offenfive ; and during the pefti- iential Conftitution, nothing was worfe than Evacuations of all Kinds: But if a Ple- thora required Phlebotomy, the Blood mould be taken away by a fmall Orifice, in but little
