Note 43 — Chapter XIV · METHOD OF CURING THE HABIT OF DRUNKENNESS.
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“In warm countries, the aqueous part of the blood loses itself greatly by perspiration; it must therefore be supplied by a like liquid. Water is there of admirable use; strong liquors would coagulate the globules of blood that remain after the transuding of the aqueous humour.”—Montesquieu, Book xiv. Chap. x.