Distilled spirituous liquors the bane of the nation: being some considerations humbly offer'd to the legislature. By which it will appear, I. That the landed interest suffers nearly a million a year, by the distilling, compounding and vending of spirits ... II. A physical account ... of the nature of all distill'd spirituous liquors, and the malignant effects they have upon human bodies / [Thomas Wilson].

  • Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Date:
1736
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Distilled spirituous liquors the bane of the nation: being some considerations humbly offer'd to the legislature. By which it will appear, I. That the landed interest suffers nearly a million a year, by the distilling, compounding and vending of spirits ... II. A physical account ... of the nature of all distill'd spirituous liquors, and the malignant effects they have upon human bodies / [Thomas Wilson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE Bane of the Nation : BEING SOME CONSIDERATIONS Humbly offer’d to the LEGISLATURE. By which it will appear, I. That the Landed Interest Buffers near a Million a Year, by the Biftilling, Compounding and Vending of S p i r i t s •, with fome Remarks relating to the REVENUE:,_-And the Frauds of the British Distillery Expos’d and Detected. II. A Physical AccIunt (drawn from Experiments and the Opinions of the mod Eminent Physicians) of the Nature of all Distill 5d Spirituous Liquors, and the Malignant Effe&s they have upon Human Bodies. ;_j Ith The Second Edition, Improv’d and Enlarg’d : with a NEW INTRODUCTION. To which Is added An APPENDIX, Containing The late Presentments of the Grand-Juries of Lo?zdony Middlefex, and the To^uer-Hamlets : Toge¬ ther with the Report made by His Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace at Hicks's Hally Jan. LONDON: Printed for J. Roberts in IVarwiCk-Ldm* M.DCC.XXXVI.