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mull: unavoidably be hurtful. All fuch as 
have more eiaftic Fibres, contracted VdTels* 
fharp and thin Juices, lean and flender Bo- 
dies, if they will be medling with Drams 
(which, if they prefer Health and long 
Life to Tafte and Luxury, they fhould ufe 
but as Medicines, i. e. from Neceffity, not 
Choice or Pleafure) fhould prefer Rum. 
Liard Drinkers who have broken their 
Conflitutions by frequent Debauches, will 
have a moderate Dram, that will not only 
raife, but preferve the Tone of the Stomach, 
maintain and {Lengthen good Digeflion, 
and keep them from being too much damp- 
ed ; here Rum fhould take place of Brandy, 
not only becaufe it fills and invigorates the 
nervous Tubes with lefs volatile and more 
durable Spirits 5 but at the fame time its 
Oil blunts the Points of the Salts, which 
other Liquors have left too plentiful in the 
Blood. 
In chronical Afthma’s, Coughs, and Stuf- 
fing of the Lungs, if any moderate Dram 
may be allowed, Rum is the belt, becaufe 
its Spirits are lefs volatile, its Oil more and 
groffer, to fmooth the (tiff and contracted 
Veffels, expand their Sides, make way for 
Spitting, and by its Tolid Particles clearing 
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