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31.36 CHAP. 36.—How HYDROMELI IS MADE.

Hydromeli, [Note] also, was a mixture formerly made with pure rain-water and honey, and was prescribed for patients who, were anxious for wine, as being a more harmless drink. For these many years past, however, it has been condemned, as having in reality all the inconveniences of wine, without the advantages.

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