| Show from the tiie health journal TEA AND COFFEE DEADLY POISONS extract of a letter from arbur dell dated new york Jan 2718 42 mrs GOVE goar iii in accordance with your request I 1 send the following on tea and cof coffiee coffee fice which esthe is the result of my own expert an various animals it is isia iala a law of the animal acono my that stimulants and invariably result in a corresponding depression and if the depression ion lon goes beyond a certain point death is the consequence during my dental practice I 1 have had an opportunity of observing the condition of those of my patrons who were in the habit of drinking strong tea and I 1 llave have found that such persons have weak irritable and sensitive nerves also their offspring this led me to make some experiments the results of which I 1 now present to the public I 1 took a pound of young hyson tea and steeped it in soft water and boiled it down to half a pint I 1 then procured a rabbit of about three months old and kept it without food a sufficient length of time to leave the stomach empty I 1 then gave it ten drops of the decoction holding its head in a position to cause the fluid to enter the stomach the animal appeared to be somewhat exhilarated for the space of three or four minutes then theil laid down on its side and began I 1 g an moaning moaning as if in great distress and in about ten minutes from the time of my administering the dose its struggles ended III ili in death the limbs being distended and very stiff I 1 also tried fried the effects of tea on a cat of the same ige after making in another decoction from black 0 tea vilich which the person who sold it said basof was of t lie llie best quality and highly recommended by a celebrated ted physician to a lad iad lady lads in delicate health tile the decoction ger as I 1 boiled it down to 10 less than a gill the results were the tile same game only more rapid as the an animal ceased to breathe in less than three minutes although the dose was not as large as I 1 gave the rabbit being but eight drops 1 I have used the decoction of tea for destroying the nerves of the teeth as a substitute for mineral poisons arsenic is used by many dentists for the purpose again I 1 took a pound of coffee in its natural state stale and boiled it in the same manner as I 1 did thelea th the etea tea and administered in the same way but had much difficulty in keeping it in the stomach long 0 enough to produce much effect before it wa thrown eff by vomiting but when it could be kept down for any length of time it destroy destroys life but took longer to do it than tea my aly last experiment vas vs yas in arv trying the effects of tea and coffee 0 on rl frogs tile the former v auld c uld make them jump three or four lour feet at first but the leaps drw shorter and shorter until they were incapable of drawing up the hind legs leps s for another jump and s on expired yours ac JOHN BURDELL mary S goves govas lec lee t i res to ladies will simple and pure watce steeped a and i d boiled dov donnas n as that tea and coffe cofre coffi e was produce p aduce like effects certainly not nr not t but sc seme me will ask if tea and coffee are poisonous valy do they u n t kill th se who use them ns yma say they did the cat and rabbit yes but hut can you tell why rum a id bra dy do not kill people aly are you not dot aware that tiu capabilities of the system are arc bucl sm b that yui yul y you yoa li can by the u assof se of i n fi I 1 simai doses of po pois iso oti oil 1 I so accle accoti stin m the avs system to its us use as to is able cable you eventually to tak take a quantity without any lu perceivable I 1 deleterious effect which if taken by one not accustomed to tn r t would kill him tien yien len ien tc n have havo drank rum and ard brandy rr forty at and A hift fifty hefty y years a I 1 appa apparently re i i t el jey joy I 1 good helth heith but a post mortem exam n t ion tion after death I 1 arved r ved that ti stomach was utterly destroyed by these drinks so with tei id d affee you may the system to them and inai inal kamtai i 11 I 1 t for a time even against such a powerful antagonist tago tag onist ilist but the tho end is sure defeat and death health and life cannot be sustained long against such fearful odds pure cold water is the only natural drink of ii tint tinn and nd did men eat cat only what is adapted to the constitution in its mple and natural state they bould not delu deluge delue 0 e their stomachs as they too often do with water if men harmonized with the laws of their nature would they require but little if any drink but ut that which constitutes a part of the fruits and vegetables given them fir food ed H J |
