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old Men who adhere to Malt Liquor, ought 
to take fpecial Care to avoid that which is 
new and vifcid ; and the Wine-Drinkers, to 
deal chiefly in fuch Wines as are foft, fmooth, 
and mellow, except where lome particular 
Circumftance indicates the contrary. 
Much Malt Liquor, or indeed any other 
that is flrong and fpirituous, is very improper 
in Summer, and hot Weather. For the Pref- 
fure of the circumambient Air being abated, 
the Particles of Air contained in the Bloody 
unfold their Spring, and force the Blood to 
pofiefs a larger Space than it filled before : 
Wherefore it will be rarified into much 
larger Dimenfions. The Solids at the fame 
time being relaxed by the Heat, the Dia- 
meters of the Vefiels and Lymphaticks will 
be enlarged, and rendered paflible by the 
more faline, vifcid, or even globular Parts 
of the Blood. For although the Air be 
rarified, and the Vefiels dilated, yet is not 
the Blood more fluxile ; but its Globules 
being blown larger by the contained Air, 
upon the diminifhed Preflure of the At- 
mofphere, it will become lefs fluid, and 
unfitter to pafs the capillary Vefiels. And 
therefore the Blood in this rarified and lefs 
fluxile Condition, being got into the Tubes 
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