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COCOA AXD CHOCOLATE. 



maintenance or development of the adipose secretions, by reason of 

 the fatty matter (cocoa butter) belonging to them ; and, finally, they 

 assist in the maintenance and increase of the tissues by means of their 

 congeneric azote substances, which assimilate therewith." 



Etienne Francois Geoffrey, the distinguished French physician and 

 professor of medicine and pharmacy in the College of France, says, in 

 his "Traitt dc Ma tier e MedicaJe " : 



"The drinking of chocolate, especially of that made with milk, is 

 recommended to persons affected with phthisis or consumption ; and, 



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in fact, it supplies a juice which is nourishing, -substantial, and smooth, 

 which deadens the acrimony of the humors: provided, as we have said, 

 that the cocoa is properly roasted, and mixed with a very small quantity 

 of spices." 



A French officer who served in the West Indies for a period of fifteen 

 years, during the early part of the last century, wrote, as the result of 

 his personal observations, a treatise on " The Natural History of Choc- 

 olate, Being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cacao Tree, Its 

 Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and 

 Medicinal Virtues of Its Fruit," which received the approbation of the 



