Coffee as an antidote to scurvy 1650

admin

This is amazing: "The grain or berry called coffee, groweth upon little Trees, only in the deferts of Arabia..."

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/coffee-preventing-scurvy-since-1650/259853/

Koffee_Kosmo

I like a phrase on the last paragraph " it makes one fit for bufines " Got to go and look that word up now.  TDF KK

hiphipharar

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I like a phrase on the last paragraph " it makes one fit for bufines "

Note that it actually says 'busines'. In older English writing, the character that looks like an 'f' is actually an 's' (note no horizontal stroke).

admin

thanks for making it easier to view AM... yes, refers to what they called the 'humours' - coffee seems to have been considered a 'drying' agent. Also note that, in addition to curing scurvy, coffee is good to prevent mis-carryings in Child-bearing women, and is a most excellent remedy against the Spleen and 'Hypocondriack Winds' - wherever they emanate from [hate to think]! A

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and possibly as an antidote for Parkinson's - see: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57484791-10391704/caffeine-from-two-to-four-daily-cups-of-coffee-may-reduce-parkinsons-disease-symptoms