TEA AND COFFEE A CAUSE OF RHEUMATISM.
Dr. J. C. Walton, in a very sensible article on the prophylaxis and treatment of uric-acid conditions, published in the Charlotte Medical Journal for April, 1904, mentions a case of rheumatism in which, notwithstanding rigid diet and thorough-going treatment, no improvement was noticed until after the patient gave up his coffee, when the disease promptly subsided. The doctor states that he has observed a number of similar cases. This is quite in accord with Haig's theory that theine or caffeine produces the same pernicious effect in the body that uric acid does. The doctor has observed excellent results from the use of hot air and other sweating procedures, followed by a gradual cold bath.—Australasian Good Health.