[2938] See B. xiv. c. 4: Vol. III. p. 227.
[2939] “Tremore nervorum;” perhaps “nervousness.”
[2940] See B. xi. c. 71. There is little doubt that generous wine promotes the rapid circulation of the blood.
[2941] In B. xiv. cc. 18, 19, 20.
[2942] In accordance with the suggestion of Sillig, we insert “sunt quæ,” otherwise the passage is defective.
[2943] This would be a vigorous liquor, Fée thinks, and a good tonic; similar, in fact, to the modern antiscorbutic wines.
[2944] Fée queries whether this was made from the fermented berries, or from an infusion of them in wine. In the former case it would bear some slight resemblance to our gin.
[2945] “Apsinthites.” See B. xiv. c. 19.
[2946] See B. xiii. c. 9.
[2947] In B. xiv. c. 10.