three hours, and its external application mixed with equal parts of linimentum ammoniæ.
Though large quantities of cider are drunk with impunity, in any state, by persons who have been accustomed to its use, I have known violent inflammation of the stomach, colon, and rectum, produced by its use, in persons who were not cider drinkers. Very new and very old cider are both apt to disagree, even in small quantities. I have known a quart of old cider produce inflammation of the stomach, which proved fatal, and two small glasses, daily, of new cider, occasion violent dysentery.
Diseases of the heart and large blood-vessels are very frequent, but I am not aware of any peculiarity connected with these complaints, which is not well known.
