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difluade his countrymen from the praftice of* eat- 

 ing hot bread, boiled rice, puddings, and other* 

 like foodsj to which perhaps, from the feverity 

 of the climate^ the Swedes are more addided than 

 fome other nations. He does not however con- 

 clude this part without pointing out thofe cafes 

 where tepid^ and even /^m^^ liquors, are both al- 

 lowable and beneficial ; fuch are fome fevers, feve^ 

 ral of the fpafmodic difeafes, and thofe refulting 

 from rigidity of the fibres. 



In the fecond part, the author reprobates >the 

 ufe of iced creams, jellies, and drinks ; and difiuades 

 efpecially from a fort of food, unknown among 

 us, though frequent in Sweden: this is congealed 

 oyfters. The pernicious quality of thefe he endea- 

 vours to prove by feveral cafes. He is alfo not 

 iefs decifive in condemning a kind of iced malt- 

 liquor, drunk in Sweden in the fummer months. 

 Obfervations on the difeafes occafioned by the 

 abufes of all thefe, and a recital of the advantages 

 of fimply cool liquors, conclude this diflertation. 



137. PoTus The^. p. C. Till^us. 1765, 



At the time of its publication, this treatife had 

 perhaps the merit of being the mofl complete hif- 

 tory of this fiirub 5 occafioned by the lucky inci- 

 dent of its arriving fafe in a vegetating ftate in 

 Sweden^ through the care and ilcill of Capt. Ekehergy 

 who is faid to be the firil that fucceeded in the 

 feveral attempts that had been made to introduce 

 it into Europe, Linn^us had fuggefted the put- 

 ting the feeds into earth jufl as the fliip left China ; 



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