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Vivacity greater than ufual ; i. e . the increa- 
fed Circulation of the Blood over the whole 
Body, and the Subtilization of the Spirits 
of the Liquor thereby, make its fineft Parts 
run with greater Velocity over the Glands 
of the Brain, and caufe a fuller Repletion 
of the Tubes with animal Juices, which 
flow plentifully into the Fibrils of the Muf- 
cles. Hence a ftronger Dilpofition in th$ 
Perfon to Aftion, Motion, and Pleafure. 
3. If the Man has not Power to refrain 
from Drinking, he will be intoxicated, or 
become drunk, i. e. his Veflels will be filled 
and diflended with Fluids, that the Balance 
of Nature betwixt Solids and Fluids will be 
overcome ; the latter overpowering the Re- 
fiftance of the former, fo as his Legs can- 
not bear him, but he flaggers, flumbles, or 
falls like one paralytick. In this Diflention 
of the Veflels, the Solids are relaxed, and 
the Blood is rarified from the Spirits of the 
Liquor entering into it. And if this Rare- 
faction be exceeding great, the larger Vef- 
fels or Arteries are fo diflended, as to com- 
prefs the fmaller, efpecially the Nerves ; 
whereby is hindered from entering into the 
Heart fuch a Flux of animal Spirits, as Is 
necefiary to caufe a vigorous Contraction, 
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