1890 Coca and its Therapeutic Application by Angelo Mariani

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table wines,took at first a small glass,then two,then three glasses at a meal. Now he can go and take his dinner in . town,which he had not been able to do for three years;he regained his former vigor, is able to undertake anew his occupations,and hasentirely given up his morphine habit." We will conclude our quotations, already too numerous, with an article by Dr.Scaglia, published in 1877 in the Gazette des Hopitaux; "La Coca et ses proprietds thera- peutiques." "In anaemia, connected with chronic pulmonary affec tions withoitt fever, and in,anaemia accompanied by gas- tralgia, Vi?i Mariani has an excellent effect. Its stimulat ing properties can also be admirably made use of in those intermediate states of impaired health which are not yet anaemia,but must in the end become so; physicalor mental overwork,the cerebral weakness due to excess of work or pleasure; the exhaustion from which the inhabitants of large cities suffer through irregularities of diet and imper fect hygiene owing to their positions and surroundings. "The moderate use of Viti Mariani is unquestionably of benefit to people of sedentary habits worn out by work,to convalescents who,from a prolonged confinement in bed have lost muscular strength, to patients suffering from diabetes or Bright's disease, whose muscles have lost their elasticity and vigor. "Let us add thatthe taste of Vin Mariani is exquisite,that it is in no way suggestive of drugs, and that its use is acceptable to the most fastidious." Ordinary Dose—Two or three claret-glassfuls daily,half an hour before or immediately after eating. Coca Grog.—By mixing a wineglassful of Vin Mariani with half a glassful of boiling water,sweetened to the taste, we get a grog of exquisite flavor, and capable of rendering the greatest services whenever an immediate effect is de sired in severe cases of cold, attended by convulsive coughing. (As prescribed by Dr. Libermann.)