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in many of the confections, of civilized man all over the globe.* 
Immoderate use of the fruit, which according to the people of 
the tropics is highly refrigerant, causes, it is said, rheumatic and 
other diseases.t| The milk is considered an agreeable cooling 
beverage in the tropics. It has been known for some time that 
irritation of the mucous membrane of the bladder and urethra is 
caused by drinking too freely of the cocoanut milk.{ It is strongly 
Fis. 3- Ripe cocoanut. S, lower part of axis forming the stem; 4, upper end of 
axis with scars of male flowers 3 Efi, epicarp; Mes, mesocarp with fibers ; End, endo- 
= bos hard shell; 7, portion of testa adhering to endosperm ; 4/6, endosperm = 
rounding cavity of the nut ; K, germinating eye. \ 1. Winton. 
diuretic. 
thelmintic with uniformly satisfactory results.§ He states that the 
meat of the nut is a powerful ¢aenicide, the milk sharing the proP- 
*In the Annal Oe ane 
Pape nnals of the New York Academy of Science, 13: 49°, 1900-1908» 
© tollowing may be found: ** Dr, Gies in answer to a question stated that the food 
uate of the cocoanut is small.’? This answer is quoted incorrectly. The 
ae erred to the nitrogenous food content. It was stated on that occasion that the 
Ror of proteid food-stuff is small,’’ See page 340 
{ Pavy: A Treatise on Food and Dieteti ; i tically 
therapeutic 
considered, 488. 1878, ietetics physiologically and P 
t re Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 13: 490. 1900-1908 
@ See Liebreich : Encyklopaedie der Therapie, 1: 744. 1896. 
Parisi has used the cocoanut therapeutically as an an. 
