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 of a <Peftilence. 7 they retreat, and are taken Prifoners, leav- ing the whole Body defencelefs. Hence the Infeftion runs through all the Bloody whereby the Heart and Lungs are princi- pal Sufferers. Hence follows fuch a Cor- ruption of the nutritive fluids, that the whole nervous Syftem is difturbed, the burn- ing Heat of the Pancreas produces the in oft extream Sicknefs and hence follows fuch a Depravation of the whole Machine, that all the vital Faculties ceafe to aft, and Death clofes the fatal Scene. BUT I do not at all fee how fuch a noble Part as the Heart, ihould be firft affefted by any particular fpecirlck Qua- lity in the Poifon of a Plague, more than any other as if it was fo fpight- f ill, as ibme would have it, to attack the principles of Life at once ^ for the Heart feems at fir ft to be affefted chiefly from the Multiplicity of VefTels, and the great Crowd of Circulation that Way, giving Opportunity for the Venom fooner to ar- rive thither - 7 concerning which we ihall have Occaiion to fay more under that Head of Symptoms. > UPON