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CHAP. IV. 
Of PUNCH. 
H E Ufe of Sugar in Punch, is to 
give it a more agreeable Tafte, to 
fheath the Acids of the Lemon, and pre- 
vent Gripes, Flatulency, Pricking and Pain 
in the Bowels. The Sugar for this Ufe 
fhould be well refined, very white, hard, 
and fparkling when broken, like fmall Cry- 
ftals, and of a pleafant Smell, fomewhat 
like that of a Violet. 
Lemons are an Acid, and quench Thirft 
by ltimulating the fluggifih Glands and fe- 
cretory Dufts. Their Juice puts a Stop to 
the Blood’s Rarefaftion, and thickens it 
when over thin, flops its too rapid Motion, 
and therefore is very ferviceable in ardent 
Fevers, and all Poifons which aft by dis- 
tending and relaxing the VelTels, and over- 
rarefying the Fluids, fuch as Poppies, Opi- 
um, Henbane, Coculus Indice , &c. Lemons 
ftrengthen the Stomach by giving a frefh 
Tone to its palled Fibres, and thereby en- 
vigorating it ; they provoke Urine by giving 
the renal Strainers a pleafing Stimulancy, 
and obtunding the Alkali and Salts of the 
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