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Its Ufe is alfo unadvifeable in very hot Wea- 
ther, when the Solids are too much relaxed, 
the Blood too much rarefied, and the more 
fluid Parts are immoderately expended : So 
in foggy Weater, when the Spring of the 
Air is weakened or broke, and the Air in 
the Blood is fhort of its natural Elaflicity, 
the liberal Ufe of this Liquor is in danger 
to load the Body with crude, vifcid, and 
indigefted Juices, which threaten Fevers, 
Coughs, Colds, or Swellings of the Glands. 
Old People fhould forbear it, becaufe their 
Terfpiration being low, it muft occafion 
Vifcidities in their Blood, not eafily to be 
got rid of ; and as it has a Tendency to ren- 
der the Secretions flower, and the fecreted 
Juices more fizy, fuch as are fubjedt to 
moift Afthma’s, Catarrhs and Coughs, with 
Expedforation of much vifcid Phlegm, 
fhould be aware of it. JThe Sedentary and 
Studious fhould refrain it, feeing it affords 
not Spirits fufficient for invigorating and 
employing both the Organs of the intellec- 
tual Faculties, and voluntary Motion ; and 
chiefly, becaufe their Fibres become refty 
and weak through want of Ufe, and their 
Blood therefore fizy. Such as are much 
fubjedt to Fear, Sorrow, Grief, or any of 
the 
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