On Food: Being Lectures Delivered at the South Kensington MuseumR. Hardwicke, 1873 - 385 páginas |
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... Paraguay Tea― Chicory - Cocoa and Chocolate - Action on the System .................. ON TOBACCO . Distinctions between Food , Medicines , and Poisons- Action of Narcotics - History of the Introduction of Tobacco - Composition of ...
... Paraguay Tea― Chicory - Cocoa and Chocolate - Action on the System .................. ON TOBACCO . Distinctions between Food , Medicines , and Poisons- Action of Narcotics - History of the Introduction of Tobacco - Composition of ...
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... Paraguay tea . This plant also contains an active principle , which was called Paraguaine ; but , on being analysed , this substance is found to be identical with theine . It is in fact theine . There is another instance of a plant ...
... Paraguay tea . This plant also contains an active principle , which was called Paraguaine ; but , on being analysed , this substance is found to be identical with theine . It is in fact theine . There is another instance of a plant ...
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... Paraguay tea on the system are precisely the same as those of tea and coffee . Probably from knowing less of its action in Europe , we hear less of its evil effects than of even those of tea and coffee ; but we are not to conclude from ...
... Paraguay tea on the system are precisely the same as those of tea and coffee . Probably from knowing less of its action in Europe , we hear less of its evil effects than of even those of tea and coffee ; but we are not to conclude from ...
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... Paraguay tea ; but whether this possesses theine , I am not able to say . Our common holly , the Ilex Aquifolium , yields a crystal- lisable principle called Ilicine , which is very bitter , and is said to be an excellent remedy , like ...
... Paraguay tea ; but whether this possesses theine , I am not able to say . Our common holly , the Ilex Aquifolium , yields a crystal- lisable principle called Ilicine , which is very bitter , and is said to be an excellent remedy , like ...
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... Paraguay Tea " " وو 1.20 " " وو The plants which are infused and used as warm drinks where Chinese tea has not been introduced , and which do not contain theine , are hardly worth dwelling on . They possess no properties which would ...
... Paraguay Tea " " وو 1.20 " " وو The plants which are infused and used as warm drinks where Chinese tea has not been introduced , and which do not contain theine , are hardly worth dwelling on . They possess no properties which would ...
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