258 MEDICINAL EFFECTS. 



Experiments recently made with roasted coffee in 

 France prove it to be one of the most powerful deodor- 

 izers yet discovered for the dissipation of all noxious 

 odors. As an instance of its great worth in this case, a 

 quantity of decomposing meat was hung up in a tightly- 

 closed room and a tin pan containing a few handfuls of 

 fresh-roasted and ground coffee was placed over a spirit 

 lamp, as the pan became hot and the vapor from the 

 coffee filled the room, it was found that the foul smell of 

 the decomposed meat was entirely removed, even when 

 standing close up to it. While Professor Beer, an eminent 

 Vienna oculist, maintains that the vapor arising from pure, 

 hot and fresh-made coffee is very invigorating to the eyes, 

 but at the same time attributing many frequent occurring 

 cases of affections to the sight to the constant use of 

 chicory, as well as to the habitual use of the decoctions 

 prepared from the admixtures of chicory and coffee. 



Coffee and pepper are highly recommended as a certain 

 specific for rheumatism, as well as in many forms of gout. 

 In such cases the proper proportions consist of a pint 

 of hot, strong, black coffee, which must be perfectly 

 pure, and seasoned with a teaspoonful of pure black 

 pepper, thoroughly mixed before drinking, and the 

 preparation taken just before retiring. Quite a number 

 of chronic cases of rheumatism are reputed on excellent 

 authority to have been cured by a single dose of this 

 simple remedy. The greatest care has to be exercised, 

 however, that cold is not contracted through the free 

 perspiration that follows its use, yet severe colds may also 

 be broken up and cured by its administration. Such a 

 simple and convenient remedy is certainly worth a trial, as 

 it is, at least, perfectly harmless, and makes no demand on 

 the doctor or druggist. Another use for coffee medi- 

 cinally, is in nausea and violent retching, for which purpose 



