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abftain from it ; and fuch as live low, ufe 
much Abftinence, fading or mean Diet, 
becaufe it very powerfully promotes Diges- 
tion, Secretion, and Evacuation. Neither 
is it advifeable in tickling Coughs, from a 
Saltnefs of the Humours, or Thinnefs and 
Acrimony of the Blood. In a word, as its 
Ufe is highly Serviceable in too great a 
Weaknefs or Relaxation of the Fibres and 
Veffels, and too much Vifcidity, Thicknefs, 
or undue Mixture of the Fluids, fo its con- 
tinued Ufe is hurtful where tne Fibres and 
Veflels are too much contracted, ftifF, and 
ftrong, becaufe it increafes their Elafticity ; 
or where the Blood is too much attenuated, 
and Perfpiration immoderate. 
Befides thefe we have treated of, there is 
another Sort of Cyder, which is four, not 
through Age, hot Weather, or Accident, 
but from the Tartneis of the Apples it is 
drawn from. This has a very fenfible Aci- 
dity in it ; and as all Acids cool much, fti- 
mulate ftrongly, and increafe the Contraction 
of the Fibres and Veffels, therefore this Li- 
quor is good for fuch as are troubled with 
an Overflowing of the Gall ; of Service in 
Gripes, Loofeneffes, frothy, black, and 
fetid Stools, occafioned from much Bile ; 
and 
