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Beds of the Sick ; but in this Cafe Sack ex- 
ceeds both. 
But becaufe Rum is more balfamic, and 
lefs volatile, an Excefs of it is overcome 
with more Difficulty, becaufe it is of harder 
Digeftion in the Body, and loads the Veffels 
more, and fo the abundance of its Oil may 
prevent the Pungency of the Salts 3 yet all 
Oils, when the watery Part of the Blood is 
much drained off, become rancid, difpofe 
the Blood to Coagulations and Stagnations, 
the Effects whereof are chronic, and often 
dangerous Diforders. It is true, Spirits of 
the Grape do alfo coagulate the Blood ; but 
that is upon another Account, viz. Third: ; 
the fpeedy and great Rarefaction of our Jui- 
ces, whereby they get into too fmall Vef- 
fels, where they are driven forward, till 
the Motion of the more earthy and faline 
Parts are firft retarded, and then flopped, 
have their watery and more ferous Parts 
fqueezed forwards by the Conatus of the 
Sides of the Veffels to come together. Thus 
the more fluid Parts are expelled and grofler 
retained •> hence the Blood becomes thick 
and flzy. z . All Spirits of Wine coagulate 
the Blood from the vaft Quantity of Salts 
they contain ; which Salts being of a moft 
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