The San Francisco call., 1896-02-10
WONDERS OF
AN AFRICAN NUT.
Natives Who Chew It Noted for
Muscular Development and
Ability to Endure
Hardship.
NITEDSTATES ARMY EXPERIMENTS
Athletes Adopting It-A Specific for
Inebrity, an Antidote for Opium
and a Remedy for Many
Human Ills.

The unbounded success which has at
| tended the use of Vino Kolafra by college
athletic trainers and the beneficial results
derived from it by whole battalions of
| troops on march, and the recently re-
reported experiments made by United
| States army authorities is attracting tue
attention of the leading medical scientists
| of the world.
| Vino Kolafra is a preparation from anut
called steraculia (also named Kolafra), a
| product of the West Indies and Africa.
! This nut Is the fruit of tree which grows
from thirty to sixty feet in height. 1t is
of darkish hue, irregular contour and
about one-half the size of an egg. The
fresh nut is constantly carried and used by
the natives. They chew it, and the bene-
hts are direct and potent. These nut
chewers are noted for their muscular devel-
opment, symmetry of p ysique, power to
endure hardship and toll and apparent ex-
emption from sickness and disease. They
are bright, active and athletic and attribute
| their condition to the use of this nut.
This article, in the form of Vino Kol-
afra, is now extensively used in this coun-
| try by athletes in training and physicians
| prescribe 1t in their treatment of patients.
| 1t has been largely experimental with in
army circles. modified form of kolafra,
which is exactly the same in effect, has
been adopted by the French and German
armies as part of their marching rations.
and it is now being tried in the United
States army with the view of adopting it
for the same purpose, as, in the language
OF Trainer Murphy OF the New York
Athletic Club. ''it is impossible to make
man tired while taking Kolafra, its tonic
properties being invaluable.
DR.. A. l.. Gihon, medical director
! United States navy, Washington, in a de-
tailed report of the action of this remedy
made to the Naval Medical Society, says
/ hat hn HH01 4-sa -
! treatment OF neurasthenia." The patient
was lady. Her nervous system was
seriously deranged, she suffering with
eXcruclatlng headache, nausea. insomnia.
great despondency, palpitation, inter-
costal neuralgia and imperfect secretions.
After treatment with quinine, arsenic,
iron, bitter tonlcs, guarana, ETC., the
| symptoms were not mitigated. He then
administered a prescription made from
| this nut with remarkable effect. The head
ache disappeared entirely, the appetite was
recovered, muscular vigor regained and
mental detection relieved, refreshing sleep
! prod uced and the secretions became normal.
| The remedy caused no gastric disturbance
or constipation, as had attended the prior
use of Chocolate. The remarkably salts
factory results of this case induced him
''to recommend the remedy as nerve
| stimulant and an invigorating and waste
preventing agent in other neurasthenic
cases. 1t produced it's effects without
marked excitation of the circulation, and
consequently with no after effects of de-
preston or exhaustion. 1t is mental ex-
! hllarant, overcoming despondency and
Frightening the intellect without resultant
languor. 1t imparts tone to the muscular
apparatus and secreting organs"
In subsequent article DR.. GIhon reiter-
| ates his opinion of the therapeutic value of
this remedy, and cites the case of physi-
clans wife, who was sufferer from aggra-
4 va 1p cir oaha
and other nervous phenomena. The sue
cess in this case was as pronounced as in
| the one first stated. A few doses of the
remedy was followed by speedy abate-
ment and final disappearance of the GUS
tomary monthly attack of headaches,
which had been in all previous cases ex-
ceedlngly persistent and intensely painful.
| These are only two of the long list of
| successful experiments with the article de-
tailed In the leading medical journals.
| Vino Kolafra is the form in which the
nut is generally used, it being most eff
cient, more palatable and agreeable to
take. Its action on the system is that of
| powerful tonic invigorant and stimulant.
In the case of soldiers, athletes and per-
sons undergoing unusual physical hard
| ships 1t stimulates the heart, causing q
strong, regular pulse beat, producing an
even stimulation of the whole muscular
| system, and at the same time imparting
| prolonged strength and endurance allay-
| ing hunger, preventing all waste and
restoring energy. Indeed it may be called
Natures own tonic and stimulant, leaving
no detrimental reaction, as in the case of
| alcoholics, but generating and developing
nervous force and muscular strength by
Natures own methods, penetrating to
| every part of the body, acting on every cell
of blood, muscle and bone tissue until all
! portions are alike benefited.
As stimulant in athletic trainihing it is
\ - tiki I1I n H.
trainer of the n. Y. A. G. and of Yale Col
lege; by Arthur 7. Lumley, editor and
proprietor of the New York Illustrated
| News, and numerous other athletes and
trainers. The intense thirst provoked by
athletic training is only aggravated by al
coholie stimulants. In Vino Kolafra is
found remedy which not only allays this
thirst and alcoholic craving, but prevents
| nausea, so often attendant upon over
training. 1t maintains the equilibrium of
! the heartbeat, producing free and unla-
| bored respiration during long tasks of ac-
] tive exercise.
The use of Vino Kalafra is also indicated
IN alcoholism. DIR. James Neish of Ja-
| maica says of the remedy: "For inebriety
il is a specific; single fresh nut ground
up and made into paste with water or
spirits will cause all signs of intoxication
to disappear in half an hour" 1t pro-
duces no bad effects, causes sense of
| lightness and well being, nervous depres-
sion ceases and the mental condition of
the patient is at once changed. 1t does
not produce habit, and the use can be
discontinued at any time. 1t quickens the
brain and excites the Imagination. 1t
counteracts the effects of alcohol, opium,
ETC., and satisfies the inordinate craving
for such stimulants, producing feeling az
contentment and rest.
| In the recent athletic games between
our representative athletes and those of
England the Britons acknowledged the
superior system of training of the Ameri-
cans. An important part of this superior
system was the use by all our contestants
of Vino Kalafra during training The re-
suit was long line of world record break
ing victories for our boys.
In the London Practitioner SurgeontR.
III. Firth, speaking of this remedy, says:
''It fayors increased oxidation of the tis-
sues, has peculiarly stimulating action
on the nervous system, and, though not in
itself food, yet possesses qualities in
herent which guard against exhaustion"
Kolafra has some properties analogous
to those of coffee, tea, ETC., but its remedial
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