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that they are right, Let now the witness,
cs be heardn

cS he heard
2 Witness-1lIrPocRArEs Lady, whom l
have ever revercd, and that reverence was
banded down from generation to genera
ton to the present day among my follow
ers. l an well aware, though centuries
have elapsed since promulgated my dc,
trlncs and aphorisms, that those medical
observations, based us they are on erpcri-
cnce, have stood the trial Of ages. There
lore, since my book on dietetics is the rule
OF all the schools, what have to saw on
The subject may be considered the united
opinions Of us all. Wine has not only
been used habitually by us all, but we have
recommended it in great many cases med.
'clnalIy to the great benefit and comfort Of
the patient. There have been from time to
time individuals who have drank to excess
but what OF that? millions have been great
ly benefited 10y it, Must our profession re-
Jcct any alimcntary substance or medical
agent, because some simpIctons choose to
abuse the proper and moderate use Of them,
HON the gods wish to punish they first
make mad with wine. But taken in mod
cr.t'on, it is nutritious, fcr,ilizcs the mind,
and torliics the body. 1t creates soc;abl,
chc"r',lnrss, brigltcns the joys of home
and friendship, and man lives longer aud
happier"
NO sooner were these words uttered than
we saw Mrs. llorsurrER, Mr.. DINNER and
MIR. BANQUET rub their hands, shake their
heads and laugh, in token of :pprnbntion.
Mrs. liorsurrER, particularly, WIS very un-
easy all the time.
'.But,' said Mr.. TEMrEnAScE, "most vcn-
cradle llIrrocHATEs, you have as yet only
touch. .d on one of the many subjects pre-
Sci;cl to your consideration"
u am aware of the fact, most sonorons
9if: have not so done unintcntionally. |
Shall proceed. AS to diet, | shall have a.
gam to repeat my general recommendation
-moacrai'om IN oH Minys. Teach it to
your ch'ld 10y prcccpt, and write it on all
your gales. The next suffice: is alcohol:
out before begin to talk of this interesting
subject, us am old, and as wine is the
mix OF old aye, | must drink good bum
rcr OF Lisbia wine, or III take some from
the sunny hills of Crete, or Sicily, or Corsi-
ca, but would much prefer some from Mon
'cli'scone, and still more, some from Monte
pu!c'ano, which, according to Bacchus him
sell, is the king Of all wines. DO not offer
me to touch your Ohio sour wines, or your
Spanish and Portuguese Wines which are Il
mass OF impurities, concotrd and diluted
III proiusion of alcohol. 1t is only fit for
the copper.lincd throats of those savage and |
barbarous English, or their darling descend
ants OF still more savage America, or their |
ancestors, the Danes, Saxons, Fins and Mus
cov'tcs, whose thruats are as inscnsible as
the cratcrs Of extinct volcanoes"
After having 4uaifcd Il bumper Of Tuscan
wine, whose generous, gentle and difi,sivc
effects could be perceived to spread all over
his body, lie thus continued:
ut sccns to me that it should have an
peared useless to ask inc any explanations
from under this head, after what have said
OF TIL. Spanish wines. Alcohol was only
tit for brutcs-no, I beg their pardon, for
they will not touch it, their better instincts
Is far superior to mans proud mind. NV |
brethren OF the profession use it more to
make all their tinctures for the good chcmi- |
cal properties it possesses, and occasionally
prescribe it i'll very minute doses. When |
hrst introduced, which was long after my
time, (my friend AvERRoEs and his Arabic
school OF medicine first introduced it with |
it was called the "water ofHte,"
and tho "elirir Of lJe." Thousands of pie
G ces OF gold could scarcely buy thinble
ful'. But your vile modern distillcrs make |
enough to flood this earth, and instead ofi
dilstlllng it from the juice of the grape, they
d'stIl 1t from the very breadsufTs that ought
to feed their starving populations Tie ap-
pies and the peaches were intended to be
eaten, and not distilled; but it required a,
modern acute Yankee nation who would
convert even hell-fire into alcohol
MIR. MODERATION said that he would be
SO bold as to ask the venerable H1ppocnA-
rEs what should the poor people do. Who
could not afford to drink Italian or G reek
wines ~ = ia II
The venerable sage with dignity replied:
set your lazy; idle people, and these same
drnnkards, to planting vineyards and tlien
they will soon have wine, th,;te,npcr-
ance, and comfort. You in yot,r: midst
one born in tho sunny fields of Italy, trying
to set you the good example ;sbut you do
not heed his. advice, though he be one of
$50, Madam ExrsRlExcE,s in conclusion:
No Installations but for medicinal purposes
vineyards all over the country, and ,nodera-
tion in all things, is my advice and that of
my professional brethren" II
Here the venerable sage retired. :"
, Mr.: pnuDENcE.-"Mny i please your La
'dyship, dinner or no dinner, e be OF not to
,be3 that is the question. Ifshall 'nots at
tempt to add one fact Beside those that we
have heard dropped from sfle lins ofsw;s