and a Contagion. 47 LASTLY, If Arguments taken to this Purpofe from the Method of Cure were valid, from thence it may be gathered, that a faline Spirit hath a great Share in giving Rife to a PefKlence} for in our cu- rative Regards for this Diftemper, a skilful and upright Phyfician bends his whole Care at firfl to prevent its Attack, which he does by the Ufe of oleaginous Subftan- ces, by that Means expecting to cover over the Stomach as it were with a Plafter, to guard it againft. iharp and corrofive Effluvia ; the fame Intention is alfo purfued by Me- dicines, in endeavouring to defend againfl the poifonous Taint, or throw it out when received by 'Alexifaarmicks and Diafho~ retich : For every one who is but tolera- bly converfant in fuch Practice, very well knows that the faline Particles are thrown oif this Way much more effectually than by any other } and a further Denionftrati- on of this Matter is alio, that the Sweat of infected Perfons, as in the late Sickneis, gives extream pungent Pains by its Acri- mony in its Exit j and that the more brackifh fiich Sweat comes out, the more ferviceable it proves j whereas when it happened to be foft
