The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
Excessive Drinkers Said
to Suffer the Same N
fldlluCinatiOnS.
COFFEE DRUNKARDS
ARE INCREASING
Habit Which is Probably Due to
the Move Of Temperance
Passing Over the Coun-
try, is Said to Be Dis
tressi1g AsAlco-
holisrn.
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LCUNDON. November l1.-Fogs have Y
evidently begun in earnest now, in fact.g
this week, has been q week Of fogs,
which have been ut their worst In the h
morning. when the business people We're werr n
hurryng to work In the city, dlslocnting
the traffic and causing no end of tro uble.@
Z 1t looked as II that old circus parade, sas l \
the Lord Mayors show lis call led, wa 9 !!
going to be spoiled BY the fcg Thursday
when the people were assembling In the
Streets there gathered over the city s,.ss
dense overhead 1og, black as the blaclest5
night. Lights had to be turned on eseryg
where and the people were expec citing the
unique experience OF seeing q Lord /
Mayors snow under the gasltsht,s or
wondering II it would be turned Into Sas3
torchlight processio IN. That, 81 however,
was voidedi in time, the mysterious dark
ness disappeared as uddenly as II canfP,,Ss
and the Lord Mayor s show went BY, y ~ d
but slight gloom. 81 S8 NJ " IN
The. beginning Of the fog season always
of course. sends up + the dea thu rate, and h
this year is no exception to the rule,$
old h peop.e y afflicted with 1 lung disease
being carried of by the fog last turn /
showed Il 50a1 death OF people over SIX "
out Of 14s4, as compared with 3G2 Sof the Y
previous ~ eek. RI 3 5t S4s5 5.ss
2 1t has been noticeable lately too. thAe
there has been al rernar rlka blet lncreas % a
deaths from nervous Complaints and and s a
doctor writing to the i pers, at tributes II
aFst
vous disorders, to the Increase Of popular
tea shops, and advises the dtlnking 8 aot8
CHM tea as being less deleteriolls st an
the Indian and Ceylon brands. Il! ggs
But another asks what Of persons aad-s
dicted to the coffee habit; there Is y no$
brand Of coffee they can drink to any
considerable extent without suffering gSSa
$frorz J ne same distressing conseq uencesR
as Etict the njudlclous users Of tea ssS;3:
fH Still another medical man. who makes
specially OF f#dlabetics. states, as many
men are addicted to excessive indulgence @S
In coffee, as there are immoderhte Il tea. sRfs
drinkers among women, thousands Of
men, particularly In the city. sip coffe
during the day at brief Intervals lss{ sas as ~
their brethren In New = ork SIP spirll
In time the coffee habit develops palpl
tation OF the heart. an Irregular pulse, ,#s
nervousness, indigestion and insomnia.
Cotree drunkards. as / may call tn D. \:
are greatly increasing In number, due n
probably to the wave of temperance VIII Oh N
is passing over the couTary. but l haYett&
known cases where halluclnatlons. scarce
.ly different from those Of alcoholism.
have been set up by the persistent abuse s3S
OF coffee over a series OF months. 81
Coffee Is a cerebral st.mulant ranking g$
with alcohol and, used In modes eratlon.SSe
less harmful than tea. as It contains less
stannic acid. He also condemns coffeeS
after dinner. The practice Of taking sa NJ
demttasse at night Is solely responsible S5
for casess OF sleeplessness
Another writer recommends dyspePtioS NJ
and nervous persons to drink the verba
mate tea of Paraguay. which Is univer- @
sally used In South America. but Ysrba
mate, says mnc.ng lane merchant, is 5s
used more as a drug than a beverage In 81
this country, although It IS known to us, #
little. II any. comes on the market. and 81
the drinker would require to have it s#
specially sent oyer. He would probably
find It cheaper to eschew tea altoget ethNt. n.