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 of peflikntial f)if?afe$. 9 toreftus (d) i the abovernentioned Parrey (c) and Agricola (f) y all take Notice of Plague^ arifing . from the Stench of putrefying Fiih that were thrown dead upon the Shores. OTHER Steams of the fame Efficacy Frequently arife from the Putrefactions of fragnant Waters, and other Bodies, which^ in fome particular Confiitutions of Air, are apt to corrupt, and emit very orrenflve Efflu- via* Dr. Mead (V) relates from Diogenes Lacrtius Qi) y that Emfedocles oblerved a pe- fdlential Difeafe to afSift the Salinumij, from the Putrefaction of a certain River ;, to re- medy which, he contrived to have the Streams of two other neighbouring Pvivers drained into it, which, by their Increafe of the Current, with an additional Weight and PrelTure of Water, brought the former to its ufual Sweetnefs, and fo put a Stop to the Plague* T O this Purpofe Dn Plot (>') obferves^ the Reafons why Oxford is now much more A 4 health- (d) In his Scholium upon Obf. 9. Lib. 6, U) De Pefte, Lib. 6. (/) De Pefte, Lib; 1. ig) Pr^ef. de imperio Solis acLunS, &s (h) Lib. 8. Segon.70. (/) S^at; Hift. of Oxf&dfhirei Chap. i.