
audiobook
by Hugh Smith
A. TREATISE - ON - FOREIGN TEAS, - ABSTRACTED - FROM - An ingenious WORK, lately published, - ENTITLED - AN ESSAY ON THE NERVES; - ILLUSTRATING - Their efficient, formal, material, and final Causes; with the Manner of the Liquids being corrupted by corrosive Acids, and stagnated by obtuse Alkalies: - IN WHICH ARE - OBSERVATIONS ON MINERAL WATERS, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, &c. - AND - An Investigation of the Nature and Preparation of Foreign Teas, with their pernicious Effects in debilitating the Nervous System: - INTERSPERSED WITH - THE AUTHOR'S REMARKS, - Arising from an Analysis of such Preparations as may be most beneficially substituted for INDIA TEA.
THIS SELECTION, containing the Sentiments of the many eminent Physical Professors who have written on Foreign Teas, is designed to shew, by the most forcible Arguments and distinguished Authorities, the extreme Danger to which the Public are exposed from the continual Use of an Article so pernicious and destructive to the Constitution. - [Price Six-pence.]
Dr. SOLANDER's - SANATIVE ENGLISH - TEA.
UNIVERSALLY APPROVED and RECOMMENDED - BY THE MOST - EMINENT PHYSICIANS, - IN PREFERENCE TO FOREIGN TEA, - As the most Pleasing and Powerful Restorative, - IN ALL - NERVOUS DISORDERS, - HITHERTO DISCOVERED.
DIRECTION - FOR MAKING - DR. SOLANDER's TEA.
Dr. SOLANDER's TEA.
DIRECTIONS - FOR MAKING - DR. SOLANDER's TEA.
This compact treatise, written in the early nineteenth century, launches an urgent inquiry into the health effects of the foreign teas that dominated British tables. Drawing on the opinions of leading physicians and natural philosophers of the day, the author argues that imported Chinese and Indian brews act as a slow poison on the nervous system, aggravating melancholy, tremors and other maladies. The opening pages lay out a scientific‑sounding analysis of mineral waters, coffee, chocolate and, most importantly, the way acids and alkalies alter the liquor’s properties.
In response, the work promotes a newly formulated “Sanative English Tea,” a blend endorsed by prominent doctors as a restorative alternative for breakfast and afternoon use. The text mixes earnest medical rhetoric with vivid advertisements, offering readers both a cautionary tale about contemporary consumption habits and a glimpse of Victorian patent‑medicine marketing. Listeners will be drawn into the period’s blend of earnest science, moral concern, and commercial persuasion, all presented in a brisk, pamphlet‑style prose.
Full title
A treatise on foreign teas Abstracted from an ingenious work, lately published, entitled An essay on the nerves Abstracted from an ingenious work, lately published, entitled An essay on the nerves
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (133K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2009-04-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
d. 1789
A London physician whose practical books on child care and family medicine found a wide readership in the late eighteenth century, he wrote in a direct, useful style meant for everyday households. His best-known work offered advice to married women on nursing and raising children at a time when medical guidance was often hard to come by.
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