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Arteries, where the Circulation is flow, and 
the Attraction of the different Parts of the 
Blood great; the fmall fat Globules ap- 
proach and cleave to c e another, and are 
repofited in the Sacculi pingniferi. And 
this Abundance of Fat relaxes and lubri- 
cates the Fibres and Veflels, impairs their 
Vigour ; and alfo the fpirituous Parts of the 
Liquor quickly evaporating, the vifcid are 
continued in the Blood, fur up the Infides 
of the Veflels with a Mucus , or Slime ; fo 
that the Increafe of the Body’s Bulk, as to 
the whole Habit in corpulent People, de- 
pends not upon the Increafe of the Solids, 
but on their Veflels being extended and 
filled with the congefted ftagnant Humours 
of Fat and Slime. Which increafed Bulk 
ftrengthens not the Body, but is trouble- 
fome, weakens and fuffocates it. And not 
only are the Fibres of the Stomach relaxed, 
like the reft of the Body, but its wrinkled 
Coats and Folds are lined with a thick 
flimy Matter, which both abforbs the glan- 
dular Juice, and renders it vifcid, and unfit 
to penetrate the Food, and feparate and 
diflblve its Parts ; and lying between the Sto- 
mach and the ingeftedFood. the Strength 
of the Stomach is exerted on this Mu- 
cus, 
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