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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•.
Recipe.
Extract the juice from the rind of three
iemons, by rubbing loaf sug·ar
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it.
The peeling of two Seville oranges and two
lemons, cut extremely thin. The juice of
four Seville oranges and teu lemons. Six
glasses of calves-feet j elly in a liquid state.
The above to be put into a jug, and stirred
well together. Pour two quarts of boili
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water on the mixture, cover the jug
closely~
and place it near the fire for a quarter of
an
hour. Then strain the liquid through a sieve
• Fielding mentions a Clergyman who preferred
Punch to Wine for this orthodox reason, that the former
was a liquor no where spoken agaimt in Scripture.