fo that the Stomach contract and difcharge the Juices, and these the Excrements plentifully, the Stomach will contract fo much, that upon Eating or Drinking at first, you will feel a Fulnefs, and an Inclination to vomit, and upon drinking a fmall Quantity of ftrong Drink, which is neceffary, the Pulfe will be ftrong and quick, without any great fenfe of Heat in the Body. When with eating Fruit, Herbs, or other cooling Diet, there is a plentiful Secretion out of the Blood into the Stomach and Guts, and a free Discharge of the Excrements downward, or a Loofenefs; it carries off the Matter which filled the outer Parts too full, and leaves the Limbs cool, and of a due Thickness in Man, Horfe, Beaft, &c. If this be done fafter than the proper Juices can be feparated into the Glands, and the Glands kept open, the Blood will push the thinnest Juices through the Ducts and Glands promifcuoufly; thofe Juices will be unfit for Digeftion, and will be wanted in other Parts where they would be useful. As the grofs Steam raised out of green Plants or undried Fruit, cannot go off fo faft, therefore it extends the Guts, Belly, and Parts of Creatures, whilst they feed upon them, much more than

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the fine Steam raised out of dry'd Plants, Fruits, &c. when they feed upon them. Practical When the Mufcles and Ligaments, fuffer Hints up the Steam to extend the Belly out of Obferva- Course, 'tis not a fign of Strength, but

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of Weakness, and the Food fhould be changed, for if the Parts are not fupplied with Nourishment fufficient, with the Compreffure of the Air, to keep the Guts within their common Compafs; as the Strength depends upon forcing the Steam out of the Stomach and Guts, the more they give Way to the Steam, the more the Strength will diminsfh. It seems to me, that there is no Method `more likely or fafe to make the Juices fecrete into the Stomach, difcharge them downward, contract and ftrengthen the Stomach, abate the fharpness of the Steam and Juices in the Blood, and reftore a good Conftitution, than by a moderate Ufe of newgathered, or fresh Fruit and Herbs, about an Hour before each Dinner. The Dif orders occafioned by eating exceffive Quantities of Fruit at once, make the Phyficians forbid the Ufe of Fruit to People in Disorder. But that fhould no more difparage the Use of it, than the ill Effects of Drunkenness, the Ufe of Wine, strong Drink, &c. The Inhabitants of the nor

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thern Countries, where there is little or no cooling Fruit, are full of the Scurvy. Thofe of the fouthern Countries are feldom troubled with it. Those who have been bred in the fouthern Countries, and eaten much Fruit, and afterwards live in the northern Countries, and eat little Fruit, are moft troubled with it; befides we daily fee Horfes and other Brutes that will eat Grafs when they are in fuch Diforders by dry Food, Surfeits, &c. restored to Health in a Month's Time by fresh Grafs, when all other Means have been ineffectual. Obfervations should be made, whether the Corpufcles of those Plants which cure the Farcy, and fuch like Difcafes, are not very heavy and cold, and of what Nature, and in what Quantity the Spirits and Salts in them are. As Care Cautions ought to be taken of the Quantity of ing Fruits cold Fruit, Herbs, &c. which one eats and Salat once, because Excefs will occafion Sur- lads. feits, &c. fo alfo Care ought to be taken of the Quality of them, for there are fome Fruits and Herbs fo cold, that neither the Juices in the Stomach of Man nor Beaft can raife them into Steam, nor discharge them without Surfeits, Fluxes, &c. fo alfo of the Time of ufing proper Quantities, and of proper Sorts, for if You, X. T

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one ufe any fort too long, it will make one pale, and weak. We use Pepper with Cucumbers, &c. which immediately nettles the Stomach, and makes the Juices iffue to raise a Steam, and diffolve them. What Operation can two or three Grains of fuch Matter have in the Stomach, other than in opening the Glands, and raifing a quick Ferment? Or how can cold Things raife fuch a Combustion, as to caufe a Surfeit or Fever, if Juices did not fecrete? Or how could hot fpirituous Things prevent fuch Combustions, if they did not raise a brisk Ferment, and prevent too many Juices from ifluing in? The cooler or heavier the Diet, the more Juices it naturally calls in, and the more of them it carries off, and fpirituous hot Things need less Juice out of the Blood to digeft them, and fo extend the Stomach, and keep them out. If by eating cold Fruit, drinking fmall Liquor, &c. the Stomach be cooled too much, or kept cool too long, too great a Quantity of bitter fharp Juices flow in, in fmall Quantity caufe Belching, in great Quantity, Surfeits. 'Tis not fafe to drink any confiderable Quantity of ftrong Drink, when the Juices are kept discharged out of the Glands by Fruit or other cool Diet, for

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then the lacteal Veffels are very open, and the Steam heightened by the Juices and ftrong Drink, throws off too much into the Blood. Too much Action will have the like Effects; and the Matter so thrown off, is apt to fall into the Legs or lower Parts: If the Steam be too near spent by Heat, 'tis not fafe to eat any cold Fruit, nor scarce any cold Meat, for fear of overfetting the Steam, or occafioning a Surfeit, by making the Stomach contract too much, iffue too many Juices, &c. But 'tis more proper to drink a small Quantity of ftrong Drink to recover the Steam immediately, and after that is done, cold Meat will do lefs Hurt. If one perceive any Disorder by eating or drinking cold Things when hot; or by fafting, fuch as the Gripes, &c. which frequently happens, ftrong Drink, or rather hot ftrong Drink, taken fuddenly, will prevent farther Damage; but if it be taken after the Juices be fecreted in too great Quantity, and the Ferment raifed, it may do Harm, for 'tis very likely, there may be fuch a Quantity of fharp Juices in the Body of a healthful Perfon, which diffused. through the Blood do no Harm; but if the Steam in the Stomach were kept condenfed till they could be fecreted into it, T 2 would