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It
should
also
be
mentioned
that
it
is
invaluable
for
use
as
medicine
(but
not
as
a
beverage)
in
the
wasting
dis-
eases
of
children,
particularly
when
they
lose
weight
rapidly.
It
is
conspicuously
useful
in
such
cases
when
the
develop-
ment
of
tuberculosis
is
feared.
In
opposition
to
a
very
general
idea,
it
is
the
opinion
of
Dr.
Garrott,
confidently
confirmed
by
Dr.
Francis
E.
Anstie,_
in
his
interesting
book,
"Uses
of
Wines
in
Health
and
Disease,"
that
the
non-saccharine
or
dry
Sherries
are
not
productive
of
gout,
provided
they
do
not
cause
any
dis-
turbance
of
the
digestive
functions.
Dr.
Anstie
claims
that
it
is
only
the
saccharine
of
alcoholic
liquors
which
develop
gouty
manifestations
or
evoke
the
tendency
of
latent
gout.
PORT
WINE
In
the
selection of
the
Port
wine,
much
depends
upon
the
weather,
as the
physical
conditions
of
those
who
partake
of
it
must
be
considered;
people
accustomed
to
open
air
exercise
enjoy
generous
wines,
and
in
warm
weather,
light
tawny
wine
should
be
preferred.
In
some
houses
it
is
customary
to
drink
a
vintage
Port
no
younger
than
twenty
years
in
bottle,
but
there
are
many
good
wines
which
mature
in
from
four
to six
years
and
ac-
quire
sufficient
perfection
to
satisfy
the
connoisseur
who
is
not
too
fastidious.
If
more
than
one
quality
of
Port
wine
is
required,
it
is
better
to
commerce
with
the
richer
or
younger
wine
and
follow
with
the
drier
or
older.
Port
is
a
valuable
medicine,
and
old
crusted
Wine
a rare
luxury.
It
represents
nearly
all
the
elements
of
a
fine
wine,
be-
sides
being
most
agreeable
to
a
refined
palate.
An
old
bottled
wine
when
judiciously
used,
with
its
fine
volatile
ethers,
is
singularly
useful
in
restoring
strength
and
regu-
larity
to
the
heart's
action,
and
for
certain
forms
of
anemia
it
is
nearly
always
beneficial.
A
full
flavored
potent
wine
of
moderate
age
retaining
much
of
the
richness
of
its
original
flavor
is
for
such
purposes
the
best
agent,
the
object
being
to
employ
only such
wine
as
will
exert
the
maximum
of
good
influence
upon
both
appetite
and
digestion.
In
case
of
acute
hemorrhage
even
an
excessive
quan-
tity
of
Port
Wine
administered
at
the
right
moment
has
been
found
to
have
the
result
of
resurrection
from
almost
certain
death.
LIQUEURS
Benedictine
is
a
high-class
liqueur,
distilled
exclusively
at
Fecamp,
Normandy.
It
was
originally
made
by
the
Bene-
dictine
monks,
but
since
the
French
revolution
it
has
been
manufactured
by
a
secular
company,
according
to
the
original
recipe.
Its
medicinal
properties
are
of
an
acknowledged
high
order.
Maraschino
is
made
from
cherries
griottes,
grown
chiefly
in
the
south
of
France.
It
has
a
unique
perfume
and
an
agreeable
taste.
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