Auguste Saint-Arroman was a French writer on varied subjects, who is remembered for his curious work in cultural pharmacology, '' De L'action du café, du thé et du chocolat sur la santé, et de leur influence sur l'intelligence et le moral de l'homme'' (Turin, 1845), published as ''Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: Their Influence upon the Health, the Intellect, and the Moral Nature of Man. Translated from the French of M. Saint-Arroman'' (Philadelphia) 1846. Saint-Arroman reported that

chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civ ...

, while suited to the aged and the weak, was dangerous if drunk by the young. His recipe for medicinal chocolate that treated

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in women, included iron filings. He was also the author of the brief essay ''L’Anthanasie de

Cabanis Cabanis is the surname of: *George Cabanis (1815-1892), American politician *Jean Cabanis (1816–1906), German ornithologist *José Cabanis José Cabanis (2 March 1922 – 6 October 2000) was a French novelist, essayist, historian and magistrate ...

, ou la Médecine des incurables, à l’usage des médecins et du clergé'' (Bordeaux: Balarac, 1857). His response to the

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s was published in the form of a ''Réponse à M. le Dr. Arthur de Bonnard sur sa brochure intitulée : Organisation d’une commune sociétaire d’après la théorie de

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'' (Paris: Desloges, 1845). In the revolutionary year of 1848 he briefly served as editor of a ''Journal illustré écrit en l'honneur des gardes mobiles''; the Journal published only two issues, 6 and 13 August.Listed in Henri Alexandre Wallon, ''La presse de 1848: ou, Revue critique des journaux publiés à Paris depuis la révolution de février...'' (Paris: Pillet) 1849.

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