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mal Spirits are fo much, and only accufed, does not 
partly arife from' a fluggiih Secretion and Excretion of 
the B'tle^ occafioning a Defed in its Qjiantityj or 
from its Acrimony and great Vifcofity, occalioned by 
its Stagnation in the Gall-Bladder ; or from both 
thefe, as well as from a defective or unequal Diftribu- 
tion of the Blood and Spirits in the Parts affeded. In 
confirmation of which, I have generally obferved, that 
at fome time or other in the Cure, a great Evacuation of 
' porraceoLis vifcid Aifc brought away either by Art or 
Nature, as well as a great Profufion of pale Urine^ finifii 
ed the Cure for that Time. The Vomiting of porraceous 
Bile-i very common in fuch Cafes, proves the fame ; and,. 
I believe, it is generally allowed, that the ferruginous, 
porraceous and black Colour of the Bile^ are owing to 
Ihorter or longer Stagnations of it, chiefiy in the Gall- 
Bladder^ which the fedentary Life of thofe who are 
fubjed to thefe Cholics,, will fufficiently account for, 
even if there was no other Error in their Way of li* 
ving and whoever has obferved the high yellow Co- 
lour and Contents of the Urine in a Jaundice^ ari- 
fing from, a Redundancy of Bile in the Bloody will 
readily acknowledge that an uncommon watery Pale- 
nefs in the Urine^ where no more than the ufual Qiian- 
tity of Fluids has been taken down to dilute it, does 
fliew aDefed of Bile in Blood ; and I believe it is 
eafy to account for the Flatus's, Borhorygmi, Inverfions 
of the perifialtic Motion, the Pila Hyjlerica^ Palpi- 
rations^ Scotomia^ Fertigo, and other Symptoms of 
thefe Diftempers, which are called Nervous and Hy- 
fteric, from the fame Caufe. And hence it is, that 
Bitters and Steel, known Deohjiriients of the Liver, 
and Corredlors of the Biky with gentle Chologoguea 
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