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belt Cure, and then fome Dofes of teftace- 
ous Powders. Wherever the Glands or 
fmall VelTels are lined, furr’d up, or ob- 
ftrudted with a vifcous llimy Matter, Milk 
muft be refrained j for it containing many 
grofs Parts, indifpofed to Motion, thefe will 
encreafe the prefent, and bring on other 
new Evils, which come from heavy, vif- 
cous, and grofs Humours. Whoever la- 
bour under thick Rheums and Catarrhs in 
the Throat, Lungs, or Note, muft abftain 
from Milk ; for thefe proceed from a Dila- 
tability of the VelTels,. and a Vifcidity of the 
Juices of thofe Glands, and Milk encreafes 
both thofe Caufes. In ardent Fevers, its 
Ufe is unallowable, becaufe the rapid Mo- 
tion and Heat of the Blood foon curdle it ; 
and as a Fever moftly comes from Obftruc- 
tions in the fmall VelTels, it encreafes thofe, 
and renders the Difeafe more obftinate, es- 
pecially if we confider that the Blood is ftill 
more rarified 5 and the more it is rarified, 
the more it is difpofed to encreafe the Fe- 
ver, by milling into the fmall dilated conic 
Tubes, where its grolfer Parts are thruft 
forward till they ftop, and its fluider Parts 
are ftrained off in the Action, or natural 
Tendency 
