Athothis : a satire on modern medicine / by Thomas C. Minor.

"Shalom!" replied Athothis, bowing his head to the Orient. " The modern Jew, like the modern Christian, laughs at his ancestors," continued Paulus Androcydes, " and to my mind both are better than the old bigoted stock." "New wine in old bottles?" murmured Athothis. " Precisely," answered Paulus Androcydes. " Let the Jews drink their wine and beer in peace, for they are to be congratulated on overcoming Egyptian prejudices ; for you must admit that from times of greatest antiquity these Hebrews used wine on their altars; and, according to the Talmud, all songs of praise in the temple were sung with wine, and not the unfermented article either, for the Mishna states that it must be mixed with three parts of water in order to render the liquor less strong. Your modern Jew is not a Nazarite, and has forgotten the name of Rechabite." "And likewise forgotten the wisdom of Solomon," re- plied Athothis ; " that learned one who wrote : i Who hath woes ? Who hath sorrow ? Who hath babbling ? Who hath wounds ? Who hath redness of the eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine.' And adds : 'At last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.' Another wise old Jew hath said: ' Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night until wine inflame them.' The evils of alcohol were known and described as faith- fully by these Jewish seers as by the Egyptians; for, remember, that intemperance antedates Christianity." " I am a Christian by birth," exclaimed Paulus Andro- cedes, proudly, " and the founder of our belief had no silly prejudices. He not only drank wine himself, but likewise gave it to others to drink. His first miracle was