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Courfe before it can be got off ; and the 
Bowels being weak in the periftaltick Mo- 
tion, and the Humours vifcid and inactive, 
the Guts are diftended, ftretched and pain- 
ed ; and if not eafed by proper Difcharges, 
Cholicks and Spafms are produced : For all 
Liquor bottled up, either during its Fer- 
mentation, or before it is ripe, when drunk, 
begins to ferment a-new in the Bowels, 
from the Heat and Action of the Parts : 
And except the Veflels have fo much 
Strength as to relift this Rarefaction, it is 
eafy to account for its producing all thefc 
Symptoms which happen in the Body. 
1 1. This teaches us how great the Mis- 
take of fuch is, who drink fermenting or 
bottled Ale for a Carminative $ for it pro- 
duces thefe Explofions only by the Rare- 
faction of its Contents, and gentle Atte- 
nuation of fome of its grofler Parts, but 
ftrengthens not the Bowels, nor deterges 
them from thofe Vifcidities, and that Mu- 
cus which lies between them and the Food 
digefted. But the grofs and unattenuated 
Parts of the Liquor join with the former 
Slime, and add to its Bulk and Mifchief, 
and in fhort time will produce thefe Symp- 
toms 
