An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne.

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1725
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Credit: An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    more than this, its cDifagreeablcnefs hin¬ ders me to fay. 16. Next to Drams, noLiquorde- ferves more to be ftigmatized and banifh- ed the Repafts of the Tender, Valetudi¬ nary, and Studious, than Punch. Tis a Compofition of fuch Parts, as not one of them is falutary, or kindly to fuch ConJIitutions, except the pure Element in it. The principal Ingredient is, Rum> Arrack, Brandy, or Malt Spirits, as they are called, all of them raifed by the Fire, from the fermented Juices of Plants, brought from Southern Coun- tries, or which have longeft born the Heat of the Sun in our own Climate: And Tis obfervable, that every Thing that has pall the Fire, fo that it has had due Time to divide and penetrate its Parts, as far as it pollibly can, retains a cauflick, corrojive, and burning Quality ever afterwards. This is evident from the fiery and burning Touch and Tafie of new-drawn Spirits, as alfo from the burn¬ ing of Lime-fione, which, tho* extin¬ guish'd by Boiling Water, docs ever after retain its heating and drying Quality, as appears from the great Ule of Lime-lFa- ter, in drying up all humid Sores, when given inwardly by itfelf, or compounded with