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 of the late <pe [tilence. 17$ THE general Remedies being thus pro- vided, the exacl Way of Living and Diet comes to be coniidered : And firft of all, v/henfoever the Patient is taken, he muft immediately be put to Bed} wherein we have found it much more ferviceable to be covered with Blankets, than Linen Sheets* becaufe the Woollen much better encou- rages Sweating^ and alfo abforps it, and keeps the Body cleaner all the while t, for Linen being not fuited to drink up the Sweat, the Pores of the Body, at fiich Times as open as poflible, will be choaked up and obftru&ed by the Moifiure hanging upon the Skin, and giving alfo a Chiilinefs to the Flefh. : To all therefore who fweat thus, Change of Cioaths is to be denied, for the Patient takes Harm by clean Cover- ings, not fo much from any prejudicial Qua- lity of the Soap abounding in them, (ac- cording to the Opinion of BiemehrooecJz) as from a Dampnefs which is infeparable frofri them, and the Approach of Air which is unavoidable in the Shifting - both which will check the Sweating.- UNLESS the Patient hath Gccafion for a Vomit, or Purge, or a Clyfter, imme- i % diatily