1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

THE AFTERMATH OF REVELRY 203 Other recipes are before me, forJ,"j^drawing out bones broken in the head," and "for the falling of the mould of the head " ; but these, apparently, have no concern v/ith the question at issue. But to continue the search—eureka! " To Cure Spleen or Vapours. Take an ounce of the filings of steel, two drachms of gentian sliced, half an ounce of carduns seeds bruised, half a handful of centaury tops ; infuse all these in a quart of white wine four days, and drink four spoonfuls of the clear every morning, fasting two hours after it, and walking about." This I take to be a bona fide pick-me-up or two hundred years ago j and if " carduns"be the old spelling of " cardamom " 'tis very much the same mixture that the chemist will place in the trembling hand of the over-estimator, enquiring at the same time, "Would you like a lozenge after it, sir ?" And the omission of sal volatile or chloric ether in the prescription leads to the belief that those drugs were joys unknown to the reveller of the seventeenth century. The most aggravating part about the after math of revelry is that it takes, just as it likes, directly opposite forms. Two sinners may jump the same stiff course—by this sporting metaphor is meant imbibe the same amount and description of alcohol—after dinner, and, whilst A may wake with a double-breasted headache, a taste of sewage in the mouth, and a tongue as foul and furry as a stoat's back, B will commence the day with a