Infusion

Meaning

Infusion is criticized as drawing an external taste while leaving the inward power inaccessible. Nuysement says ordinary steeping extracts a little nitrous quality with some dregs, not the subtle and fixed efficacy needed to reach and preserve the centre of health. Nitrosité remains a historical quality, not an identified modern compound.

The contrast of bitter infusions with hidden natural sweetness is not resolved by adding sugar or honey. Those additions correct the surface taste rather than disclose the subject’s own sweetness. The supplied French negative and linking word in “[n’]y ayant ... l’industrie [de] tirer” are editorial restorations at worn type; the resulting claim is that most apothecaries lack the skill. Turner is a comparison supporting that restoration, not the source of the new English translation.