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 2© The Caufes and Cure ft ilenHal Diftempers. Hippocrates (t) afcribes a great deal to fuch an Air, and relates a Teftilence that had its Rife from great Heat, joined with Southerly Winds and much Rain. Galen is of the fame Mind, as appears from v feveral of his Writings (d) 9 with many others, too tedious to mention. The Truth of this is likewife manifeft from the Kiftories of thofe Countries, where there are long fettled Heats, and afterwards much Rain, as in feveral Parts of the Eaft-Indies y which are known at fuch Times to be mojft grievoufly affli£ted with Fevers and Difeafes of a very malignant Kind. The fame we are informed of from fome Places in Africa (f), ' viz.* That if Showers fall foon upon the fultry Heats of July and Auguft, pefti- lential Diftempers certainly enfue. It may be generally obferved here too in our own Climate, that the mofl unhealthful Times are after warm Rains, and the more if the Air is then agitated but little with Winds. FROM (c) Epidem. Lib. 2 & 3. de Aere Aquis & Locis. Aph. 1 1. Sett. 3. (d) Comment, in Epidem. Lib. 3. de differ. Febr. Cap. 4 de Temperam. Lib. 1. Cap. 4. (c) Vid. PMrchasVWgv. Lib. 6. C. i, as zlCoJoatt.Lct Hi ft., stfrit. Lib. 1. Cap. 1.