Note 88 — THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF TEA. PART II.
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Van Swieten, in his Commentaries on Boerhaave’s aphorisms, speaks of the effects of Tea and Coffee in the following manner. “Vidi plurimos, his potibus diu abusos, adeo enervatum corpus habuisse, ut vix languida membra traherent, ac plures etiam apoplexia et paralysi correptos suisse.” Tom. III. § 1060, p. 362, de paralysi.