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fort 9 an illuftrious Englifhmany who died about fe- 
venty Years old of a Fever, and who ufed to eat a 
Pound of Sugar or more every Day for almoft forty 
Years together. His Teeth were whole and fail, and 
his Body being opened, his Bowels appeared perfectly 
found and free from Injury. The other Obfervation 
is of one Mr. Malory , the Dodtor’s own Uncle. 
This Gentleman was very fond of Sugar and Honey. 
With thefe, efpecially with Sugar, he feafoned all 
his Food, whether Flefh or Fruits \ and he lived to 
an hundred Years found and healthy. 
Hence we may conclude, that nothing is to be 
Feared from a moderate Ufe of Sugar. On the con- 
trary I am of Opinion, that as a Seafoning, it gives 
an Agreeablenefs to Aliments, which difpofes the 
Stomach to a due Performance of Digellion ; that it 
like wife helps the Ferment of the Stomach, and 
prepares the Food to undergo the Fermentation 
which is requifite both in the Stomach and Inteftines ; 
and therefore that it conduces to an excellent Crafts 
of the Blood, and of all other Humours depend- 
ing upon the firft Digeftion. 
And fo far is it from deferving to be thought the 
Caufe of a pulmonary Confumption, that many ex- 
perienced Phyficians have extolled a Preparation of 
it with Rofes, termed Saccharum Rofatum , as a fo- 
vereign, or even fpecifick Remedy, in that Difeafe. 
MonianuSy Valeriola and Foreftus allure us, that they 
have feen fome Perfons cured by taking it plenti- 
fully. River ius likewife, cap, de Phthfi r tells us, 
he knew an Apothecary, who being in a Conlump- 
tion, prepared for himfelf a large Quantity of Sac* 
charum Rofatum , of which he kept continually eat- 
ing ■, and by this Remedy alone was reftored to 
Health. 
Yet we muft obferve, that Phyficians unani- 
moufly agree, that bilious, melancholick, and fcor- 
butick 
