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the Water for deftill'd into 
a Viol well ftop’d. ’Tis 
good in a Paifie, Lethargy, 
Apoplexv, and for Hyfte- 
rical Difeafes. The Dofe 
is, from one Dram to two. 
*Tis iikewife ufed out- 
wardly, for Burns, Tu- 
mours, Cold Pains, Con- 
tufions, Paifie, and in all 
other Cafes wherein it is 
requifite to revive the Spi- 
rits. Ladies ufe to mix 
half an Ounce of it with 
fix Ounces of Lilly- water, 
or Bean-flower-water, and 
wafh their Faces with it. 
Wine, like all other Li- 
quors that ufe to ferment, 
gfe>ws fowr by the Diflo- 
lution of its Tartar in j. 
fecond Fermentation. Thft 
Diffolution is commonly 
made when , upon the 
Wine’s going to deeay , 
fome of the more fubtile 
Spirits are loft ; for the 
Tartar taking their place, 
fixes the reft of the Spirits 
which remain in the Wine, 
fo that they can acft no 
longer. Vinegar is made 
by fetting Wine in fome 
hot place, or by keeping it 
too long, or by expofing it 
to the Sun , Vinegar is 
requently ufed ip Phyfick, 
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and Food. Pickle and 
Sauces of it are made. It 
excites Appetite, and pro- 
motes Conco&ion. Tis 
ufed in Phyfick to allay 
Feverifti Heats , and to 
prevent Putrifacftion ; to 
cut Flegm. and Glutinous 
Humours, that they may 
be render’d thereby fitter 
to be expe&orated. Out- 
wardly uled, it cures the 
Itch, an Herpes, and the 
like : but is injurious to 
the Nerves, and Nervous j 
parts : It alfo makes the 
Body lean. There is a] 
memorable Story of a Ge- 
neral in the Be/gicl^ Wars 
who, about the Middle of 
his Age, grew fo very Fat, 
that he was forc’d to have 
Bandage for his Belly ; j 
and finding himfelf grow 
more and more unweildy 
every Day, and unfit for l 
his Bufinefs , he left off 
drinking Wine, and drank 
Vinegar the reft of his 
Days, by which Means 
his Belly aflwaged, and he 
was leffen’d in weight 
Eighty feven pounds. Chri - 
ft of her A Vega fays, he faw 
three People that were 
hang’d, or fuffocated fo 
much, that Froth came out 
