Pass the Snail Syrup

Who would read an eighteenth-century book called The Old Man’s Guide to Health and Longer Life…, especially when it recommends taking “two spoonfuls of syrup of snails” every morning? Well, that’s just the sort of thing for Dalrymple. At least the book recommends against “broth of vipers”.

Dalrymple in National Review (purchase required)

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