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66 The influence which coffee, judiciously 

 prepared, imparts to the stomach, from it's 

 invigorating qualities, is strongly exemplified 

 by the immediate effect produced on taking 

 it when the stomach is overloaded with 

 food, or nauseated with surfeit, or debili- 

 tated by intemperance, or languid from ina- 

 nition. 



" In vertigo, lethargy, catarrh, and all 

 disorders of the head, from obstructions in 

 the capillaries, long experience has proved 

 it to be a powerful medicine; and in cer- 

 tain cases of apoplexy, it has been found 

 serviceable even when given in clysters, where 

 it has not been convenient to convey it's 

 effects to the stomach. Mons, Malebranche 

 restored a person from apoplexy by repeated 

 clysters of coffee. 



" Du Four relates an extraordinary in- 

 stance of the effect of coffee in the gout: 

 he says, Mons. Deverau was attacked with 

 the gout at twenty-five years of age, and had 

 it severely until he was upwards of fifty, 

 with chalk stones in the joints of his hands 

 and feet: he was recommended the use of 

 coffee, which he adopted, and had no return 

 of the gout. 



" A small cup or two of coffee, immedi- 

 ately after dinner, promotes digestion. 



,,With a draught of water previously 



