"The internal spirit, which, like a gentle flame, wastes the body down to death: --And secondly, the external air, that parches the body up to ashes: --which two enemies attacking us on both sides of our bodies together, at length destroy our organs, and render them unfit to carry on the functions of life."

: the internal spirit, which, like a gentle flame, wastes the body down to death:
And secondly, the external air, that parches the body: these two enemies, attacking us together, at length destroy our organs, and make them unfit to carry on the functions of life.
