1. No, he is not trying to put a new patch on an old garment or new wine into a stiff, old wineskin.

2. Parenthetically, it should be noted that even though the word Ascitan derives from the same root, this term does not refer to a patient with ascites but rather to members of a heretical Christian sect of the 2nd century, who were so named because of the practice of dancing around an inflated wineskin at their meetings, according to their