Sirach 31:25

Verse 25. 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 nt the same horror of it as moderns. Proverbs 23:8. Calmet.—Cicero, addressing Cæsar, says, Cum te vomere post cænam velli dixisses. Pro. R. Dejot.—And thou. Greek “hear,” and so forth