 | Robert Macnish - Alcohol - 1828 - 204 pages
...therefore, only be used in dilution; and in this state we have it from the strongest ardent spirits, to the simple small beer. The first (ardent spirits) being...most rapidly ', upon the constitution. They are more inflamt matory, and intoxicate sooner than any of the others. Swallowed in an overdose, they act almost... | |
 | Robert Macnish - Alcohol - 1828 - 210 pages
...even in a moderate quantity, without producing death. It can, therefore, only be used in dilution; and in this state we have it from the strongest ardent spirits, to the simple small beer. The first (ardent spirits) being the most concentrated of its combinations,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1833 - 270 pages
...moderate quantities, without producing death. It can, therefore, only be used in a state of dilution ; and in this state we have it, from the strongest ardent spirits to simple small beer. Alcohol being most concentrated in ardent spirits, they consequently act more rapidly upon the constitution,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1835 - 330 pages
...even in a moderate quantity, without producing death. It can, therefore, only be used in dilution ; and in this state we have it, from the strongest ardent...and overcoming the whole body with a sudden stupor. When spirits are swallowed raw, as in tire form of a dram, they excite a glow of heat in the throat... | |
 | Robert Macnish - Alcohol - 1835 - 256 pages
...even in a moderate quantity without producing death. It can, therefore, only be used in dilution ; and in this state we have it, from the strongest ardent spirits, to simple small beer. * Alcohol appears to exist in wines, in a very peculiar state of combination. In the Appendix, I have... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1845 - 498 pages
...in a moderate quantity, without producing death. It can, therefore, only be used in dilution ; ana in this state we have it, from the strongest ardent...intoxicate sooner than any of the others. Swallowed in an ovtrdose, they act almost instantaneously — extinguishing the senses and overcoming the whole body... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1850 - 452 pages
...stomach, even in a moderate quantity, without producing deathIt can, therefore, only be used in dilution ; and in this state we have it, from the strongest ardent spirits, t® simple small beer. The first (ardent spirits) being the most concentrated of its combinations,... | |
 | Franklin D. Clum - Alcoholism - 1888 - 258 pages
...liquid condition again. This process is distillation. Alcohol is used as a drink only in dilution, and in this state we have it from the strongest ardent spirits to simple small beer or cider. Alcoholic drinks are composed of alcohol, water and various accompanying substances, such... | |
 | Timothy Morton - Cooking - 2000 - 246 pages
...even in a moderate quantity, without producing death. It can, therefore, only be used in dilution; and in this state we have it from the strongest ardent...and overcoming the whole body with a sudden stupor. When spirits are swallowed raw, as in the form of a dram, they excite a glow of heat in the throat... | |
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... in all liquors. It is this which gives to wine, ale, and spirits, their characteristic properties. In the natural state, however, it is so pungent, that it could not be received into the stomach, even in a moderate quantity, without producing death.... 