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supply
the
place
of
wine
in resisting
putrefaction,
especially
if
drank
cold
with
plenty
of
sugar
;
it
also
promotes
perspiration
:
but
if
drank
hot
and
immoderately,
it
creates acidity
in
the
stomach,
weakens
the nerves,
and
gives
rise
to
complaints
of
the
breast.
He
further
states,
that
after
a
heavy
meal
it
is
improper,
as
it
may
check
digestion,
and
injure
the
stomach
f
.
Rennie
states,
that
he
once
heard
a
facetious
Physician
at
a
public
hospital
prescribe
for
a
poor
fellow
sinking
under
the
atrophy
of
starv-
ation,
a
bowl
of
Rum
Punch.
Mr.
Wadd
gives
us
a
prescription
"
Rum,
aqua
dulci
miscetur
acetum,
et
fiet
ex
tali
foedere
nobile
Punch."
He
also
states,
that
Toddy,
or
Punch
without
acid,
when
made
for
a
day
or
two
before
it
is
used,
is
a
good
and
cheap
substitute
for
wine
as
a
tonic,
in
convalescence
from
typhus
fever,
&c.
f
Fielding
mentions
a
Clergyman
who
preferred
Punch
to
Wine
for
this
orthodox
reason,
that the
former
was
a
liquor
no
where
spoken
against
in
Scripture.