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THE
COMPLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
infemalh.
Its
effects,
(vith
the
redistillation,
bring
the
ardent
spirit
to
that
state
in
which
it
abounds
with nox-
ious
qualities,
and,
though
it
is
freed
of
the
feints,
has
a
great
effect
upon
its
wholesomeness.
This
lafh
infernalis
is
made
by
adding
lime
to
pearl-
ash,
potash,
or
any
other
vegetable
alkaline
salt,
dissolved
in
water
;
then
drawing
the
clear
fluid,
and
evaporating
it
till
a
dry
mass
remains.
The
acid
used
in
the
prepa-
ration
of
counterfeit
brandy
is
commonly
called
"
spirit
of
nitre,''
or
aqua-fortisj
which,
when
combined
with
the
rectified
spirit,
raises
a
flavour
and
taste
much
resembling
those
of
brandy
;
but
if
a
certain
proportion
of
water
be
mixed
with such
brandy,
a
separation
of
the
ardent
spirit
and
acid
immediately
follows.
The
noxious
effects
of
these
on
the
health
of
those
who
drink
this
kind
of
brandy
are
frequently
lamentable
in
the
extreme,
for
it
makes
a
com-
plete
wreck
of
their
mental
and
physical
powers
;
all
of
which blame
is
to
be
attached
to
those
who
adulterate
the
brandy
for
the
purpose
of
becoming
rich,
though
in
doing
BO
they
make
dreadful
havoc
of
human
beings,
and
those,
too,
who
most
of
all
others
contribute
to their
success
in
business,
for
they
consume
it,
being
led
astray
by
an
evil
passion.
But
in
regard
to
the
effects
of
deleterious
substances
on
the
human
system,
I
have
spoken
at
length
in
another
work,
written
by
me,
entitled
'^
Detection
of
Fraud
and
Protection
of
Health,''
published
in
Philadelphia
in
1852,
to
which
the
reader
is
respectfully
referred.