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are dilated, diffolved, thruft forward, and 
expelled by the excretory DuCts of the Skin. 
2 . It blunts the Edges of the pointed prick- 
ing Salts, and obtunds the reigning Acri- 
mony, makes it ^efs uneafy to the Patient, 
till the elaftic Veffels can attenuate, feparate, 
and diffolve it, fo as to be either perfpired 
or thrown back into the Blood, till it arrive 
at and be ftrained off by the Kidneys. 
In nephritic Pains and gravelly Cafes,, 
where the Veffels are always much contrac- 
ted, and fometimes inflamed, the Ufe of 
Rum is preferable to that of Brandy, becaufe 
it relaxes the Contraction more, increafes 
the Stream of Urine, and makes way for the 
obftruCted Matter to pafs off, or be forced 
and wafhed out of the Channels. Bilious 
Conftitutions can bear the ufe of Rum dilu- 
ted with Water better than Brandy, becaufe 
their Solids being elaftic and contracted, and 
their Veffels narrow, and Fluids acrimoni- 
ous ; for whatever blunts the Acrimony of 
their Juices, and foftens and dilates their 
Fibres and Veffels more, muft be beneficial. 
On the contrary, whatever adds to the Sti- 
mulation and Contraction of their Solids, 
and theSharpnefs and Saltnefs of their Fluids, 
4 muft 
