May not the OXYGEN, or VITAL, AIR, by
uniting with the Blood, and creating fuch a
beautiful Colour to the Complexion, fuperfede
in Time all other Cofmetics?

{The EFFECTS arifing from Exercise are,

1ft. An INCREASED QUANTITY of VI-
TAL AIR in the BLOOD.

2d. An accelerated CIRCULATION.

3d. An Increase of VITAL HEAT.
4th. An improved APPETITE,

As the THREE LAST EFFECTS are probably
dependant on the FIRST, May not the In-
halation of a SUPER-OXYGENATED Atmo-
SPHERE Jupply the Want of Exercise to those
who are incapable of the Fatigue it occa-
fions?

OF CLOTHING.

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SECT. XII. OF THE CLOTHING OF INFANTS.

The Reason why the Clothing of Infants is

generally improper,

The Babe newly born fhould be rubbed with
the warm Hand; a Belly-band of fleecy
Hofiery fhould be put on; and the rest of
its Garment fhould be warm and loose. It
fhould then be laid by the Side of the fond
mother,

257

ib.

ib.

258

259

The

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{The baneful Effects of PRESSURE on Infants, 260

SECT. XIII. OF THE CLOTHING OF ADults.

The Clothing of Animals provident NATURE
hath fuited to the Climate and Seafon of the
Year,

SHE is accufed by PLINY as having caft Man
naked into this World, and unprovided
against the Inclemency of the Weather,

261

- 262

But Man is endowed with REASON, which
fhould teach him to accommodate himself to
the Nature of his Situation,

ib.

The Perverfion of THIS FACULTY hewn in the
FASHIONS OF DRESS,

ib.

Small Eyes and long Ears conftitute the Idea

of Beauty among the TARTARS and the
Nations beyond the INDUS,

263

The Modes OF WEARING THE HAIR among

different Nations,

ib.

264

The Way by which the TIE-WIG, the Emblem of pro-
feffional Knowledge, came into difufe, -

{Large Eyes are esteemed in GREECE and A

RABIA,

-In America a TRIBE of INDIANS flatten the
Forehead, and file all the front Teeth to a
Point,

In AFRICA they flatten the Nofe to accom

plish their Idea of Beauty,

ib.

ib.

265

In CHINA the Nails are fuffered to grow to an enormous Length, and the Feet are pinched into the smallest Size poffible,

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265

This latter Cuftom has unfortunately reached THESE KINGDOMS; and high Heels are moreover added to the Shoes of the Ladies, ib.

{The EVILS which arife from this Fashion,

ib.

{The Abfurdity and Danger of STAYS set forth, 266 {A very striking Example of THIS TRUTH,

From the unfettled State of the Weather in ENGLAND the Inhabitants are fubject to frequent Colds,

{These prove fatal to thoufands every Year,

{They may in a great Measure be prevented by the proper Confideration of CLOTHING,

{The Reason why Women more frequently fall

Victims to CONSUMPTION than Men,

ib.

267

ib.

ib.

268

ib.

Inftead of Linen next the Skin we fhould wear the FLEECÝ HOSIERY,

{The Superiority of the FLEECY HOSIERY to FLANNEL,

Sir BENJAMIN THOMSON'S Experience refpecting Flannel,

269

ib.

ib.

The

And lastly, As promoting good Humour, ib.

The DUTCH, who clothe well, and live in a moift and bad Air, are not subject to ConJumptions,

{Jo

JONAS HANWAY, who was in a Decline, recovered his Health by going to Holland,

The Practice of the FRENCH PHYSICIANS oppofed to that of OUR COUNTRYMEN, and the Reason we have to fufpect that the FORMER are right in their Ideas with regard to Confumption,

ib.

ib.

ib.

{BOERHAAVE's favourite Receipt for Health, - 271

{On

On the Neceffity of PERSPIRATION, and the
Manner of its Production,

The Reafon why FLEECY HOSIERY, which

is warm in Winter, is cool in Summer,

ib.

272

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{ It is

It is a falfe Notion to suppose that COLD har-
dens Children, as it does Steel, -

{They should be clothed sufficiently wARM,

1ft. As a Proof of this, the Children in
our CLIMATE are fubject to Difeafes
and Dangers, to which they are not
liable in the warmer Climate of ITALY.

2d. Nearly two Thirds of the Poor, born
in THIS ISLAND, perish in their In-
fancy,

3d. When paffed that Period, it appears
upon enquiry, that Confumptions are
not lefs frequent among the Poor than
the better Order of People, ~

FAT PEOPLE have lefs need of warm Clothing

{ An Example of the benevalent Care of PROVIDENCE to

the lower Order of Animals in cold Climates,

273 ib.

ib.

274

ib.

ib.

{OLD PEOPLE ought rather to exceed than be deficient in the Quantity of their Clothing, ib.

{

A Person wearing fleecy Hofiery next the Skin
may drefs above for ORNAMENT, -

ON CLEANLINESS.

If CLEANLINESS be proper for Health, it is

certainly more fo for the Sick,

g

275

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