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is coiifine!^, at the time of roasting, and till used, the better will its volatile pungency, 

 ;ftav.jur, and virtues, be preserved. Coarse, rank, nev/, cotf'ee is meliorated by being 

 liept alter it is roasted, before it is used. 



" The influence which coffee, judieioiisly prepared, imparts to the stomach, from 

 its invigorating- qualities, is strijngly exemplified bj- theiimnedrate eifect produced (jii 

 taking It, when tue stomach is over loaded with food, or nauseated with surfeit, or de- 

 bilitated by intemperance, or languid from inanition. 



" To constitutionally weak stomachs, it allbrds a pleasing sensation ; it acc(>Ierates 

 the process of digestion, corrects crudities, and removes the cholic, and flatulencies. 

 Besides its eifect on the gastric powers, it diffuses a genial warmth tiiat cherishes the 

 animal spirits, and takes away -the listlessness and langour which so greatly embitter the 

 hours of nervous people, after any deviation to excess, fatigue, or irregularity. 



" From, the warmth and efficacy of coffee in attenuating the viscid fluid.s, and in- 

 creasiiiij- the 'vigour of the circulation, it has been used with great success in some cases 

 of lluor albus, and in dropsy ; and also in worm complaints; and in those comatose, 

 auascanius, and such other diseases as arise from unwholesome food, want of exercise, 

 weak filjres, and obstructed perspiration. 



. " In vertigo, lethargy, catarrh, and all disorders of the head from obstruction in the 

 capillaries, long experience has proved it to be a powerful medicine; and, in certain 

 cases of apoplexy, it has been found serviceable -even when given in glysters, where 

 it has not been convenient to convey its effects by the stomach. Mons.'Malebranche 

 restored a person from an apoplexy by repeated glysters of coffee. 



" There are but few people who are not informed of its utility for the head ache ; 

 the steam sometimes is very useful to mitigate pains of the head. In the West Indies, 

 where the violent species of head ache, such as cephaleea, hemicrania, and clavus, are 

 more frequent and more severe than in Europe, coffee is often the only medicine that 

 gives relief. Opiates are sometimes used, but coffee has an advantage that opium does 

 not possess ; it may be taken in all conditions of the stomach ; and at all times by wo- 

 men, who are most subject to these complaints ; as it dissipates those congestions and 

 obstructions that are frequently the cause of the disease, and which opium is known to 

 increase, when its temporaiy relief is past. 



" From the stimulant and detergent properties of coffee, it may be used to an ex- 

 tent to be serviceable in all obstructions occasioned by languid circulation. It assists 

 the secretions, promotes the menses, and mitigates the pains attendant on the sparing 

 discharge of that evacuation. 



" In the ^Vest Indies the chlorosis and obstructed menses are comraon among la- 

 l)0rious negro females, exposed to the effects of their own carelessness, and the rigor- 

 ous transitious of the climate ; there strong coffee is often employed as a deobstruent; 

 which, drank warm in a mornmg fasting, and using exercise after it, has l)een produc- 

 tive of many cures. From its possessing these qualities, Geoffroy cautions pregnant 

 women, and such as are subject to excessive menstruation, to use it in moderation. 



" The industrious overseers of plantations, and other Europeans employed in culti- 

 vation in the West Indies, who are exposed to the morning and evening dews, find 

 great support from a cup of coffee before they go into the field : it fortifies the sto- 

 mach, and guards them against the diseases incident to their way of life ; especially in 

 clearing lands ; or when their residence is in humid situations, or in the vicinity of 

 ijtagiiant water. Those who are imprudently addicted to iutcmpcrancc, find coffee a 



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