82 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 



VI. 



COCOA-BUTTER. 



" A S the oil (or butter) of cocoa is very 

 JL\. anodyne, or an easer of pain, it is 

 excellent, taken inwardly, to cure hoarse- 

 ness and to blunt the sharpness of the salts 

 that irritate the lungs. In using it must be 

 melted and mixed with a sufficient quantity 

 of sugar candy and made into lozenges, 

 which must be held in the mouth until 

 the substance melts quite away, so that it 

 can be swallowed gently. Taken season- 

 ably the oil is also a wonderful antidote 

 against corrosive poisons. 



u It is the best and most natural pomatum 

 for ladies to clear and plump the skin 

 when it is dry, rough, or shrivelled, with- 

 out making it appear either fat or shining. 

 The Spanish women at Mexico use it 



