Is the early-morning cup of tea, taken in bed, a good or bad habit ? It is certainly stimulating', but the "Lancet" considers that in some cases mischief may ensue. It appears to be generally admitted that when tea is harmful at all it is when it is taken without food. That is a period when the astringent substances of the tea may act more effectively as irritants to the mucous lining of the stomach and therefore excite a condition of chronic gastric catarrh. Happily, however, it is the custom of most persons to take milk with their tea, which, unless the tea is objectionably strong, neutralises the tannin substances It is saiil that, potatoes are only one-fifth as fattening as dry toast.
aw For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d, 2s 6d.*
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 283, 6 August 1910, Page 4
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136Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 283, 6 August 1910, Page 4
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