1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

BITTERS. 193 potations, by counteracting the indirect debility which they are liable to occasion, but even to render them, when taken in moderation, pro– moters of digestion. The custom of infusing bitter herbs in vinous drinks is very ancient and universal; the poculuni absintldatum was regarded in re1note ages as a wholesorne beverage, and the wormwood was supposed to act as an anti–