TITLE XXXVI. Of the Air destroying or introducing other less obvious Qualities into Animal Sub∣stances. TITLE XXXVII. Of the Air destroying or introducing other less obvious Qualities into Vegetable Sub∣stances.
* 1.1THE Heat and Moisture of the Air in Gui∣nea, hath been observ'd so much to pro∣mote Putrefaction, that Maggots were found in white Sugar; several Drugs have lost their Vir∣tues; and Ointments became verminous: And in the Island St. Jago, the sweet Meats contract∣ed such a Moisture in one Night, that they were forc'd to dry them in the Sun.
The Oxford Air being generally moist, agrees not with splenetick Bodies. Mr. J. T.
Air too dry, tho' hot, produces not divers Insects, such as white Snails and Fleas, which are bred in wet Summers.