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The berries are fpicy and ftomachic, arid are much 

 cfteemed in medicinfe as powerful attenuants, 

 diuretics, and carminatives. They difr)lve vifcid 

 humours in the firfl: pafTageSj arc very beneficial 

 in flatulencies, and in gravelly and nephritic 

 complaints. 



It may be given in the form of a rob, or the eflen- 

 tial oil, or the infufun by way of tea^ 



The berries chew'd, or the efTential oil taken cftly 

 in a few drops, give the uiine the iame fweec 

 violet fcent which it has after taking turpentine. 



A diftiird fpirituoiis water of juniper- berries was 

 iilcd to be kept in the fhops, but the vulgar 

 efteeming it a plcalant dram, the making of it 

 became the bufinefs of the dilliller, who fold it 

 under the name of Geneva : 



" The true geneva, or gin, is a malt-fpidt, diftillM 

 " a fccond time, with the addition ot juniper- 

 '* berries. Originally the berries were added to 

 " the malt in the grinding, lo that the ipirit 

 " ^hus obtained was flavoured with the berries 

 " ^rom firft, and exceeded all that could be 



^ " made by any other method. But at prefent 

 " they leave out the berries entirely^ and give 

 " their fpirits a flavour by diflilling them with a 

 " proper quantity of oil of turpentine ; which, 

 •* tho* it nearly refembles the flavour of juniper- 

 *' berries, has none of their valuable virtues." 



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