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their reports made a certain amount of noise a few years |
ago and the Academy of Medicine resounded with the tumult |
of their discussions. Because, as in the time of Moliere, the |
doctors are seldom of the same opinion, fans of the famous |
liqueur may be reassured by the surprising dissension |
among the opinions of these messieurs. |
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While some, as a result of completely conclusive |
experiments (according to them), show anise and fennel to |
be the cause of the cerebral disorders noticed in the |
drinkers, absolving the wormwood plant, others, by |
experiments quite as conclusive, announce on the contrary |
the latter as the only culprit and restore anise and fennel to |
their primitive innocence. |
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Which of them are right? Which are wrong? That is what |
the man on the street wants to know and these fundamental |
differences are not likely to inspire him to great confidence in |
the allegations of one or the others. In the end, the way in |
which the famous experiments are done and the
conclusions |
reached are such that it is hardly possible to
take them |
seriously. |
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In effect, how does one seek to prove the toxic |
properties of anise essence or wormwood essence? One |
introduces into a guinea pig, by means of subcutaneous |
injections, one gram of essence; the animal is found to be |
stressed; sometimes he dies shortly after the operation; the |
demonstration is made and everyone must be convinced |
that either anise, or wormwood is a dangerous poison. |
Before thus swearing on the word of the Masters, it would |
be wise to fall back upon the self-evident value of the |
experiment
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(Translated by "Artemis" for your pleasure.) |
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