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Lidén Number 133

Respondent: Peter Bergius (1740-1819)
Title: ... in qua Spiritus Frumenti proponitur, ...
Date of Defense: 19 December 1764
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-20
Lidén Title: Spiritus frumenti.
Soulsby Title: Spir. frum.
Drake Title: Spiritus Frumenti.
Note:
Abstract: An historical account of the distillation of spirits from grains and other fruits, first reported in Europe by Arnold de Villa Nova (ca. 1315), after which a grape brandy was an important article of commerce in Venice. Details are given on manufacture of grain spirits in Sweden, together with their use when treating various disorders medicinally. The physical penalties from excessive use as intoxicants are reviewed from both moral and political viewpoints.