Tea produces Scurvy, weak Nerves , and bad Teeth . 2 2 i 
teeth. This cannot be afcribed entirely to sugar, for they ufe 
very little, as already obferved : but we all know that hot or 
cold things which pain the teeth, deftroy them alfo. If we 
drank tea lefs, and ufed gentle acids for the gums and teeth, 
particularly sour oranges, though we had a lefs number of 
french dentists, I fancy this essential part of beauty would 
be better prefer ved. 
The women in the united provinces who sip tea from morn- 
ing till night, are as remarkable for bad teeth. The Portu- 
guese ladies, on the other hand, entertain with fweet- meats, 
and yet they have very good teeth : but their food is more of 
the farinaceous and vegetable kind than ours. They alfo drink 
cold water inftead of sipping hot ; and for the fame reafon 
the ufe of sugar, in general, is lefs pernicious to them than to 
us. 
Much fugar is hurtful to young perfons, particularly fuch 
as drink wine and malt liquors. After a plentiful meal of 
various foods, the ufe of it, even in tea, is apt to create unna- 
tural fermentations ; and its falts often produce inflammatory 
diforders. Adults, or thofe who drink only cold water, may 
venture on sugar more freely. And I muff take this opportu' 
nity to inform you, that it would be greatly for the com- 
mercial intereft of the nation, if we confumed less fugar our- 
felves, and fold more to foreigners : but of this more hereafter. 
Farewell. I am yours, &c. 
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