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especial attention to nervous disorders and dietetics. The unusual number of people affected by coffee drinking attracted attention, and in collaboration with an analytical chemist he conducted a series of experiments looking towards a healthful coffee to be made of nourishing grains, that would have a good snappy flavor and, satisfying the user’s palate, would feed and rebuild the nerve centres broken down by coffee or other stimulants and narcotics. Literally, hundreds of experiments resulted in failure, and upwards of a year was consumed. before the method of preparing and blending the different parts of wheat produced the desired result. Now please attend to the exact facts, which a journey through the works will make plain. In