An essay, medical, philosophical, and chemical, on drunkenness, and its effects on the human body / [Thomas Trotter].

  • Trotter, Thomas, 1760-1832.
Date:
1804
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Credit: An essay, medical, philosophical, and chemical, on drunkenness, and its effects on the human body / [Thomas Trotter]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eafes, great caution ought to be taken in ex- pofing it in that ftate to marfh effluvium, to humidity, cold, or any kind of contagion, whether of fever or others. I fhall now conclude this Effay with the following admonition : Let all thofe perfons, whofe conftitutions have any predifpofition to the difeafes mentioned in the catalogue, be= ware how they get drunk, or fall into the habit of intoxication. For this predifpofition. will haften the approach of that difeafe, that muft in the end terminate their exiftence. Such perfons as, Celfus finely advifes, “ Su ** pecta habere fua bona debere.” Not poppy nor mandragora, Nor all the drowfy fyrups of the world, Shall ever med’cine thee to that fweet fleep Which thou ow’dit yefterday. SHAKESPEAR. ~ A os OO igen Oa ie SF