← Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. II
Chapter 25
Decreased Action of the Secerning System
Ordo II.
Decreased Irritation.
Genus II.
These are always attended with decrease of partial, or of general heat; for as the heat of animal bodies is the consequence of their various secretions, and is perpetually passing away into the ambient air, or other bodies in contact with them; when these secretions become diminished, or cease, the heat of the part or of the whole is soon diminished, or ceases along with them.