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&nd whole Habit more, and promotes tli£ 
Difcharge of the thinner Parts of the Blood, 
often fufficiently drained off by the Heat 
of the Weather.— And what ftill tends to 
make its Uie injurious, w T here it really 
would not, is the Cuftom of drinking it 
with Drams , volatile Spirits , and Cordial 
c Iin5lures ; for as thefe are often called in 
upon the immoderate ufe of it, fo they 
haften on the Ruin of the unhappy Tipplers* 
who either thereby get into a Habit of 
Dramming, or are fo dejedted and difpi- 
rited, that they muft every now and then . 
be obliged to repeat their favourite Cordial 
Drops. But more of this afterward* 
CHAP. IX. 
Of the Effects and Virtues of ¥ E A. 
T HIS Leaf like all other Things, has 
met with various Treatment, accord- 
ing to the different Taftes, Humours, and 
Prejudices of Mankind. Some have afcri- 
bed to it fuch fovereign healing Virtues, as 
tho’ it were not only capable to extirpate 
and prevent the Caufe of all Difeafes, but 
even almoft to raife up, and reftore thofe 
that 
