The virtue and use of coffee, with regard to the plague, and other infectious distempers: containing the most remarkable observations of the greatest men in Europe concerning it ... To which is prefix'd an exact figure of the tree, flower, and fruit / By R. Bradley.

  • Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.
Date:
1721
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Credit: The virtue and use of coffee, with regard to the plague, and other infectious distempers: containing the most remarkable observations of the greatest men in Europe concerning it ... To which is prefix'd an exact figure of the tree, flower, and fruit / By R. Bradley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    comforts the Brain, and dries up Cru¬ dities in the Stomach. Mr. Ray men¬ tions it to be of Angular Ufe and Effi¬ cacy to fuch as are affiidled with Pains in the Head, Vertigo, Lethargy, and Coughs : it has a good Eifeft onmoi(i and cold Con¬ futations ; but on the other hand, he dif¬ allows the Ufe of it to fuch as are Para- lytick, and likewife fuch as are troubled with Melancholy Vapours, or have Hot Brains. OTHER Authors affert, it cures Confumptions, Swooning Fits, and the Rickets ; and that it helps Digefiion, ra¬ refies the Blood, fuppreffes Vapours, gives Life and Gayety to the Spirits, prevents Sleepiness after eating, provokes Urine and the Catamena. The Arabian Women drink this Liquor conftantly in their Pe¬ riodical Vifits, and find a good Effedt from it. It contracts the Bowels, and confirms the Tone of the Parts, being drank after Victuals, provided it be frefh made; for if it ftands but two or three Hours, it lofeth much of its Virtue. It is prevalent in fuch as have Running-Hu¬ mours, Sores, or Kjn£s-EviL It is an ef¬ fectual Remedy againft Worms in Chil¬ dren ; fo that if the Mother drinks fre¬ quently