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“Jeremy Taylor, Charles I’s personal chaplain, wrote a tract, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living, in 1650 that illustrates that not much has changed in over 360 years. He characterised drunkenness by: Apish gestures. Much talking. Immoderate laughing. Dullness of sense. Scurrility, that is wanton jeering or abusive language. A useless understanding. Stupid sleep. Epilepsies, or”
― How Our Ancestors Died: A Guide for Family Historians
― How Our Ancestors Died: A Guide for Family Historians
