Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop.

  • Bishop, S. O.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    drink'sucli stuff. Dr. Harley says, ^^All Champagn®. “ champagne is slightly acid on account of •Hhe carbolic acid it contains, but it is not sour, which so called dry champagne is. In testing with a piece of blue litmus paper, while the continental one will yield a faint ^‘pink, the English one, that is the sour, which you call the dry wine, will imme- ^‘diately turn the paper crimson, just as sulphuric acid would. To champagne “ drinkers this information may prove ‘^interesting.'’ Doubtless in some cases of touchy livers, Causes, a very small quantity of alcohol combined with the change of temperature is enough to lessen the secretion of the bile, and this must be taken into consideration by new arrivals. Chills are easily caught, especially after tennis and dancing. Another cause is not wearing sufficient warm clothing, or not putting on a thicker banian than that worn in the plains. Again, a common cause is ' Cause
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