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and Oil, brace up the lax unfpringy Veffels, 
and difpofe the flimy Matter to be thrown 
back into the circulating Mafs, thereby wi- 
den the narrow’d, and open the half fhut 
up Cells of the Brain, The Fluids thus 
difpofed for Motion, and the Veffels for 
A&ion, the Cohefions of the firft will be 
broken and expelled by proper Outlets. 
The Blood being thus thinned, it is fitter 
to pafs all the Turnings and Windings of 
the Brain, and have its nervous Juice ftrained 
off in greater Plenty, to invigorate the 
whole Veffels of the Body 3 fo will they 
and the Mufcles do their Office more effec- 
tually, with more Eafe and Speed, for a 
longer time ; and a beginning Heavinefs, 
Dulnefs, Drowfinefs, Lethargy or Coma 
prevented, or fet further off. This Liquor 
is alfo a proper Diet in a threatened Apo- 
plexy, from thefe Caufes, when a Perfon of 
a fudden becomes uncommonly dull, idle, 
lazy, fleepy, averfe to Exercife or Motion, 
belches up Phlegm at times ; have pale, 
moift, dim, full Eyes; their Head fwims; 
they breath uneafily after ftirring ; they have 
often Tremors, Snortings, and are hag- 
ridden. All thefe Premonitors of a Le- 
thargy-j 
