A letter to the members of the Temperance Society showing that the use of tea and coffee cannot be safely substituted for that of spirituous liquors : and proposing for their adoption a rule of diet from which those substances are excluded / by James Henry.

  • Henry, James, 1798-1876.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A letter to the members of the Temperance Society showing that the use of tea and coffee cannot be safely substituted for that of spirituous liquors : and proposing for their adoption a rule of diet from which those substances are excluded / by James Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    effect is entirely owing to the water), is to be had at a small expense and is always ready at hand ; and besides all these ad- vantages, the fruit of which it is made is the produce of a native plant, the currant tree, which might become, if only this drink were in general use, the vine of Ireland; by the cul- tivation (20) of which in our fields and on our hills the face of the country would be ren- dered more beautiful, and a new source of employment afforded to the poor. On the sixth and seventh rules it is unne- cessary to make any observations. They are founded on the same general principle as the former, and are necessary to render the plan complete. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, And sincere friend and well-wisher, JAMES HENRY. York street, Dublin, December 1829.