The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-19
COFFEE AHEAD
On the List of Rheumatism Producers.

DR.. f. Chancellor of St Louis. has re-
Gently made public his investigations on
the dangerous properties of Uric Acid in
food and drink Coffee heads the list
with 20 grains OF Acid to the pound.
Uric Acid is the chief cause of rheuma-
tism and dangerous element to go into
the human stomach.
Dr. Chancellor is one of the many phys
icians who have in the past few years
forbidden the use of coffee and told the
people why, so often almost every one
knows for instance that coffee has the
power OF placing in the blood. quantities
of the little crystals OF Uric Acid (these
make lheumatsm) The sharp particles
being driven in and out of the heart
hundreds OF times day tend to lnjure
the delicate valves and bring on valvular
heart disease. common result of rheu-
matism.
Another element in coffee is caffeine, a
dangerous alkaloir that stimulates for Il
few moments or hours and then attacks
nerves or stomach, heart. head, kidneys
and other organs.
It generally prevents sleep, and head
aches frequently follow when the usual
time for taking the drug is past.
Every. sane person knows the result OF
any drug habit, first a. cup now and then,
next a cup every morning and the drink
er has become a slave and can't quit with
out a fight (unless he uses Postum)
1t is a miserable feeling of humiliation
to waken to the fact that you are a mean,
covering slave to anything. Coffee is
useful drug in case of poisoning but it
should only be given, like any other drug,
under the advice of a physician and for
an especial purpose.
People who use drug habituallv be-
come not only slaves but fanatics on the
subject. How many coffee cranks one
sees and hears declaiming why coffee
never hurts me" and at the same time
perhaps limping with rheumatism or I'M
able to run few steps or quickly mount
a pair of stairs without the flutter of
poor weak heart OF the smothering sick
ish feeling that so plainly points to a
Coffee. Heart
Generally the coffee victim whom "cof-
fee don't hurt" is of bad complexion,
with coated tongue, foul breath and with
stomach and bowel troubles and with
something always on my nerves and
vet the poor mesmerized victim will in
sist that coffee don't hurt me- Per
haps some day he gets sick enough land
he will in time) to wake up and see what
is kihlng him. Then comes the battle
royal Coffee acts like Yerltable slave
driver of old and forces its slave deeper
and deeper into subsection and misery.
There is only one easy way to break the
habit and get well and the reasons are
that when Postum Food Coffee is used
instead OF the old kind one finds the
deem seal brown color, which turns TO Il
rich. golden brown when cream is added,
then the flavor is that of the higher and
milder grades of Java coffee, crisp and
delicious
The change in feeling of the ex-slave is
very marked and pronounced. Generally
within DAYS the sleep becomes peace
full and the old troubles begin to back off
and show signs of disappearing.
Ten DAVIS time brings return Of peace
and some degree of comfort a sure sign
that disease is going and health coming
in.
perfectly natural and to be expect
e. result.
The damaging drug withdrawn and its
dailv work of destroying nerves and good
blood stopped, an the strong rebuilding
food elements of Postum introduced to the
human system means quick repair of the
Wonderful little cells of soft grayish mat
fer which make up the Brain and Nerve
centres all over the body
Coffee is a well defined destroyer Of
these cells and offers nothing from which
"a rabuild them, whereas Postum has
absolutely no destroying power but is
heavy With the very elements Nature must
have from which to do this rebuilding
Peonle do ruin themselves with coffee and
IA tremendous army of people have been
helnad hack TO tie land of health and
comfort by Postum So,
When one has enjoyed the rheumatism
long enough and had all one cares for of
stomach, heart and other nervous troubles
and IS tired of the muddy complexion, foul
breath and weak miseries of the coffee
slave Postum offers sure, easy way out
of the troubles, provided OF course the
coffee abuse has not gone on long enough
to set No organic disease. The safest and
much
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