The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others; particularly the gravel, asthmas, coughs, hoarseness, and a tough morning phlegm: with a particular direction ... for the cure of consumptions ... / [John Hill].

  • John Hill
Date:
1784
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Credit: The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others; particularly the gravel, asthmas, coughs, hoarseness, and a tough morning phlegm: with a particular direction ... for the cure of consumptions ... / [John Hill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ >6 ] virtues, fo as to make it more effectual, in fome cafes, than the very be ft of our own. We have this foreign Honey prin¬ cipally from three places, the South of France, Italy, and Swiflerland; and the three kinds may be thus diftin- « The French, or true Narbonne Ho¬ ney, is of a perfect white colour ; ne¬ ver at all candied ; fomewhat thicker than a fyrup ; and of a fmell which perfectly refemblesa mixture of thyme and lavender. This is the fin eft of all. The Italian Honey is thinner than this, or than the pure fpring Honey of England : the colour inclines to amber, it is apt to cand in fmali roundifh lumps, and its fmell is fra¬ grant, but wants the brifknefs of the Narbonne flavour. The