Dr. _Lemery_ of _Paris_, speaking of _Coffee_, as it is in use amongst the _Europeans_, tells us, It is of an excellent drying Quality, comforts the Brain, and dries up Crudities in the Stomach. Mr. _Ray_ mentions it to be of singular Use and Efficacy to such as are afflicted with Pains in the _Head_, _Vertigo_, _Lethargy_, and _Coughs_: it has a good Effect on _moist_ and _cold Constitutions_; but on the other hand, he disallows the Use of it to such as are Paralytick, and likewise such as are troubled with _Melancholy Vapours_, or have _Hot Brains_. OTHER Authors assert, it cures _Consumptions_, _Swooning Fits_, and the _Rickets_; and that it helps _Digestion_, rarefies the _Blood_, suppresses _Vapours_, gives Life and Gayety to the _Spirits_, prevents _Sleepiness_ after eating, provokes _Urine_ and the _Catamena_. The _Arabian_ Women drink this Liquor constantly in their Periodical Visits, and find a good Effect from it. It contracts the _Bowels_, and confirms the _Tone_ of the Parts, being drank after Victuals, provided it be fresh made; for if it stands but two or three Hours, it loseth much of its Virtue. It is prevalent in such as have _Running-Humours_, _Sores_, or _King’s-Evil_. It is an effectual Remedy against _Worms_ in Children; so that if the Mother drinks frequently of it when she is With-Child, the Infant will not be troubled with Worms, during its first Years. ’Tis allowed to be a strong _Antihypnotick_, greatly dissipating _sleepy Vapours_, and _Fumes_ of _Wine_. ’Tis likewise useful to such as are afflicted with _Rheumatick_ or _Gouty Humours_. The _Dutch_ Physicians commend the Use of it in _Intermitting Fevers_, and hold it to be good against _Infection_; because of the great Refreshment it gives the nobler Parts of the Body, and its sudden Effect upon the Spirits, which are wonderfully recreated by it. And it is apparently the Opinion of all Physicians who have yet wrote concerning the Plague, That such Bodies whose Spirits are the most overcome by Fear, are the most subject to receive Infections. And again, That the Spirits must be refresh’d only by such Liquors, or Preparations, as will not promote Inflammations. And of this nature, _say they_, is Coffee, which by a right Use supports the vital Flame, and defends the Body from Pestilential Infection. And as such it is generally recommended, as a necessary Drink, at least twice a day; the first thing in a Morning, and at four in the Afternoon. Now whether the Hypothesis of venomous Animalcula brought by the Air, or that of Aerial Atoms, poison’d and rendred unwholesom, be the Cause of the Pestilence, will be examin’d in another Work; but at present I shall only say, That most of the Physicians, of both Sects, prescribe the same Methods of Prevention, and of Cure.