| Sirach 31:25
| And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.
| Vomit. Some have omitted this term as indelicate; but the Scripture does not approve of intemperance, while it advises the preventing of a disorder. A man's stomach may sometimes be innocently overcharged. On such occasions, an emetic was prescribed. The ancients had not the same horror of it as moderns, Proverbs 23:8. (Calmet) --- Cicero, addressing Caesar, says, Cum te vomere post caenam velli dixisses. (Pro. R. Dejot.) --- And thou. Greek, "hear," etc.
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