The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-02
NEW YoEK MED.sAL COLLEGE Fon woMES.

Opening Address--Dr. Il. NJ. Kellogg on Tea
ms tho Feminine Tipple.
The eighth annual opening OF the Medical College
and Hospital for Women took place last evening ut
ut No. 1877 second avenue. The neat reception par
lor Of the college was filled by intellectual audi
ence. the greater part or whom were ladies. Mrs.
Lozier, Dean Of the faculty, presided.
DR.. L. NJ KELLOGG. Professor OF the college, said
that he took the same ground for women's medical
colleges which he had always taken for homeopathy.
Women are no longer required to prove their
claims to recognition. Facts speak for themselves.
He then selected for his theme the subject OF tea and
headache which stand very frequently in the rela-
ton Of cause and effect to each other. 1t Is only Of
very late years that the attention OF the profession
has nesn Called TO this subject. II there be any
truth in the doctrine that ell diseases originate in
the stomach, we ought always to be on the Qa rfUe
Tor dicte,ic errors. Stmulants in some shape seem
to be necessity to man. The speaker believes that
tea and coffee tobacco and spices wines and liquors
arc, within certain limits, essential TO the welfare
instead OF being sound argument against their
propc. use, only show how potent they may Oe II
judictcusly administered, and he maintains . per-
son may be Just as much OF O tea dTunkard OF q
liquor drunkard the consequences being only less
disastrous. 1hls Is easily demonstrated. Many
woman IL just as much unstruDg by want OF her
usual cup OF tea as topper is for want OF his morn
ing dram, and just as nervous and restless as q
smoker longing Tor his accustomed pipe. He
OF prime necessity. Tea arrests the waste OF
plastic tissues Take Two persons for instance who
eat just sufficient to supply the demands or nature
or 70 repair bodily waste let one Of them drink tea
and the other not, the former will gain In weight,
while the latter Will remain stationary. Tea con.
talns little or no nutrition IN ITSELF 1t simply pre-
vents waste and stimulates the nervous system. It
gives not real. wholesome strength, but only
tea drnker thus travels not upon her muscle but
upon tner nerves. Tea weakens dlges
ton; 1t impairs. appetite. Habitual Itea
drinkers are small eaters. Tea Is essen
tally the feminine upple and though 1t Is
the mildest and most innocent OF all the ''tipples -
1t causes the nervous arrangements to which women
are especially subject. An active outdoor life ena.
bles man TO drink cup Of strong coffee or even
some alcoholic stimulus with actual benefit; but the
nervous system OF woman Is much moro sensitive
and can bear less artificial stimuants. In summing
up the whole matter the speaker acknowledged that
tea reireshes both mind and body and Ia q social
power IN unloosening the tongue and gives ivelt-
ness and briliiancy to the conversation, and that
LADIES' tea parties are not associated In his mind
with backbting STILL 1t cannot be uenl I'd that tea
often produces Ill effects upon the health OF our
women.
DR.. J. G. MINOR, Professor OF Surgery, then de-
livered report on the wants and acquisitions OF
the college.
He was followed by Mrs. LoZIER, Dean OF tho col
lege, who, on behalf OF the faculty, extended her
cordial greeting to the lady students She said,
"Our aim should be TO elevate fallen humanity by q
diffusion Of truth-that man may become more
manly and woman more womany.n She made an
appeal for donations or scientific books Of which the
college stands much in need She concluded her
address by inviting oil those present to inspect the
hospital and the rooms OF the college.