TO4 ORD. LI. Gramina. saccuArum OFFICINARUM. 
bleeding at the nose, and livid streaks over the right scapula, were 
produced. We are also told that a boy who was much affected by 
acidity of the stomach, in a short time greedily ate a large 
quantity of lump Sugar; soon afterwards he was taken ill, and 
the next morning found dead in his bed. Upon examining his 
body, red spots, and other marks of a dissolved state of the blood 
were discovered.” What degree of credit ought to be given to 
these and other cases of the like kind, we leave ‘to the judgment 
of our readers: but that the liberal use of Sugar to many stomachs 
has greatly impaired the digestive powers, and laid a foundation 
for various complaints, is highly probable. At the same time we 
must admit, that several indulge largely i in this article, if not with 
advantage; at least with impunity. 
As a medicine, Sugar cannot be considered to possess much 
power. Dr. Cullen classes it with the attenuantia; and Bergius 
‘States it: = — anal egies edulcorans, relaxans, pectoralis, vul- 
neraria, In catarrhal affections both sugar 
and honey are frequently employed: it has also been shoe: 
tageously used in calculous complaints; and from its known 
power in preserving animal and vegetable substances from putre- — 
faction, it has been given witha view to its antiseptic effects. 
The candy, by dissolving slowly in the mouth, is well suited to 
relieve tickling coughs and hoarseness. The use of Sugar in 
various medicinal compositions is too obvious to —_— being 
peiculacy pointed out. 
™ Rezia in Carminati, l, c, p. 129. 
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