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Sugar is much ufed, both 
in Food and Phyfick: It 
has been fuppos’d,that the 
immoderate ufe of Sugar 
here in England, has been 
the Realon of the Increafe 
of the Scurvy and of Con- 
fumptionsamongft us : ’Tis 
certain that it increafes the 
Scurvy, for by the frequent 
ufe of it the Teeth grow 
black and rotten, which 
are certain iigns of the 
Scurvy. Moreover, it con- 
tains in it a very Corrofive 
Salt, which appears by. De- 
ftillation : And it is well 
known, that the Scurvy is 
occafion’d by a fixed Salt, 
and cured by a Yolatile 
Salt. But it is to be noted, 
thBt Sugar is better to be 
mix’d with Medicines pe- 
culiar to Women’s Difeafes 
than Hony, for Hony is in- 
jurious to the Womb. Su- 
gar is diffolv’d in Water, 
then filtrated, and fo it is 
purified ; afterwards the 
Liquor is evaporated, and 
it is made up into Loaves, 
or put up in Casks : ’Tis 
either Red , Brown , or 
White , according to the 
Degrees of Purification. 
When the Sugar ha-s been 
refin’d no more than above- ; 
faid, it is a little fat: Now 
to refine it farther, it is dif- 
jfolv’d in Lime-water, and 
boil’d, and the Scum is ta- 
ken off ; when it is fuffi- 
ciently boil’d they call it 
into Molds of a Pyramidal 
Form, which have Holes 
at the bottom to let the 
more glutinous part run 
through, and feparate. ’Tis 
farther refin’d by boiling it 
with the Whites of Eggs in 
Water 5 for the glutinous 
quality of the Whites of 
Eggs does belp to receive 
and take away the Impuri- 
ties that remain in the Su- 
gar, and the boiling drives 
them all to the fides of the 
Veflel, in a Scum : The Li- 
quor is pafs’d through a 
Cloth, and then evapora- 
ted to a due Confidence, 
Sugar. Candy is only Sugar 
Cryftalliz'd : The way to 
make it is, to boil refin’d 
Sugar in Water , to the 
Confidence of a thick Sy- 
rup j ’tis then pour’d into 
Pots, wherein little Sticks 
have been laid in order, 
’tis left in a dill place lome 
Days without dirring, and 
you have the Sugar-Can- 
dy dicking to the Sticks. 
Brown Sugar-Candy is 
