utary, they are not so
general in their restoration and nutritious effects as the latter.
Being thus convinced of the extraordinary properties of Dr. Solander's
Tea, I have been induced to state, in a Treatise upon their Nature,
Preparation, and Effects, reasons founded on chemical analysis,
physical efficiency, and experimental observation, in support of their
most eminent virtues. After every trial I have made of coffee,
chocolate[1], and most other preparations that have been, and are at
present, offered to the public as a substitute for tea, none seem to
claim the preference so eminently as that invented by Dr. Solander.
From their analysis, I find their virtues are of the most corrective
and balsamic kind; they strengthen the tone of the stomach, not by
astringing the solids, but by lubricating the vessels, sheathing the
acrids, and attenuating the liquids.

[1] "_Coffee.--In bilious habits it is very hurtful._" Dr.
Carr's Med. Epist. p. 25.

"_Coffee.--I cannot advise it to those of hardness of
breathing._" Ibid. p. 29.

"_Coffee, according to Paule, a Danish physician, enervates men
and renders them incapable of generation, which injurious
tendency is certainly attributed to it by the Turks. From its
immoderate use they account for the decrease of population in
their provinces, that were so numerously peopled before this
berry was introduced among them. Mr. Boyle mentions an instance
of a person to whom Coffee always proved an emetic. He also says
that he has known great drinking of it produce the palsy._

"_Chocolate is too gross for many weak stomachs, and
exceedingly injurious to those liable to phlegm and viscid
humours._" Saunders's Nat. & Art. Direct. for Health.

"_Chocolate overloads the stomach, and renders the juices too
slow in their circulation._" Smith on the Nerves.

In this manner they restore the equilibrium of the oscillatory motions,
which establish the tone of the nervous system. This being
strengthened, the animal spirits are enabled to dispense their reviving
influence to the sensitive, digestive, and intellectual powers. And
these being thus restored to their vigour of operation, a simple and
moderate portion of food is rendered the most nutritious, and the body
is consequently established in the enjoyment of health and happiness.

The above virtues of the sanative tea are not here a