Distilled spirituous liquors the bane of the nation: being some considerations humbly offer'd to the legislature. By which it will appear, I. That the landed interest suffers near a million a year, by the distilling, compounding and vending of spirits ... II. A physical account ... of the nature of all distill'd spirituous liquors, and the malignant effects they have upon human bodies
Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784