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cat lefs folid Food than he that is accuf- 
tomed to fimple Element, yet may be faid 
to have eaten a larger Meal. The fmall 
vegetable Salts in this Liquor, will alfo 
give a gentle Stimulus to the digeftive Fa- 
culties, fo as to make them adt with more 
Vigour and Brifknefs, and promote Diges- 
tion, Secretion, and Evacuation. Thefe 
minute Salts in the Liquor, joined to thofe 
of the Food, will contribute Something to- 
wards Securing the Veflels and Glands from 
a very adhefive Mucus y as fimple Element 
does it by Dilution. On this Account is 
Such clear, well-hopp’d, ripe Beer, very 
Serviceable in cachedtick Bodies, who have 
lived temperately, but have had the Mis- 
fortune of loofer Stamina . 
6. From hence alfo it is eafy to account, 
why a Negledt of folid Food, and depend- 
ing upon Malt Liquors for Nourishment, 
mu ft at laft take away Appetite, Spoil Di- 
gestion, and caufe Corpulency \ for thefe 
are chiefly the Effefts of mild Beer and 
Ale ; and thefe abound with many grofs 
oily Particles, which not being reduced to 
a Subtile Spirit, are Strained off by the late- 
ral Veflels, and Sent to the Sacculi pingui - 
feri : For, thefe going off by the capillary 
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