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most wholesome vinous beverage, and withal of home pro- 
duction. So testifies the smock-frocked Devon labourer, weather- 
beaten, rosy, and wrinkled of face. “Ay, buoy, an’ when th’ 
cider du be gude, ’tis th’ best thing fur a man tu drink th’t iver 
th’ Almighty made! Aale du be gude; stout be summat none 
so ill; some folk du set gert store to furrin wines, and sich loike 
(though I niver taasted mun mysen), but gie oi gude cider, an’ 
if mun don’t loike mun, there be no countin some volks judgment.” 
Old Nicholas Culpeper (1652) stated “the Vine is a gallant tree 
of the sun, very sympathetical with the body of man, which is 
the reason spirits of wine is the greatest cordial among all 
vegetables.” 
In the days of our grandfathers a calmative drink was in 
vogue known as Julep (from an ancient Arabian word). This 
drink contained opium, with mucilage. The title is still retained 
by doctors for certain medicinal waters, but alcohol has been 
substituted for the opium therein. In Scotland, for a cold 
recently caught, a rob of black currant jelly is taken with whisky 
toddy, generally having the result of a cure straightway. The 
French make a similar cordial liqueur de cassis, from black 
currants, “ qui est stomachique, et stimulante.” 
WINES. (See ALcoHOoL). 
As “ Milk is the wine of infancy, so wine is the milk of old age.” 
It is well worthy of note that as remarkably helpful against 
diabetes, a wine known as the Vin Urané Pesqut is to be scientific- 
ally commended, and has repeatedly proved of undeniable efficacy. 
This wine consists of old Bordeaux with which Uranium (a specific 
antidote to diabetes) is properly incorporated. Under its use 
(as a pleasant beverage) the amount of sugar in the urine becomes 
much reduced, whilst the general health is sensibly improved. 
The metal, Uranium, when taken experimentally in varying 
large doses by healthy provers, has been found to produce all 
the symptoms of confirmed diabetes. 
YEAST. (See Breap). 
Tue Barm (or Levurine) which has been told about when treating 
here of bread, merits some fuller notice as an admirably useful 
form of yeast against the staphylococcus pyogenes, OF mischievous 
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