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Body, before it be capable of entering the 
finer Veffels where Nutrition is perform- 
ed: For the crude Chyle, and Mafs of 
Blood, are too thick to get into the mi- 
nute Veffels, Nerves, or Lymphaticks. But 
the nutritive Parts of the Malt Liquor, by 
their double Fermentation, are broken and 
difiolved into fuch minute Particles, as fome 
of them are inflantly able to enter, and 
pafs the delicate Tubes 3 afford animal Spi- 
rits and nervous Juices 5 and fo relieve the 
weak, faint, weary, and exhaufted, almoft 
that very Moment they are fwallowed 
down. 
4. But this fhews us, that fuch fpeedy 
Supply muft be of fhorter Duration than 
Nourifhment afforded the Body from folid 
Food. For the thorough Digeflion, great 
Attenuation and Attrition of the nutritive 
Parts of Malt Liquors having reduced them 
to a Spirit, they prefently pafs the whole 
Veffels and Secretions of the Body ; and 
thofe of them which are not in a few Cir- 
culations attached to the Sides of the Vef- 
fels, and afiimilated to the Nature of our 
Solids, will quickly fly off from the Body 
in imperceptible Effluvia. But the Nou- 
rifhment we receive from folid Food re- 
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