p. 221 | The Ladies' Tipple

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 8, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 14.

The Ladies' Tipple.

THAT popular abomination known as "Beef, wine, and iron," which is now sold so extensively, not only by druggists, but by tradesmen of various kinds, deserves a little special attention from the medical profession. It is an agreeable mixture to the sight and taste; its name is a triple combination of seductive mononyms; while, taken into the stomach, it acts as a gentle "pick up" to the worn-out and over-sensitive nerves of the ladies. It has, in consequence, become a popular, if not a fashionable, tipple, and is indiscriminately used to an extent that is, we believe, not entirely free from danger. Every medical man knows that the amount of actual beef or food in these various preparations is insignificant, and that it is the wine, after all, which makes them like it, and that leads so many persons to purchase their second bottle. There is no good reason why this mixture is allowed to be sold by those unlicensed to sell wines, and, if the law supports the practice, it is the duty of physicians, at least, to try to lessen it. Inebriety can result from these tipples.—Medical Record.