Respondent: Anton Hoffman (1739–1782)

Title: ... de Potu Chocolatae, ...

Date of Defense: 18 June 1765

Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-10

Lidén Title: Potus chocolatae.

Soulsby Title: Pot. choc.

Drake Title: De Potu Chocolate.

Note:

Abstract: A botanico-medical essay on the merits of drinking chocolate, flavored with vanilla. Botanical accounts are given of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) and of the vanilla orchid (Epidendrum vanilla L. = Vanilla fragrans). The preparation of the chocolate beans and of the beverage by the Spaniards is described. Linnaeus advocated use of the beverage as a pleasant drink and for treatment of hypochrondria and hemorrhoids

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