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‘‘ This is not true of chocolate, which is at the same time a complete 
food and an active excitant, since it approaches in composition that 
model food, milk. In fact we have seen that in cocoa there is legu- 
mine and albumen, associated with fat, sugar to sustain respiratory 
combustion, phosphates, which are the basis of the bones, and — what 
milk does not have—theobromine and a delicate aroma. Roasted, 
ground, and mixed with sugar, cocoa becomes chocolate, the nutritive 
properties of which astonished the Spanish soldiers that invaded 
Mexico.”’ 
“oy 28% WRAPPING ROOM, BAKER'S BREAKFAST COCOA 
Dr. Edmund A. Parkes, F.R.S., in his ‘‘ Manual of Practical Hy- 
giene, prepared especially for use in the Medical Service of the 
Army ”’ (London, 1864), says : — 
‘‘ Although the theobromine of cocoa is now known to be identical 
with theine and caffeine, the composition of cocoa removes it widely 
from tea and coffee. The quantity of fat varies even in the same sort 
of cocoa. The ash contains a large quantity of phosphate of potash. 
The larger quantity of fat makes it a very nourishing article of diet, 
and it is therefore useful in weak states of the system, and for healthy 
men under circumstances of great exertion. It has even been com- 
