The food of the gods ... A popular account of cocoa / by Brandon Head.

  • Head, Brandon.
Date:
1903
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Credit: The food of the gods ... A popular account of cocoa / by Brandon Head. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE FOOD OF THE GODS.” I. ITS NATURE. HEN one thinks of the marvellously nourishing and stimulating vir- tue of cocoa, and of the exquisite and irresistible dainties prepared from it, one can- not wonder that the great Linnaeus should have named it theo broma, “the food of the gods.” No other natural product, with the exception of milk, can be said to serve equally well as food or drink, or to possess nourishing and stimu- lating properties in such well-adjusted pro- portions. Few, however, realize that in its 1