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Show OPPOSED CREAM IN COFFEE Frenchman, a Century Ago, Ascribed All 8orts of Human Ills to the Custom. Arscne Thlebaud de Bemenud, librarian li-brarian a century ago to the Blbllo-theque Blbllo-theque Mazarln, Paris, opposed with ferocity tho then comparatively new custom of adding roilk or cream to black coffee. Tho latter, In the author's au-thor's hmgunge, was "cousollng, Joyful Joy-ful and, 1 hud nearly said, spiritual" in its effects. But let ever so small a quantity of milk or cream bo added und the result upon the human economy econ-omy was most disastrous. Since the dawn of this vicious custom cus-tom pnuemonlu nnd consumption In the cities hnd Increased one-half and rnrul communities fonnorly lmmuno wero now beginning to show cases of theso nllmcntB. According to Lo Progrcs Medical, which obtained tho above information from n new popular review, La Oon-nalssance, Oon-nalssance, do Bomeuud clalmod that many eminent physicians shared his opinions. Ho seems to havo had an obsession that all mixtures of fluids wero Injurious, and oxtended Bis proscription pro-scription of milk uddltlou to tea, chocolate choco-late and spirits. Sustained by this pro-conceived pro-conceived notion, ho was ablo to publish pub-lish u long diatribe In 1820, In which ho accuses cafe nu lnlt of causing almost al-most every derangement known to medicine. But, rabid as ho souuds, he was fatuous enough to ndinlt that perhaps per-haps 10 per cent of the people might bo tough enough to drink enfo au lnlt without disastrous results. Now York World. |