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 1 4 *The Caufes and Cure came to congratulate him upon his fafe Return, they went fo near as to lpeak to him, and take hold of him, before they per- ceived him to be dead, T O Blafis of this kind it undoubtedly is, that Fruit Trees and Plants do fo frequently fuller, efpecially after a warm early Spring, after the vegetable Juices have began to rife and ihoot into Buds and Leaves. Inftances of this Nature we frequently rind in our own Country ^ and I have had Opportunity to obferve, more than once, that upon fuch Blafis, the Trees have, on that Side towards the Wind, been iri one Night's Time quite changed in the Colour of the Leaves - and fbme, of. the mofi tender fort, almoit. ftripped bare, their Leaves falling off dry, as in ^4u* tumru m BUT there is fomething yet further, be- fides particular Constitutions of Air, that is taken Notice of by Fhyficians, as a general Caufe of Maladies of this kind ^ and that is what is commonly called Contagion, or Infecti- on •, by this Term Contagion, is understood a Diieaie arifmg from the LontacT: of fuch Bo- dies or Particles as have in- them a Power of Altering the due Crafis of a healthful Perfon,