Wine : a series of notes on this valuable product and subjects suggested therefrom, together with some important references / by Alexander Webber.

  • Webber, Alexander.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Wine : a series of notes on this valuable product and subjects suggested therefrom, together with some important references / by Alexander Webber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    juice for the accommodation of man. It is the pecu- liar property of wine to introduce vivacity and joy wherever it appears. It diffuses an air of serenity over all the features by its dissipation of saduess, and every cloud that pensive musings had drawn over the mind. It softens enmity, and hecomes the persuasive mediator of the softest reconciliations. It likewise proves the support of man in the course of his fatiguing employments. The Deity, amidst the rigid labours to which He has made it absolutely necessary for man to submit, was unwilling to over- whelm him with their weight, or to leave him desti- tute amidst the gloom of his melancholy thoughts. While His Providence disposes the earth to furnish the industrious husbandman with such bread as is qualified to nourish and strengthen him, it likewise prepares for him a liquor which gladdens his heart, and reconciles him to his toils. I think there are few but will admit the force of these remarks. It is true, nevertheless, that the good which this bountiful blessing provides has been changed to harm in some cases by want of moderation in its consumption. It also cannot be denied that ardent spirits stand debited with a far greater result from such abuse than does wine, by which, of course, I mean natural unaleoholized