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Translation from French, as others have pointed out. The original text is longer, and covers stimulants other than coffee, such as tobacco and sugar: http://ww
by GuiA 10y ago
Translation from French, as others have pointed out. The original text is longer, and covers stimulants other than coffee, such as tobacco and sugar:
http://www.bmlisieux.com/curiosa/excitant.htm http://www.bmlisieux.com/curiosa/excitant.htm
The French is slightly dated in some ways, but definitely could have been written today (albeit by an old school literary type, of which we have plenty).
- woodrowbarlow 10y agoit sounds like you are fluent in french. how closely does the phrase "liver spots" match the original text?
- ramimac 10y agoHere is the relevant French excerpt: "Enfin, j'ai découvert une horrible et cruelle méthode, que je ne conseille qu'aux hommes d'une excessive vigueur, à cheveux noir et durs, à peau mélangée d'ocre et de vermillon, à mains carrées, à jambes en forme de balustres comme ceux de la place Louis XV." The original text states "... with mixed/blended ochre and vermillion skin"