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jjoint of death lately with ;i peri piummony. The iiiflanjtnation of llio lunijs wys re- 

 moved t)y the ordinary methods in eight days ; there remained a very troublesome 

 eougli, an heat in the liuigs, .and quick pulse, with a ^reat dtyuc^is ot the skin, whirh 

 Ttuiile me api)reaend she woukl fall aij;iiii int(j her cousviinptire .slate- f prepared iu-f 

 by gentle piirtratives and aperient ine<hcines, as fier bowels were in.a ixid state, and- 

 her spleen ohslructed,,, and put Jier on a course of usses milk,, whieh she took reguiarlv 

 lor a month ^ but without th<c least sucvess ; lier p<ilse remaitwxl the siiiiie, lu^rcou^h ' 

 Mas wurse, she spit triore, Jier complexion wasyellowj-sometimes greemsh ', -she com- 

 plained of li'eats and oppressions of her hveast, notwithstanding the exact regimen, and' 

 gentle purgatives repeated every week. . Fimiing that., the asst^s milk was useless, I 

 again put her or) a c.?nu-sc of her former mttk collee, of which she took about a quart 

 every day for six weeks, purging her every ten or twelve days. This course was so fa- 

 vourable to her, tliai all the syrnptonis betore mentioned ceased in the first eight days ;' 

 Iter ap])etite soon -relnrned, and she. grew more t'rt 6ojy()i'/ji' tiiua she had ever beeij 

 in her life.' 



" Long v/atching and intense stiuiy are- wonderfully supported by it, and uithciit 

 the ill consequences that succeed the suspension of rest and sleep, when the nervous- 

 inlluence has nothing to sustain it Tlievenot says, ' Wlien mercnaists in Turkey ha\ e 

 any letters to v;rite, and iatend to do it in the eight time, in the e.veniiig thev take a 

 dish or two of cofFee, which is good to hinder vapours, head achj and to take away 

 slcepine.ss, Sec. In short,, in the Turk.s opinion, it is good against all maladies, and._ 

 fertainly it.hath, at least, as much virtue as is attributed to tea; and fts to its taste, by 

 feat time a mau hath drankjof it twice, he is accustomed to it, and finds it no longer 

 unpleasant.' 



" We are told that travellers in Eastern countries, and messengers who are sent with 

 dispatches, perform their tedious journies by ilie alternate effects of opium and coffee ; 

 and tliat the dervises and religious zealots, in their abstemious devotions, support their 

 vigils, through tlieir nocturnal ceremonies, by this anti-soporific liquor.; Du Four 

 nays the poor people in Turkey use it through oeconomy to save victuals ; asfrequentlv 

 two or three cups of coffee is their whole sustenance in the course of a day. Bernier 

 ^ays, tiiat the Turks,, who frequently subsist a considersible time upon coffee only, look 

 on it as an aliment ihat affords great nourishment to the body ; for which reason, dur- 

 ing the rigid fast of the rawadum, or Turkish lent, it is not only forbidden, but any 

 person is deemed to have violated the injunciions of the prophet, that has had even the 

 smell of coffee. Bacon says coffee ' comforts the head and heart and helps digestion.' 

 Dr. Willis says, ' being daily drank, it wonderfully clears and enlightens each part of 

 the soul, and disperses all the clouds of every function.' The celebrated Dr. Harvey 

 used it often. Voltaire lived almost on it. He told me, nothing exhilerated his spirits 

 more than the smell of coffee ; for which reason he had what he used in the drn-, 

 roasted in his chamber every morning, when he lived at Fcrnai. The learned and se- 

 dentary of every country have recourse to it, to refresh tlie brain oppressed by study 

 and contemplation. 



" Among the many valuable qualities of coffee, that of its heinnc an antidote to the 

 abuse of opium, must not be ccnsidered as the least ; for as mankind is not content 

 with the wonderful efficacy derived from. the prudent use of opium, the abuse of it is 

 productive of many evils that are only remediable by coffee ; which counteracts the 

 hy.^)notic or sleepy effects of opium. The heaviness, head-ach, giddiness, sicTcness,^' 

 aiid nervous affections, which attack the patient in the morning, who has taken an. 



opiate.' 



