General instructions for the choice of wines and spirituous liquors. Dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Part I. describes those wines which are best to be used at the tables of the opulent. Part II. Points out those wines which alone ought to be administered to the sick. Part III. Contains instructions concerning spirituous liquors ... and Part IV. An account of disorders cured by wine ... with copies of letters from personages of distinction ... the whole essentially useful in all families / ny D. M'Bride.

  • McBride, Duncan.
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[1793]
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Credit: General instructions for the choice of wines and spirituous liquors. Dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Part I. describes those wines which are best to be used at the tables of the opulent. Part II. Points out those wines which alone ought to be administered to the sick. Part III. Contains instructions concerning spirituous liquors ... and Part IV. An account of disorders cured by wine ... with copies of letters from personages of distinction ... the whole essentially useful in all families / ny D. M'Bride. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    conftitutions; but our modern phyficians feldom prefcribe wine, their general prac- tice being by drugs, the frequent ufe of which foon deftroys the powers of the fto- mach, and thus many perifh which good wine would hav? reftored to health. Phy- ficians, however, are not to be blamed for this, as they are not acquainted with thofe particular fpecies of wines, and, if they were, their patients do not know where to get them. Thus communities, and even na- tions, in this refpe6t, labour under a very great misfortune. Though phyficians, both ancient and mo-r- dern, have in general recommended good! wine as a moft excellent medicine j yet, they have not explained or pointed out with any: degree of certainty (as far as I have yet feen)) thofe wines which at all times ought to be: preferably adminiftered to the fick. The wines in general ufe in thefe kingdoms have: not anfwered the expe6lations of phyficians, as they themfelves confefs; confequently,; they depend chiefly upon drugs. [ \ V 1 c GENERAL]