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Neither is its Ufe in the fir ft Stages of 
Youth advifeable j for it forces the Increafc 
and Growth of the Body, and turns Youth 
into Manhood. It alfo expofes the Body 
to the Mercy of all thofe Difeafes which 
arife from too much Blood, and abundance 
of Humours : not to mention that it is apt 
to encourage and excite the Paffions too 
much. Too early ufed, it like wife often 
occafions Stone, Gout, Gravel, Coughs, 
and Confumptions. 
I would further advife to a fparing Ufe 
of all fpirituous Liquors for a Year or two 
after Growth is at an End. For the Elon- 
gation and Enlargement of the Veffels be- 
ing then over, fuch Perfons are then pecu- 
liarly expofed to Difeafes from a Plethora. 
Accordingly we find in Fadt, they are more 
liable to Inflammations, Fevers, and Con- 
fumptions, at that Time, than afterwards. 
In Manhood thefe Liquors are unqueftion- 
ably the fafeft, the Body being then moft 
vigorous, and beft able to concodt and 
carry them off in Perfpiration, upon the 
account of that higher Degree of Labour 
or Exercife, which generally accompany 
that Age. At the fame time it muft be 
granted, that old Age, in a particular man- 
ner. 
