CHAP. 54.—MELITITES: THREE REMEDIES.
We have already described how melitites [Note] is prepared, of
must and honey, when speaking on the subject of wines. It
is, I think, some ages, however, since this kind of beverage
was made, so extremely productive as it was found to be of
flatulency. It used, however, to be given in fever, to relieve
inveterate costiveness of the bowels, as also for gout and affections of the sinews. It was prescribed also for females who
were not in the habit of taking wine.
