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countries the value of coffee to open the secretions which 

 have been checked by the heat or miasmatic influences of 

 such climates. Knowing this, they take full advantage 

 of the well-known antiseptic properties of coffee. 



It is now more than thirty years since Landarabilco 

 called attention to the great value of raw or unroasted 

 coffee in hepatic and nephritic diseases ; who, after having 

 continued to use the remedy for over a third of a century 

 in many hundreds of almost hopeless cases, still continues 

 to use it with marked success in the treatment of liver 

 and kidney troubles which have persistently resisted all 

 other treatment. For such cases, 3 drams {j^ oz.) of 

 raw coffee beans are placed in a tumbler of cold water — 

 the best results being obtained from a combination of 

 Mocha, Bourbon and Martinique coffees in equal parts 

 of I dram each. The infusion is allowed to stand over 

 night, and after being properly strained or filtered must 

 be taken on an empty stomach the first thing on rising 

 in the morning. This simple remedy has been found a 

 sovereign remedy in numerous cases of renal and hepatic 

 colics, as well as in diabetes and migraime or nervous 

 headache, which, while rebellious to all other treatment 

 for years, readily yielded to the raw coffee infusion. It 

 may be here remarked that Bourbon and Martinique 

 coffees cannot be had in this country, going exclusively 

 to France, but may be substituted by what is known 

 in trade as Bourbon or Mocha-seed, Santos, Jamaica and 

 Mocha or almost any other fine mild coffee. 



Coffee, like tea, acts powerfully on the respiratory 

 organs, but increases the rate of respiration more than 

 tea and also the pulsation ; while tea, on the other hand, 

 increases the action of the skin, and, by lessening the 

 force of the circulation, cools the body, and does not 

 cause congestion of any of the mucous membranes. 



