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Milk, becaufe it is thinner, of eafier Di- 
geftion, has lefs Cheefe in it, and contains 
fewer Vifcidities, may be ufeful to lean, 
thin, old, heftic Perfons, though Milk of 
a thicker Body and Confiftence will not do. 
Milk having fo much Acidity in it as thick- 
ens and- fours it, therefore is it not conve- 
nient for them who have much acid Salt in 
their Blood ; for whatever encreafes the Aci- 
dity of the Blood, raifes the Stimulus of the 
other Solids higher, and adds to the thick- 
ening of their Juices, and ftrengthens the 
Caufe of that Multitude of Difeafes which 
come from Acidity. It is no ‘lefs improper 
where the Stomach is full of fharp Hu- 
mours, for thefe aft the Part of a Rennet 
to it, they coagulate and prevent its cheefy 
Part getting off the Stomach ; hence crude 
Congeftions upon it, attended with Stuffing 
and Fullnefs, &c. The Signs of coagulated 
Milk on the Stomach, are Pains and Strait- 
nefs in the Breaft, Difficulty of Breathing, 
Danger of Suffocation, Swoonings and Faint- 
ings, Sournefs at Stomach, Belchings and 
Loathings, Shiverings and Coldnefs of the 
Body, cold Sweats, a fmall trembling weak 
Pulfe, &c. a Vomit given prefently, is the 
beft 
