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he prevent the Inconveniencies or fatal Ef- 
fects which fwilling down cold fpiritlefs Li- 
quors produce in fuch a Cafe, as an Afthma, 
Stuffing of the Lungs, Obftruftions, Inflam- 
mations, Impoflumations of the Bowels, 
&c. It is ufeful in a cold Morning before a 
Man fets out on a Journey, for it raifes a 
pleafant Circulation and Warmth in the 
Body. When the Stomach is jaded and 
weaken’d by a Surfeit of tenacious Food the 
preceeding Day, which have left much 
Phlegm in the excretory Dudts of its Glands, 
or exhaufted its Spirits, a Dram is good be- 
fore Dinner. A good Dram given to a Sol- 
dier when he is entering the Field of Battle, 
encreafes the Motion of his Blood and Spi- 
rits, raifes Strength and Courage, makes him 
regardlefs of Danger, and fcorn Fear and 
Cowardice j but this Alacrity is only a fpeedy 
Flaffi, quickly fucceeded by a greater Flat- 
nefs and Low-fpiritednefs. Drams are 
chiefly ufeful to flegmatic Confutations, 
bulky Bodies, or old Age, and fuch as have 
weak and lax Stamina, expofing them to 
Difeafes of the Head, and nervous Diforders 
or Dropfies, &c. They are befl: in cold 
Weather, 
