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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Theobromine

KOLA
   The seeds of COLA ACUMINATA. (BEAUV.) Schott. Nerve stimu lant and sustaining agent. astringent. A remedy in heart failure, in diarrhea and in depressed conditions of the nervous system. Ac tive principles, Caffeine, q. v. and Theobromine.1

THEOBROMINE
   Alkaloid obtained from CACAO. Diuretic, nerve stimulant. Thesalicylate is prescribed in 1 Grm. (15 grs.) doses as a genito-urinary antiseptic.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.