( * 3 2 ) 
ling a Cough, and difficult Expc&oratitfii 
of a thick tough Phlegm 5 the fecond a 
Diftention, Dilatation, and invincible Load 
of lizy Blood, difpofing the Lungs to Tu- 
bercles, Hydatides, or Impoftumation ; the 
Tartar of this Wine cuts, feparates, and 
diffolves thefe Vifcofities, excites the Veffels 
to put forth a great Force, Adtion, and Elaf- 
ticity, and at the fame time its pure Phlegm 
dilutes the Blood, thins the Humours, and 
difpofes them to be thrown back into the 
Veffels and Blood, till they be reduced to a 
fubtile Matter lit for Perfpiration, or Eva- 
cuation by Urine, and then they are expel- 
led, and the phthifical Perfon reftored j for 
this Purpofe it excels French Claret (tho’ 
the thinneft of all Red Wines) becaufe the 
laff has too great a Reftringency or Stipti- 
city in it, whereby it contracts the Veffels, 
makes them narrower, and fhortens their 
Diameters, as the vifcid Cohefions are ra- 
ther wedg’d in, and the Difeafe made 
worfe. It exceeds White Wine alfo, for 
this has too much and too naked Tartar, 
which fhears, abrades, and waftes the Vef- 
fels, till it bring the Body into a Cachexy. 
But of all Birch Wine, that is belt for this 
Purpofe, 
