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Show I OPPOSED CREAM IN COFFEE Frenchman, a Century Ago, Ascribed All Sorts or Human Ills to the Custom. Arsene Thlebnud de Ilernenud, II brarlan a century ago to tho Illbllo-theque Illbllo-theque MuzitrJn, 1'nrls, opposed with ferocity tho then comparatively now custom of adding milk or cream to black coffee. The latter, In the author's au-thor's language,' was "consoling, Joyful Joy-ful and, I had nearly said, spiritual" in Its effects. Hut let over so small o quantity of milk or cream bo ndded J nnd tho result upon the human economy econ-omy was most disastrous. Since the dawn df this vicious custom cus-tom pnucmonlu and consumption In tho cities had Increased one-hulf and rural communities formerly Immuno wero now beginning to show cases of these nllments. According to Lo 1'rogres Medical, which obtained tho nbovo Information from n new popular review, Ln Con nnlssauce, do llcrneuud claimed that many eminent physicians shared his opinions. Ho seems to lmvo had an obsession that all mixtures of fluids wero Injurious, and extended his proscription pro-scription of milk uddltlon to ten, chocolate choco-late and spirits. Sustained by this pre-concehed pre-concehed notion, he wus able to publish pub-lish u long diatribe lit 18:10, In which ho accuses cafe au lalt of causing utmost ut-most every derangement known to medicine. Hut, rabid as he sounds, he was fatuous enough to admit that perhaps per-haps 10 por cent of the people might bo tough enough to drink enfu nu lalt without disastrous results. Jfow York World. |