Now it is certain, that the radical heat lives in the radical moisture, but whether _vice vers_, is a doubt: however, when the one decays, the other decays also; and then is produced, either an unnatural heat, which causes an unnatural dryness----or an unnatural moisture, which causes dropsies. ----So that if a child, as he grows up, can but be taught to avoid running into fire or water, as either of 'em threaten his destruction, ----'twill be all that is needful to be done upon that head.----
'Now it is certain that the radical heat lives in the radical moisture, but whether vice versa, is a doubt. However, when the one decays, the other decays also; causing either an unnatural heat and dryness - or an unnatural moisture, leading to dropsies. So that if a child, as he grows up, can be taught to avoid running into fire or water, as either of 'em threaten his destruction, 'twill be all that needs to be done on that account.'