COCOA-BUTTER. 87 



or of sweet almonds. If the ancient cus- 

 tom of the Greeks and Romans should be 

 revived, of anointing one's self with oil to 

 give suppleness to the limbs and to guard 

 against rheumatism, the oil of cocoa should 

 be chosen for the purpose. 



" Considered as food, and as a medicinal 

 substance, cocoa-butter possesses the same 

 fundamental property as other fat. It sup- 

 plies to respiration the necessary combus- 

 tible elements, and renders it, in conse- 

 quence, more easy and active. It may, 

 therefore, be administered with advantage 

 to persons suffering from affections of the 

 chest, and possesses the advantage, in com- 

 mon with only a very small number of 

 substances of the same kind, that the most 

 fastidious and obstinate patient may take it 

 for the whole of his life without disgust." 



