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and Eggs, ufed in its fandry Deco&ions 
and Clarifications, divide and attenuate, or 
carry down .to the Bottom, or raife them 
to the Top in a Scum; and the oftener 
thefe are repeated, the finer it is. This 
courfe Sugar ufed moderately, is a notable 
Balfamic, and ferviceable in fheathing up 
fharp Humours, which irritate the Lungs, 
and excite a troublefome tickling Cough. 
But where grofs Phlegm loads and fluffs 
the Lungs, double or treble-refined Sugar, 
or White Candy, incide, attenuate, break, 
and feparate this Vifcidity, and gently irri- 
tate the Organs of Refpiration to pump it 
up. For this Reafon it is good in a Cold, 
when the retained perfpirable Matter is 
thrown upon the thoracic Contents to be 
from hence difcharged. This fine Sugar is 
no lefs ufeful in feveral Vifcidities of the 
Blood, or too great Seroffty of the Juices, 
the Solids being lax and fluggifh ; here its 
fine Salts attenuate and prepare the firft for 
Circulation and Evacuation ; it abrades the 
flimy Mucus from the Infides of the Vef- 
fels ; by the Solidity of its faline Particles, 
and the frefh momentum raifed in the Blood, 
gives it a better Confiftence. It is efpecially 
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