Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-29
The Virtues of Coffee.
It's Exhilarating Effect Upon the syste
 and Benefits In & Medical Way.

It's Exhilarating Effect Upon the System and Benefits in Medical Way. It is getting to be the fashion now for peo- pie to say that coffee is injurious to health and many persons are giving it up regret fully. Perhaps coffee is very nutritious in some cases, but of all beverages it is contend. ed that it is the least injurious Coffee. drinkers are generally cheerful, strong and persevering. The eminent Dr. Book, of Leipsic, says: 'The nervousness and peev- | ishness of times are chiefly attributable to tea and coffee" He says that 'the dipes- l tive organs of confirmed coffee drinkers are | in state of chronic Arrangement, which reacts on the brain, producing fretful and | lachrymose moods" II cannot agree says Dr. Henry Segur, of Paris, ''that the ner- l vousness and peevishness of the present time are to be attributed to the use of coffee. If people are more nervous in worse humor now than formerly, we may find other causes arising from the customs and habits of socie- ty much more likely to produce such state of things than the use of this particular arti. cle of diet''
 Let us examine the effects of coffee on the economy. Taken in moderation it is a men tai and bodily stimulant of most agreeable nature, and followed by no harmful reaction, it produces contentment of mind, ,allays hun ger and bodily weakness, increases the in-
 centive and capacity for work, makes man forget his misfortunes and enables those who
 use it to remain long time without food or
 sleep, to endure unusual fatigue and preserve
 their cheerfulness and contentment. Jomand
 says: An infusion made with ten ounces of
 coffee enables me to live without other food
 for five consecutive days without lessening
 my ordinary occupations and to use more and
 more prolonged muscular exercise than was accustomed to without any other physical in jury than slight degree of fatigue and lit
 tie loss of fiesh.''
 The mental exhilaration, physical activity
 af,,1r NI,Sx1 kl
 ness for it which has been shown by so many
 men of science, poets, scholars and others de-
 voted to thinking. It has, indeed, been called
 the intellectual beverage. It supported the
 old of Voltaire and enabled Fontenelle to pass
 his hundred years.
 The action of coffee is directed chiefly to the nervous system. It produces a warming,
 cordial impression on the stomach, quickly followed by diffused, agreeable and ner-
 vous excitement, " hich extends itself to the cerebral functions, giving rise to increased vigor of imagination and intellect, without any subsequent confusion or stupor, such as are characteristic of narcotics. Coffee con- tains essential principles of nutrition far ex- ceeding in importance it's exhilarating prop critics, and is one of the most desirable arti- cles for sustaining the system in certain prostrating diseases. AS compared with the nutrition to be derived from the best of soups coffee has decidedly the advantage and Is to be preferred in many instances. The medi- cinal effects of coffee are very great In in- termittent fever it has been used by emi : nent physicians with the happiest effect in cutting short the attack, and if properly managed is better in many casses than the sulphate of quinine In that low state of intermittent, as found on the banks of the Mississippi river and other malarial districts. accompanied with enlarged spleen and tor. pid liver, when judiciously administered it is one of the surest remedies. In yellow fe- yer it has been used by physicians, and with some it is their main reliance after other necessary remedies have been admins tered it retains tissue change, and thus be- comes 8 censervator of force in that state in which the nervous system tends to collapse, because the blood has become impure it sus- tains the nervous power until the depuration and reorganization of the blood are accom- piished, and has the advantage over other stimulants in inducing no injurious second ary effects. In spasmodic asthma it's utility is well established, in whooping cough, stupor, lethargy and such troubles. In hys- terical attacks, for which in many cases physician can form no diagnosis, coffee is great help.
 Coffee is opposed to malaria, to all noxious vapors. AS 8 disinfectant it has wonderful powers. As an instantaneous deodorizer it has no equal for the sick room as all exhala- tions are immediately neutralized by simply passing a chaffing dish with burning coffee grains through the room. It may be urged that an article possessing such powers and capacity for such energetic action must be injurious as article of diet of habitual employment, and not without deleterious properties: but no corresponding nervous disarransements have been observed after it's effects have disappeared, seen in mar cotios and other stimulants The action i'm parted to the nerves is natural and healthy Habitual coffee drinkers generally enjoy good health. Some of the oldest people have used coffee from earliest infancy without feeling any depressing reaction, such as is produced by alcoholic stimulants