But since none of these Methods promise any certain Protection; as _leaving_ the Place infected is the surest _Preservative_, so the next to it, is to avoid, as much as may be, the _near Approach_ to the _Sick_, or to such as have but _lately Recovered_. For the greater Security herein, it will be advisable to avoid all _Crouds of People_. Nay it should be the Care of the _Magistrate_ to prohibit all unnecessary _Assemblies_; and likewise to oblige all, who get over the Disease, to _Confine_ themselves for some time, before they appear abroad. The Advice to keep at a Distance from the _Sick_, is also to be understood of the _Dead Bodies_: which should be _buried_ at as great a Distance from Dwelling Houses, as may be; put _deep_ in the Earth; and _covered_ with the exactest Care. They should likewise be _carried out_ in the _Night_, while they are yet fresh and free from Putrefaction: Because a Carcass not yet beginning to Corrupt, if kept from the Heat of the Day, hardly emits any kind of Steam or Vapour. As for those, who must of necessity attend the _Sick_; some further Directions should be added for their Use. These may be comprehended in two short Precepts. _One_ is, not to _swallow their Spittle_ while they are about the _Sick_, but rather to _spit_ it out: _The other_, not so much as to _draw in their Breath_, when they are very near them. The reason for both these appears from what has been said above concerning the Manner, in which a sound Person receives the Infection.