Lehmann, quoted by Dr. Christison, says that, among the well and active
"the infusion of 1 oz. of roasted coffee daily will diminish the waste"
going on in the body "by one-fourth," and Dr. Christison adds that tea
has the same property. Now this is actual experiment. Lehmann weighs the
man and finds the fact from his weight. It is not deduced from any
"analysis" of food. All experience among the sick shows the same
thing.[25]
[Sidenote: Cocoa.]
Cocoa is often recommended to the sick in lieu of tea or coffee. But
independently of the fact that English sick very generally dislike
cocoa, it has quite a different effect from tea or coffee. It is an oily
starchy nut having no restorative power at all, but simply increasing
fat. It is pure mockery of the sick, therefore, to call it a substitute
for tea. For any renovating stimulus it has, you might just as well
offer them chesnuts instead of tea.
[Sidenote: Bulk.]
An almost universal error among nurses is in the bulk of the food and
especially the drinks they offer to their patients. Suppose a patient
ordered 4 oz.
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