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 of pefiilentidl Difeafes. 5 t felf have fome Parts too fine, and others too grofs, befides the Inequalities in the Times and Quantities of its Separation } from all which the fame Author accounts for thofe Affections, termed nervous, which are the Concomitants of Fevers : And in the Profecution hereof he frequently takes Occafion to fpeak of this Fluid to be thin, iharp, hot, fiery, dry, &c. as the faline and rigid Parts in its Compofition are by the Diftemper more or lefs fubtilized, or more or lefs defrauded of its humid Parts by Exhalation. FURTHERMORE, in this great Diforder of the Conftitution, and inordinate Hurry and Collu&ation of the Fluids, fome- times the Solids are maintained in their Contractions and Motions, until the Particles, either introduced from Abroad, or gene* rated in the Body, which cannot be aflimu- lated into homogeneous Qualities, are thrown out of the Courfe of Circulation by the natural Difcharges-, by Tranfpira- tion, or by Abcefces ; and the animal Fluids reftored to their natural State. But when Matters are brought to this pals, it happens that the very Means of faving one Perfon, may prove the Deftru&ion of many others;