PROP. II.

The Magnitude of the Particles of the Blood being increased, those

Capillary Vessels nearest the Heart will be soonest obstructed, and

_vice versa_; The rest in Proportion to the Velocity of the Blood,

Diameters of the Canals, and their Distance from the Heart.

_Demonstration._

This is sufficiently evident from the foregoing; For the sooner those

_Moleculæ_ arrive at the Capillary Vessels, the sooner those Vessels

will be obstructed, and _vice versa_, and consequently _cæteris paribus_

the Capillaries of the Branches C, H, in the preceeding Figure, which

are nearest the Heart, will be sooner obstructed than those of E, F.

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