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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    small proportion of alcohol contained in Champagne, which goes directly to the brain after drinking. The proverb may here be aptly applied metaphori- cally, Bis dat qui cito dat, for most certainly one glass of Champagne, or any sparkling alcoholized beverage, will be ecpial in effect upon the brain to two of a still wine of same strength, and the process will besides be doubly quick. jftftlvtfjlTC The stupor, as a characteristic result immediatclj7 after drinking Champagne, is similar in effect to in- haling diluted carbonic-acid gas:—and in addition to this, there may be the possible contingency of stomach derangement, consequent upon the excess of sugar, which creates acidity and dyspepsia (165). jFffig-fottr. What would be thought of any wine but Cham- pagne, or Sparkling Hock, being bottled while under- going a course of fermentation 1 It is pure fashion, and nothing more !