Chap. 22.] OTHER WIKES. 471 



years it begins to be of medium age. Falernian wine of this 

 age, taken cold, is good for the stomach, but not when taken 

 warm. For an inveterate cough and for quartan fevers, it is 

 a good plan to drink it neat, fasting. There is no wine that 

 quickens the action of the venous system so much as this ; it 

 nets astringently upon the bowels, and is feeding to the body. 

 It has been thought, however, that this wine is productive of 

 injury to the sight, and that it is far from beneficial to the 

 nerves 75 and the bladder. 



The Alban wines are more salutary to the nervous system, 

 but the sweet kinds are not so beneficial to the stomach. The 

 rough wines of Alba are even better than those of Falernum, 

 but they do not promote the digestion so well, and have a 

 slight tendenc}" to overload the stomach. 



As to the Surrentine wines, they have no such effect upon 

 the stomach, nor are they at all trying to the head ; they have 

 the property also of arresting defluxions of the stomach and 

 intestines. The Caecuban wines are no longer grown. 



CHAP. 21. THE SETINE WINES ; ONE OBSERVATION UPON THEM. 



THE STATAN WINES ; ONE OBSERVATION UPON THEM. THE 

 SIGNIAN WINES ; ONE KEMEDY. 



Among the wines, however, which still exist, those of Setia 76 

 promote the digestion, having more strength than the Surren- 

 tine wines, and more roughness than those of Alba. The 

 wines of Falernum are not so powerful. Those of Stata are 

 but very little inferior in quality to the wines already men- 

 tioned. It is universally agreed that the wines of Signia are 

 extremely beneficial in cases of derangement of the bowels. 



CHAP. 22. OTHER WINES : SIXTY-FOUR KEMEDIES. 



As to the other wines, they may be spoken of in general 

 terms. By the use of wine, the human vigour, blood, and 

 complexion are improved. It is wine that makes up for all 

 the difference between the middle or temperate zone, and those 

 which lie on either side of it, the juice of the vine conferring 

 as much vigour and robustness upon the inhabitants of our 

 part of the earth as the rigorousness 77 of the climate does 



75 n Nervis." As to the meaning of this word, see B. xi. c. 88. 



76 These wines also are described in B. xiv. 

 "Feritas." 



