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Therapeutic Values of Wines и,т ьwww» шинным

of experience have confirmed that

wine is a marvelous product for man either in health or illness, if he makes judicious use of it, according to his constitution. High medical authorities and scientists through out the world 4acknowledge that wine spirits and malt liquors used as a beverage are very beneficial to health when taken in moderation and are abso lutely necessary in many cases of fever, nervous ex haustion, debility and convalescence. Old people are greatly benefited by daily drink ing of good wines in moderate quantity. A poet once said “that the man who drinks Wine must necessarily have more exalted thoughts than he who drinks water.” CENTURIES Wine invigorates the mind and body, and gives life an additional charm, but temperance and mod~ eration are virtues essential to our happiness. The good effect of wines as a food is due to their stimulating operation on the nervous system and muscular lining of the stomach, by which the same is excited to greater action and produces a healthy ñow of the gastric juices. Wine being the pure juice of the grape properly fermented and aged is without question a healthful beverage to take with meals, and if those who drink ice water would use wine instead, they would find their digestion better and their general health im­ moved.