Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660

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