A letter to a doctor of physick concerning diascordium, &c.

Date:
1719
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Credit: A letter to a doctor of physick concerning diascordium, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    iliach and firft Paflages, fouls the Blood, and fills it full of Phlegm, obftrudts the fmall Veffels, brings on a Cachexie9 and its unhap¬ py Train of Maladies. z. It is a Muff boiled up, and fo is a posi¬ tive, effectual Ferment, as much as Stum is, and caufeth Flatus and Fevers. Henr. ab Heers (Obfi5. ft. 59.) is conceited that more rich than poor Men in Fevers have died (ad ft lures, five Altbantas ivijfej bccaufe they take fo many fugafd things. 3. Sugar (contrary to Honey, which as before faid prefcrves even dead Bodies) caufcs Putrefaction, as is manifeft in the Scurvy oc« cafion'd by it, where there is Flaccidity of the Gums, and Rottennefs of Teeth. But a plain vifibie Proof of it is, that if it be ftrewed upon freih Flelh, 'twill quickly corrupt it, and make it (link. And our good Houfwives have a way of ufing it, together with Salt, upon their Hams of Bacon, to intenerate the Flelh, and make it eat lliort, like thofe from IVeftph alia. Having faid thus much of Sugar, I fliall next confider Honey, which tome of our nice pretty Fellows in Phyfick cannot bear the Ufe of, and endeavour to throw out of Faihion. But it may be they have not examin'd it more than I have done. And if it will not be over te¬ dious to you, I fliall beg leave to fee forth feveral Quotations, to Ihew what hath been always the current Opinion concerning Honey,
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