The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-20
A French Doctor OH CoGec.

OF the department du Nord, tn the coal mines
OF Chareroi, there, where thousauds of men, .a,.
buried every day for twelve hours in the how
els OF the earth for the purpose of EXTRACTING.
the enormous masses of coal required for feed
ing the furnaces of Our factories. We>hce v;,,-
orous worklnen, whose exterior indicates ro.
bust health, and the greatest muscular develon-
mcnt, and yet their food ia neither substantial
nor Abundant three or four cups Of coffee q
day, and potatoes, and one pound of meat in
week Is all the nourishment supplied to the
workmen in the Goa pits of Charleroi These
men can live. on one quarter of the food that is
necessary to kcep,up the force Of other indi-
vltuals. -,
In the ucigbborhood Of Riesen Berg in Bo-
hem'a, in the midst Of the Krapast Mountains,
there exists race Of pcop.c who almost ali
to1ow the trade OF wcavers. For years their
1000 has been altogether insufficient being
composed solely of potatoes they were re-
q7ced TO such state OF wretchedness as to be-
come TO some extent deYeneratcd Fortunately
the medical men Of the country conco;vad tbe
idea OF placing them under o course of coffee
The trial succeeded beyond all expectation.
and tue wcavers Of Rosenberg have no lon-
ger cause to envy tho health and strength Of
the workmen of other countries. For the DIR
pose OF facilitating the acquisition of that salu
tary substance OF the poor nountaineers. tile
Austrian Government has recently abolished
the cutles that used to be levied on the imnor-
tation of coffee ~. -.
Coffee, says NJ. de. G';sparin, renders the
elements Of our organism more 'stabla Il 10
observed that, under the influence of coffee
the produce OF the secrctious is more fluid, the
respiration less. active and consequently the
less undergone by the absorbed substance less
RAPID. "A dlmlnution Of animal heat has ever
been observed under similar circumstances
ihls last consequence helps us to understand
the utility OF coffee in hot countries where the
temperature is so difficult. to bear that il,
seems 10 wear out the springs OF life. Our mil
itary and naval authorities have made coffee
lotnl part OF tlfe ratons of our soli.icrs and
sailors, III active service, and have reason to
DC satisfied with the result. The use of cot>e,
has been OF Immense benefit to our troons. as
well III .Afrlcah deserts as in the Crimra in
Italy, and in China; the crews of orr fleets
have also derived the same hycienic advanta.
Gcs. 1t Is of infinite Value to our s,.|dicrs i,
Mexico, and principally. IN the Terra CuIientr
at Vera Cruz. l'lat hot bed cf yellow fever.
AS man advances iii life, the hcnv tissue di-
; m'n'hhcs in Quantity. Wo know, for instance
how eas J the Bones ofod people are fractured
lhls accident IS consequent on the slipbt resist
.ance offered by the bone, which becomes weak
ened by the dinnution of the organs. Now to
point ont the consequence of this dsappear-
ance OF the bony substance in persons Of aJ-
svanced age.
The phosphoric particles of the bones are
absorbed, carried away in the circn]atino tor
rent and lnolecule thus moved alone hTy tho
blood, and obliterating the small blood vessels
or capillary tubes One of our learned nrofes,
sors of the Facility of Medicine, NJ. G. Robin
promulgated the idea of lissolvirg tl;c pbosnhaI
deposits by means ofa chemical agent; with
Tactic acid, for instance, it might be possible
perhaps to prevent this obstruction of the vcs.
sels, which is the frequent cause Of fatal coppes-
tions in thcrcase of old people, and thus to ex-
tend the limits of human life. y
n. Petit is of the opinion that it is better to
prevent the obstruction Of vessels than to b,vo
to combat it, when once>in existence. From tho
well established fact that coffee retards the do.
composition Of thesorgans, NJ. petit copclnJes M
that byits habitual use the life of man might be
prolonged beyond it's common dnrations He
therefore recommends the use of coffee. csncci-
ally to old persons, asserting that those who
have reached the age Of fifty years and upwards
may take from one to four cups per day of mod
crately strong Infusion aecorJ;no 80 H. ll:.