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Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke / By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called The New Disease

Chapter 1: CHOCOLATE: OR, An Indian Drinke.
By Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma
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A medical and culinary treatise that presents a cacao-based beverage as both a pleasurable drink and a panacea, describing its plant origin, ingredients, and methods of preparation alongside recipes and practical directions. The text catalogs claimed health effects — digestive aid, respiratory remedies, treatments for fluxes and internal ailments, stimulation of fertility, assistance in childbirth, cosmetic benefits, and preservation of general vigour — supported by endorsements, prefaces, and a translator's encomium. It combines empirical observations, therapeutic advice, dosage guidance, and social commentary on consumption habits, aiming to introduce the imported confection into domestic practice and to instruct readers in its uses and procurement.

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Title: Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke

Author: Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma

Translator: James Wadsworth

Release date: May 2, 2007 [eBook #21271]

Language: English

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CHOCOLATE:
OR,
An Indian Drinke.

By the wise and Moderate use whereof,
Health is preserved, Sicknesse
 Diverted, and Cured, especially the
Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called
 The New Disease; Fluxes, Consumptions,
& Coughs of the Lungs, with sundry
other desperate Diseases. By it
also, Conception is Caused,
the Birth Hastened and
facilitated, Beauty
Gain’d and continued.

Written Originally in Spanish, by Antonio Colmenero
of Ledesma, Doctor in Physicke,
and faithfully rendred in the English,

By Capt. James Wadsworth.

LONDON,
Printed by J. G. for Iohn Dakins, dwelling
neare the Vine Taverne in Holborne,
where this Tract, together with the
Chocolate it selfe, may be had at
reasonable rates. 1652