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likewife M. la. Roque has given us the following diverting Rela- 
tion. 
The Uie of Coffee about the Year was become fo 
^ univerfal at Marfeilles, that the Phyficians of that City began to 
^ be alarm’d at it, as being no ways a proper Liquor for the In- 
^ habitants of fo warm and dry a Climate. They foon found 
‘ means to draw a great many over to their Opinion^ and thus 
^ two Parties were form’d in the Town, much after the fame 
‘ manner as at Mecca and Grand Cairo, fave only that Religion 
^ was here out of the Queftion. The Sticklers for Coffee ufed 
^ the Phyficians ill upon all Occafions j and they, on the other 
^ hand, threatned the Drinkers of it with all manner of Difeafes. 
^ At this rate both fides went on, till Fortune threw in the Phy- 
‘ ficians way a lucky Opportunity of pronouncing Sentence 
^ againfl the Ufe of Coffee in a judicial and fblemn manner. A 
‘ young Phyfician was to be receiv’d into the College, and they 
‘ thought infallibly to gain their Point, and banilli Coffee for 
‘ ever from Marfeilles.^ by making it the Subjedt of the publick 
^ Difpute upon that Occafion. The Thefis was fuffain’d on the 
‘ 27th of February, and that Part of it which relates to 
‘ Coffee is this. 
^ejiions in Physic K, 
' Propos'd hy Mejjleurs Caftillon and Fouque, Vo&ors of the Faculty 
^ of Aix, to M. Colomb, in order to his Reception into the College 
‘ of Phyficians at Marfeilles, to he difputed in the Toivn~Hall, 
‘ February 27. 
^ Queflion 1. Is the Ufe of Coffee hurtful to the Inhabitants of 
‘ Marfeilles ? 
^ Amongft an infinite number of Medicines wherewith the 
‘ Arabians have loaded Phyfick, there is none that all Nations 
^ have more readily gone into than the drink call’d Coffee ; for it 
‘ is not only fold at a finall Price every where in the Turkijh Do- 
^ minions, but even in this Country it has almoff abolifh’d the 
‘ Ufe of Wine, by reafon of the excellent Qualities that have 
^ been afcribed to it 5 tho’ the Truth of the Matter is, that it 
^ does not come up fo much as to the Dregs of Wine, neither in 
^ Colour, Smell, Subfiance, nor Qualities. But the Force of: 
Prejudice is fo great, as to make the befl Things be defpis’d, 
* when they become too common, while foreign Commodities, 
^ tho’ of no real Value in themfelves, are cry’d up to the Skies. 
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