( 219 ) 
Liquor drank, for it powerfully checks both 
thefe, and very much cools the whole Mafs. 
In arthritic and rheumatic Pains, from too 
great Thinnefs and Sharpnefs of the Blood 
and Juices, it is of Angular Service and to 
fuch as are liable to Hemorrhages, its Ufe 
is advifeable, becaufe it puts a Check to 
the Blood, which occaftons its increafed 
Velocity and impetuous Force againft the 
Veffels, ftimulates and contracts the imall 
fanguiferous Tubes, and checks or prevents 
the too great Rarefadtion of the Air in the 
Blood. But the exceeding Hanhnefs of 
this Liquor makes it injurious to very thin 
Bodies, and unadvifeable in all Acidities of 
the Blood, which are difcoverable from a 
four Tafte in the Mouth, four Belchings, 
gnawing Pain in the Stomach, GV. for it 
increafes that Sharpnefs. In all great Con- 
ftridtione of the Solids, it ftimulates and adds 
to the Contraction or Crifping of the Fibres. 
In an Atrophy, it promotes and increafes 
the Wafte ; and to hard Labourers, and 
fuch as ufe much Exercife, or feed on low 
mean Diet, it is a hurtful Liquor. 
There is yet another fort of Cyder that is 
infipid, or has only a watery Tafte, which 
is owing to the Prevalence of Water in the 
Fruit, 
