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A 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end..
One Englishman named Walter Rumsey invented an "electuary" of coffee to be applied with an instrument called a provang.
In addition to using the provang, Rumsey proposed coffee and tobacco as effective remedies in creating a balanced humoural mixture in the stomach.
How Rumsey's patients could enjoy coffee after an encounter with the provang is impossible to understand.
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Provang means A 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end..
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One Englishman named Walter Rumsey invented an "electuary" of coffee to be applied with an instrument called a provang.
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