 | Medicine - 1842 - 1106 pages
...whole nations. But it is surely still more remarkable, that the beneficial effects of both plants on the health must be ascribed to one and the same substance,...theine, that of tea, are, in all respects, identical. "It is not less worthy of notice, that the American Indian, living entirely on flesh, discovered for... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig - Biochemistry - 1842 - 598 pages
...health must be ascribed to one and the same substance, the presence of which in two vegeta*15 bles, belonging to different natural families, and the produce...theine, that of tea, are, in all respects, identical. It is not less worthy of notice, that the American Indian, living entirely on flesh, discovered for... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1844 - 712 pages
...to be wholesome, coffee they regarded as a slow (a very slow) poison. Recent researches have proved that caffeine, the peculiar principle of coffee, and...theine, that of tea, are in all respects identical ; " without" says Liebeg, " entering minutely into (he "medicinal action of these principles, it will... | |
 | 1842 - 788 pages
...itself to the boldest imagination. Yet recent researches have demonstrated that caffeine, the active principle of coffee, and theine, that of tea, are, in all respects, perfectly identical. ' It is not less worthy of notice, that the American Indian, living entirely on... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig, Lyon Playfair Baron Playfair - Agricultural chemistry - 1843 - 260 pages
...whole nations. But it is surely still more remarkable, that the beneficial effects of both plants on the health must be ascribed to one and the same substance,...theine, that of tea, are, in all respects, identical. It is not less worthy of notice, that the American Indian, living entirely on flesh, discovered for... | |
 | William Henry Robertson - 1847 - 390 pages
...whole nations. But it is surely still more remarkable, that the beneficial effects of both plants on the health must be ascribed to one and the same substance,...theine, that of tea, are, in all respects, identical. "Without entering minutely into the medicinal action of caffeine (theine), it will surely appear a... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1848 - 570 pages
...imagination. Yet recent researches have shown in such a manner as to exclude all doubt that cafeine, the peculiar principle of coffee, and theine, that of tea, are in all respects identical Tea and coffee were originally met with in nations whose diet is chiefly vegetable. " Without entering... | |
 | Spencer Thomson - Alcohol - 1850 - 232 pages
...could hardly have presented itself to the boldest imagination. Yet recent THEINE — CAFFEINE. 163 researches have shown, in such a manner as to exclude...two distinct quarters of the habitable globe, man vising, as a daily drink, two distinct forms of vegetable infusion, made, the one from a leaf, the... | |
 | Great exhibition, 1851 - 1853 - 372 pages
...whole nations. But it is surely still more remarkable that the beneficial effects of both plants on the health must be ascribed to one and the same substance,...theine, that of tea, are in all respects identical." Among these substances the first importance must be given to tea. So much has been written on this... | |
 | Albert Carey - Food hygiene - 1884 - 170 pages
...whole nations. But it is surely still more remarkable that the beneficial effects of both plants on the health must be ascribed to one and the same substance,...theine, that of tea, are in all respects identical." Tea is the leaf of a small evergreen shrub which grows chiefly in China, but is cultivated also in... | |
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But it is surely still more remarkable, that the beneficial effects of both plants on the health must be ascribed to one and the same substance, the presence of which in two vegetables, belonging to different natural families, and the produce of different... 
