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rni'ck ; or ufing Imperial for Hyfon ; dr the 
laft for common, &c. 3. By infufing or 
drinking it in an improper Liquor, as faline 
or fpirituous, inftead of Water. 4; Or by 
ufing an unfuitable Liquor of the fame kind, 
as Snow , Ice, earthy , flag?! ant, or met alii ck 
Waters, inftead of foft, finooth, pure J¥a- 
ter. 5. By drinking to Excefs, and at un- 
feafonabl'eTimes, or of an improper Strength, 
as ftrong when it fhould be final 1, and fmall 
for firong. 6. When by long, unneceffary 
and too frequent Ufe, we have familiarized 
it to us, that it will not anfwer our Inten- 
tion to that Degree. 7. When we take not 
care to keep it clofe, clean, and pure. 8. 
When the Water is either boiled too much, 
or in an unfit Veflfel, or over a fmoaky, or 
other bad Fire. Nor, laftly, can we reason- 
ably exped that either the fame Medicine 
or Diet fhould always have the fame Effed, 
in all Ages, Sexes, Confiitutions, Seafons, 
and Ways of Life, efpecially when long Ufe 
has inured it to us. Nor are we to ima- 
gine it to be of fo powerful a Nature, as, 
like a Charm, to cure in the Height of a 
Diftemper, or root out that which is be- 
come habitual by long Continuance. It is 
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