Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CACHAEMIA
Etymology
Noun
cachaemia (countable and uncountable, plural cachaemias)
(medicine, obsolete) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*cæ"mi*a, Ca*chæ"mi*a n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
Ca*chæ"mi*a, Ca*che"mi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bad + blood.] (Med.)
Definition: A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. --Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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