of a Tefl'ilence. 75 Tokens of a Peftilence are from a fpiritual and an invifible Caufe, and whofe Effe&s may perhaps fometimes be laid open to Sight, yet I have no Intention to difcourage anatomical DiiTeftions as a needlefs Trouble, for by fuch Light, Medicine is recovered from the Reproach of Conjecture} but when Bodies are opened which have been deftroyed by fuch fubtile A gents as here fpoke of, there is no Confidence to be given from thence to the Nature of the Difeafe - and thofe who have been moft knowing in the Nature, Ufe, and Diforders of the Spirits, very well can direcl: how to re- cover thofe Diforders, and avoid future Ineonyeniencies by immediate Application thereunto. AND Laftly, to conclude this Do&rine concerning the Spirits Infection, this irre- fragable Argument may be produced from the Intention of Cure j for I have expe- rienced by more than a thoufand Injftances, that the more Cardiack and jllexifharmick Medicines are fubtle and fpirituous, the more certainly do they encounter the pe- ftilential Foifon with Succefs • whereas, on the contrary, thole Medicines which are coarfer
