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But Rack is ftill worfe in thofe Circum- 
ftances where Brandy is preferable to Rum, 
becaufe it has lefs Salts and more Oil, is 
harder of Digeftion, fooner turns rancid, 
caufes more and greater Obftrudtions, is in- 
jurious therefore to phlegmatic Conftituti- 
ons, to Perfons of lax Solids, and fizy or 
thick Fluids. 
The oftner I refle£t on the Mifchief done 
by diftilled Spirits, the more I am confirmed 
that the human Race had been happier had 
Drams never been known, and cannot help 
cordially joining with Dr. Allen (Synopfis 
Medicin . Art . 1633, 1634J 1 lo at the plen- 
tiful devouring of thofe Spirits , has killed fo 
many thoufands of Men as there are Stars in 
the Sky 3 nay, ten times ten hundreds of thou- 
fands have died by thefe , more than all the 
reft of Poifo?2s whatever. Phis Poifon not 
only occafio?2S violent Dijlempers in a great 
many , but alfo fometimes fudden Death in 
feme 3 wherefore if vinous Spirits deferve 
not the Name of a Poifon , he neither can 
learn nor conjecture what elfe they Jkould be 
called , for taken inwardly they are detrimen- 
tal almo/l to all Animals . And that thefe 
Effedls of Spirits are not Fancy or Opinion > 
Mr. Hales has proved from Experiment, 
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