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Beer was prepared, be very cooling, yet the 
fermented Liquor drawn from it warms the 
Drinker, i. e. it gently ftimulates the Solids, 
and by confequence accelerates the Circula- 
tion of the Fluids : For fhould Malt Liquors 
or Wine give no Irritation, nor caufe any 
greater Contraction of the animal Fibres $ 
fuch an Increafe of the Blood’s Quantity 
would be an Addition to the Refinance of 
the Fluids againft the Solids, and fo lower 
the Pulfe inftead of raifing it. It alfo in- 
creafes Circulation and Heat in the Body, 
from the Attrition and Attenuation of the 
effential Oil, and Salt of the Barley, in the 
double Fermentation ; whereby thefe two 
Principles, which lay dormant in the Bar- 
ley, are fet at liberty from the mealy and 
earthy Parts of the Grain, and become a 
fubtile and volatile Spirit, eafily digefted by 
the Body’s Heat. They become alfo ani- 
mal Juices, and add new Vigour to the 
Body $ fome affording fit Matter for Appo- 
rtion to the Sides of the decaying Veflels, 
others giving a cementing Matter to join 
the fundry conftituent Parts of the Solids of 
our Bodies together. 
2. If a Man continues to drink more after 
he is heated, it raifes in him a Brifknefs and 
5 Vivacity 
