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suffer from a head in the morning from a high-class whisky
containing large quantities of fusel oil, and so forth, than from
what would be considered a low-class whisky containing mostly
a pure grain spirit.
Among the alcoholic liquids examined were home-made
wines, a few of these had been doctored with salicylic acid to
prevent fermentation: a wholly unnecessary addition.
Miscellaneous examples.
The rest of the table scarcely calls for comment. A sample
of American ketchup had a considerable quantity of benzoic
acid: some writers consider benzoic less harmless than salicylic;
in any case such additions should be declared.
A. WYNTER BLYTH.