A lecture on the preservation of health / By T. Garnett.

  • Thomas Garnett
Date:
1800
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Credit: A lecture on the preservation of health / By T. Garnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ltomach is not neceflary, excepting to thofe who have exhaufted the excita- bility of that organ by the exceflive ufe of ftrong liquors. In thefe, the ftomach can fcarcely be excited to any action without the affifiance of fuch a ftimulus. If food wants diluting, water is the bell diluent, and will pre- vent the riling, as it is called, of ftrong food, much better than wine or fpirits. Before I finilh this fubjedl, I lhall fay a few wwds on the pernicious cuftom of fuffering children to drink wine, or other fermented liquors. Nothing