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bone_n be_v find_v to_o retain_v their_o entire_a bigness_n though_o a_o piece_n of_o bone_n be_v soon_o dissolve_v by_o a_o corrosive_a liquor_n such_o as_o aquafortis_n than_o muscular_a fibre_n of_o equal_a quantity_n or_o weight_n it_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v observe_v upon_o this_o subject_a that_o when_o the_o change_n of_o part_n be_v gradual_a and_o in_o the_o course_n of_o some_o year_n the_o body_n may_v still_o be_v the_o same_o as_o it_o can_v not_o be_v if_o the_o change_n be_v make_v all_o at_o once_o a_o ship_n or_o house_n remain_v the_o same_o though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o often_o repair_v and_o though_o the_o material_n in_o succession_n of_o time_n be_v all_o or_o most_o of_o they_o renew_v whereas_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v take_v to_o piece_n all_o at_o once_o and_o all_o the_o material_n shall_v be_v change_v and_o new_a material_n of_o the_o same_o figure_n and_o dimension_n shall_v be_v exact_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n frame_v and_o build_v up_o together_o in_o their_o stead_n these_o will_v make_v another_o house_n or_o ship_n and_o not_o the_o same_o that_o be_v before_o but_o when_o the_o part_n which_o constitute_v the_o humane_a body_n and_o give_v it_o the_o denomination_n of_o the_o body_n of_o this_o or_o that_o individual_a man_n continue_v the_o same_o the_o same_o person_n have_v the_o same_o body_n in_o his_o old_a age_n that_o he_o have_v in_o his_o youth_n as_o true_o as_o he_o have_v the_o same_o body_n in_o sickness_n which_o he_o have_v in_o health_n and_o the_o same_o under_o the_o languish_n of_o a_o consumption_n which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o great_a vigour_n and_o strength_n for_o the_o change_n be_v only_o in_o the_o variable_a and_o accidental_a part_n which_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o constitute_v the_o body_n of_o such_o a_o man_n and_o the_o necessary_a constituent_a part_n though_o they_o be_v change_v or_o alter_v as_o in_o some_o very_a rare_a case_n they_o may_v be_v be_v so_o few_o in_o comparison_n of_o the_o rest_n which_o make_v up_o the_o bulk_n of_o a_o man_n body_n can_v hardly_o be_v suppose_v by_o the_o devour_a of_o cannibal_n or_o by_o any_o other_o accident_n to_o become_v the_o constituent_a part_n of_o any_o other_o man_n body_n x._o body_n sanctor_n de_fw-fr staticâ_fw-la medicinà _fw-fr sect._n 1_o aph._n vi_fw-la lix_o lx_o sect._n iii._o aph._n x._o sanctorius_n from_o his_o statick_a experiment_n have_v observe_v that_o a_o very_a inconsiderable_a part_n of_o what_o we_o eat_v be_v turn_v to_o nourishment_n and_o from_o the_o small_a proportion_n which_o the_o necessary_a constituent_a part_n bear_v to_o the_o rest_n and_o the_o unfitness_n of_o they_o as_o of_o bones_o etc._n etc._n to_o nourish_v it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o little_a or_o nothing_o of_o that_o which_o turn_v to_o nourishment_n can_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v of_o those_o constituent_a part_n and_o consider_v further_o the_o great_a change_n which_o happen_v in_o our_o body_n in_o the_o continual_a flux_n of_o part_n and_o the_o small_a proportion_n again_o which_o the_o constituent_a or_o necessary_a essential_a part_n have_v to_o the_o rest_n we_o may_v conclude_v suppose_v those_o part_n as_o well_o as_o other_o to_o suffer_v alteration_n that_o it_o be_v the_o great_a odds_o that_o the_o constituent_a part_n which_o turn_v to_o nourishment_n do_v not_o by_o that_o nourishment_n happen_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o constituent_a part_n of_o the_o man_n body_n who_o be_v nourish_v by_o they_o when_o he_o come_v to_o die_v so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v live_v whole_o upon_o humane_a flesh_n which_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v believe_v that_o ever_o any_o man_n do_v yet_o it_o will_v perhaps_o be_v above_o a_o hundred_o to_o one_o whether_o any_o constituent_a part_n of_o his_o body_n be_v make_v up_o when_o he_o die_v of_o the_o constituent_a part_n of_o any_o