342 Medicina Statica . 
Stomach gives to the defcending Blood , whereby the Head has a greater Share , and confequently are there more Spirits feparated into the Nerves which move the Heart , and influence the Pulfe of all the Arteries . 
A P H . LV . 
44 There is an cafy and a continual Egrcfs and * 4 Ingrcfs of Air thro' all the Pores of the Body . 
Explanation . ' ] This may be conceived from what hath been before faid under the firft Aphorifms of San florins's fécond Sefli ort , concerning Water in Bathing , which fee . 
A P H . LVI . 
44 Thofe watery Particles which float about in the 44 Air like Vapours , arc attracted by the Skin , and 44 mixed with the Blood , and add to the Weight of 44 our Bodies . 
Explanation . ' ] For this the Author refers to his Tables , where he fays , that eighteen Ounces was gained from the moift Air in one Night . But how this can be afccrtained I cannot yet conceive , nor how fo great a Quantity can be difpenfed with , without great Mifciiiefs - , tho' the following fecms probable , that 
A P H . LVII . 
♦ 4 Bodies emaciated by Sicknefs , or Evacuation , 
draw more than full ones . 
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Explanation . ] Bccaufe fuch Emptinefs cannot but add to that Faculty , which admits the Introduction of any Fluid into the Body through the Pores of the Skin . 
A P H . LVIII . 
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We attrait more in a rainy Seafon , than a dry * 4 one - , more in the Night than in the Day ; more f * fleeping than waking ; and from hence it is , that f * the Pay's Perfpiration is greater than that in the fj J^ight ,