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to Venery than others ; neither are they 
made languid by it, for they are not pro- 
voked by Irritation of the Parts, but a Re- 
pletion of them, which ftirs them up ; for 
the fame Reafon Cuftards boiled, Milk with 
Eggs, Rice-pudding, &c. are Hill greater 
Additions to this Property of Milk. Where 
there is a conflant troublefome tickling 
Cqugh, without Expectoration of much 
Phlegm, or fluffing of the Lungs, proceed- 
ing chiefly from acrid Salts irritating and 
pricking the fmall tracheal Veffels, a Milk 
Diet gives great Relief, for its Oil foftens 
and dilates the Veffels, gives a more open 
and free Courfe to the Blood, obtunds and 
fheaths the Points of the Salts : Or where 
there are any fmall, ftony, or cretaceous 
ObftruCtions beginning in the Lungs, this 
foftening, opening, and enlarging of the 
Veffels, gives fome Hopes of their being 
cafl back into the larger Veffels. On this 
account the famous Sydenham , with a great 
deal of Juflice, recommends a Milk Diet 
for the Cure of the Gout, which anfwers 
equally in other arthritick Pains, from a 
contracted State of the Veffels pricked and 
drawn up, and checking the acrid Salts of 
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