S3S 
juice 
or 
if it b 
e too active 
__ed into vinega 
New wines are 
b 
liabl 
e 
ng protracted, it may b 
ftrong degree of acefcency when 
the ftomach, and thereby occafion much flatulency, and eructa- 
ftomach 
by paffing 
of acid matter ; heart-burn 
d 
P 
of 
from fpafms are alfo often produced; and the acid matter, 
into the inteftines, and mixing with the bile, is apt to occafi 
come 
diarrhoeas. S 
efcent in the ftomach than others: but 
kewife more difpofed to be- 
the quantity of 
alcohol which they contain is more confiderable than appears fenfibly 
the tail: e, their acefcency is thereby in a great meafure counteracted 
Red port, and moft of the red w 
have an aftringent quality, by 
which they ftrengthen the ftomach, and prove ufefui in reftraining 
immoderate evacuations ; on the contrary, thofe which are of an acid 
rhenifh, pafs freely by the kidneys, and gently loofen the 
bellv 
But th 
an agreeable fl 
d perhaps all the th 
weak wines, though of 
yet, as containing little alcohol 
are 
difpofed to become acetous in the ftomach, and thereby to agg 
.dily 
arthritic and calculous complaints, as well as to produce the effect 
wine 
t 
of 
The general effects of wine are, to ftimulate the ftomach, exhilerate 
the fpirits, warm the habit, quicken the circulation, promote perfpi- 
ration, and in large quantities to prove intoxicating, and powerfully 
fedative. 
In many diforders w r ine is univerfally admitted to be of important 
fervice, and efpecially in fevers of the typhous kind, or of a putrid 
endency ; in which it is found to raife the pulfe, fupport the ftrength, 
promote a diaphorefis, and to refift putrefaction; and in many cafes 
it proves of more immediate advantage than the Peruvian bark. Deli- 
rium, which is the confequence of exceflive irritability, and a defective 
ftate of nervous energy, is often entirely removed by the free ufe of 
wine. It is alfo a well-founded obfervation, that thofe who indulge 
m the ufe of wine, are lefs fubject to fevers, both of the malignant 
and intermittent kind. In the putrid fore throat, in the fmall-pox, 
when attended with great debility and fymptoms of putrefcency, in gan- 
b See Culkn M, M* vol, u p. 413 
grenes, 
