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ftrong, and clofely compared Veffels, and 
thick, tough, and well-mixed Humours, 
which are not eafily altered or changed ; 
whofe Bodies are lean and dry, their Co- 
lour every where blackifh ; who are active 
and diligent, are of a revengeful Temper, 
and have a penetrating Genius. Such being 
of a cold and dry Conftitution, are called 
melancholy. The Veffels of their abdomi- 
nal Vifcera, efpecially of the Liver, Spleen, 
Myfentery, and Pancreas, are moftly loaded 
with a thick, ftiff, blackifh Blood, which 
requires fuch Things as attenuate, ftimu- 
late, and open, are moiftening, cooling, 
foftening, and diffolve without Sharpnefs. 
Now it is manifeft, that ftrong and much 
hopped Ale and Beer, heat and dry, and 
therefore muft be very improper. For 
though they may elevate the Spirits for a 
time, and difperfe this melancholy Cloud a 
little while ; yet when the accelerated Cir- 
culation is over, and the fpirituous Parts of 
the Liquor exhaled from the Body, the 
vifcid b6ing left behind, the Difeafe muft 
be exafperated from the Increafe of the 
Blood’s Thicknefs and Vifcidity, refifting 
more vigoroufly the Action of the Veffels,. 
whereby they will be more diftended, and 
the 
