The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-18

country at the present day. paaeor
least their analogy among the anents For find Homer
gives an duon of Maronean with twenty
Amphictyon said to have issued law
directing pure wine only should be used at the entertain
the Athenans thus indicating that other
occasions aduerated mixed wines were or be used
Wine Dealers the annual feast honor OF Bacchu which
the produce of the preceding vintage was hrs put the
that had been seasoned with old and
hghavoed wine; others placed cheese by that the
might be tempted and thus have their paates
bunted before tasting the wine But STILL nowhere do we find
fragrant attempts meamorphosng water berries or uc
into wine and then naming them with LABEL as are found
among modens in America. What among the ancients
vraton mixture, condensation by heat or evapora
ton, with the moderns alteration substitution or COM
plete imposition.
pleasurabe beverage but symbol in religious rites The
ancents used for batons the gods sacred emblem of
purity and truthn elmo veas the moderns it in the
rament of the Lords supper Christ fit to notice wine
and sanctioned its the wedding feast when this useful
beverage was found omitted in the preparations.
But principally has wine been used medicine and what
has been typical of cheer the heart has also been
full in easing and beneftng the body Thus the Pannian
Greek wine much commended for its medicinal virtues
and was sometimes this account called Fharadctes We
find Hecamede under the direction of Nestor pefeing
draught of it for Machaon when he received wound his
shoulder The Sne wine preferred by Augustus Caesar
for its general soothing effects the stomach although his
eulogzer Horace does mention it, owing perhaps his
unwngness express opinion differing from that of his
auded The Srean vines the produce fhe small
and delicate Armenian grape called by Virgil trmsmo
vna," much used for convalescens The Siganau,
rough and asngent wine, much used as medicine.
Generally, however, when used incidentally the wine had in
berries southern wood bitter Almonds roots of various kinds
said tonic properties and numeress other herba
plants and articles of similar nature which seemed
add strength to the wine and increase Its medicinal virtues We
find these tones and this analogous the practices of
the best chemists and physicians Europe the day.
who make of Gcntian Cichona eruvan) bark uorn.aoo
with pure wine increase its general tonic power The
southern wood much used in wine with the ancents the
absinhium commonly called w09nwood from
its supposed pence removing The general practice
both among the ancients aud the best chemists in Paris
to have been add to wine small portion of the insp
! boiling,
evaporatng and racking
Hppocrates instance where mixture of Thasan
is prescribed for patient in fever Aromatic herbs
such @ de u.s. cardamom cassia, etc. added, to i'm
part flavor and to the wine this is done now also nv
chemists in Europe though the herbs selected many
of them of medicinal character likewise Both Gentan and
Gaana which used certain preparation of tonic wne
of this nature mparng the wine already rich
in fragrance, delightful aroma, making it quite deli
cou to the palate beneficial to the system Aomatic
however, always necessary of our wines
in Here's and Italy by nature possessed of most delightful
aromas
The cold water INDUCED much in America un
doubtedy chis the stomach reards Digestion and
injurious Warm drinks will betser aay the uneasy feeling
in the stomach when filled with too much ndgestibe food
The Romans who Incorporate in their eating called
for hot and tepd though they must have drank
with wne it would be absurd suppose them drink
unmxed To weakened system, during sickness or
convaescence where there enough vital force ar
icial stmulant wine preferable to spirits
Its genter and possesses moreover nument
from its vegetable nature The hygienc principles of
be rendered effective by mpregnating the
wine with the principles of tonics well known medical men,
Some of these have been alluded above namely Gentan
Cinchona Pevian bark, Absnthum (womwood used
in of the best European preparations of tonic vines
And without doubt careful preparation having pure wine
for its base in which proper proportion of these toncs is
scientifically infused, would be beverage useful in the
family with the physician The action of such tonic wine
for the system double 1t is nourhing by its organic
elements and restorative curative by its medicinal proper
ties The wine taken up by the chyerous vessels on the
surface of the small intestine and passing through the meen
terc glands and the thoracc duct is discharged the left
subcavian vein, whence mnge freghed with its fresh nn
tous elements with the blood returning to the right
caaes of the heart Passing then through lungs to
oxdzed and altered the Blood then ready for nutrition
passes the right ventrce be thence distributed through
the aerial system The tissues in contact with the nutritious
blood have tendency appropriate themselves
mes most proper to maintain their healthy condition. to
alter nhen nheotv The hygenic virtues of such wine
cannot be overesmated and could people but study the
chemical effects of the liquid they drink doubtless better