1Pecquet) hath been newly mix'd with it in
the Heart.) And this Opinion is that of
the Induſtrious Mœbius, and is ſaid to
have been that of that excellent Philoſo
pher Gaſſendus; and hath been in part an
Opinion almoſt vulgar: But this Hypo
theſis may be explicated two ways: For
firſt, The neceſſity of the Air in Reſpi
ration, may be ſuppoſ'd to proceed from
hence; That as a Flame cannot long burn
in a narrow and cloſe place, becauſe the
Fuliginous Steams it unceſſantly throws
out, cannot be long receiv'd into the am
bient Body; which after a while growing
too full of them, to admit any more, ſti
fles the flame, ſo that the vital Fire in the
Heart requires an ambient Body, of a
yielding nature, to receive into it the ſu
perfluous Seroſities and other Recrements
of the Blood, whoſe ſeaſonable Expulſi
on is requiſite to depurate the Maſs of
Blood, and make it fit both to Circulate;
and to maintain the vital heat reſiding in
the Heart. The other way of explicating
the above-mention'd Hypotheſis, is, by
ſuppoſing, that the Air does not onely, as
a Receptacle, admit into its Pores the Ex
crementitious vapors of the Blood, when
they are expell'd through the Wind-Pipe,
the Heart.) And this Opinion is that of
the Induſtrious Mœbius, and is ſaid to
have been that of that excellent Philoſo
pher Gaſſendus; and hath been in part an
Opinion almoſt vulgar: But this Hypo
theſis may be explicated two ways: For
firſt, The neceſſity of the Air in Reſpi
ration, may be ſuppoſ'd to proceed from
hence; That as a Flame cannot long burn
in a narrow and cloſe place, becauſe the
Fuliginous Steams it unceſſantly throws
out, cannot be long receiv'd into the am
bient Body; which after a while growing
too full of them, to admit any more, ſti
fles the flame, ſo that the vital Fire in the
Heart requires an ambient Body, of a
yielding nature, to receive into it the ſu
perfluous Seroſities and other Recrements
of the Blood, whoſe ſeaſonable Expulſi
on is requiſite to depurate the Maſs of
Blood, and make it fit both to Circulate;
and to maintain the vital heat reſiding in
the Heart. The other way of explicating
the above-mention'd Hypotheſis, is, by
ſuppoſing, that the Air does not onely, as
a Receptacle, admit into its Pores the Ex
crementitious vapors of the Blood, when
they are expell'd through the Wind-Pipe,