1on of the principal ſubject of our Engine,
namely, The uſe of Reſpiration; or ra
ther, The uſe of the Air in Reſpiration.
For whereas of the divers uſes of it men
tion'd by Anatomiſts the moſt, ſuch as
the Production and Modulation of the
Voice by the Eliſion of the Air, the La
rynx &c. the expulſion of Excrements
by Coughing, the conveying in of Odours
by Inſpiration, and ſome others, rather
convenient for the well being of an Ani
mal, then abſolutely neceſſary to his Life:
Whereas (I ſay) the other uſes are ſuch as
we have ſaid, The great Hippocrates him
ſelf gives this notable Teſtimony to the
uſe of the Air, as to Animals endow'd
with Lungs, Mortalibus (ſays he) hic (ſpi
ritus) tum vitæ, tum morborum ægrotis cau
ſa eſt. Tantáque corporibus omnibus ſpi
ritûs ineſt neceßitas, ut ſiquidem aliis om
nibus & cibis & potionibus, quis abſtineat,
duos tamen aut tres, vel plures dies poßit vi
tam ducere: At ſi quis ſpiritus in corpus
vias intercipiat, vel exiguâ diei parte, ho
mini pereundum ſit; Adeo neceſſarius eſt
uſus ſpiritûs in corpore. Ad hæc quo〈qué〉,
quum omnibus aliis actionibus homines qui
eſcant, quod mutationibus innumer is vita
ſit expoſita, ab hâc tamen ſolâ actione nun-
namely, The uſe of Reſpiration; or ra
ther, The uſe of the Air in Reſpiration.
For whereas of the divers uſes of it men
tion'd by Anatomiſts the moſt, ſuch as
the Production and Modulation of the
Voice by the Eliſion of the Air, the La
rynx &c. the expulſion of Excrements
by Coughing, the conveying in of Odours
by Inſpiration, and ſome others, rather
convenient for the well being of an Ani
mal, then abſolutely neceſſary to his Life:
Whereas (I ſay) the other uſes are ſuch as
we have ſaid, The great Hippocrates him
ſelf gives this notable Teſtimony to the
uſe of the Air, as to Animals endow'd
with Lungs, Mortalibus (ſays he) hic (ſpi
ritus) tum vitæ, tum morborum ægrotis cau
ſa eſt. Tantáque corporibus omnibus ſpi
ritûs ineſt neceßitas, ut ſiquidem aliis om
nibus & cibis & potionibus, quis abſtineat,
duos tamen aut tres, vel plures dies poßit vi
tam ducere: At ſi quis ſpiritus in corpus
vias intercipiat, vel exiguâ diei parte, ho
mini pereundum ſit; Adeo neceſſarius eſt
uſus ſpiritûs in corpore. Ad hæc quo〈qué〉,
quum omnibus aliis actionibus homines qui
eſcant, quod mutationibus innumer is vita
ſit expoſita, ab hâc tamen ſolâ actione nun-
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