Institutes of health : essays on constitutional peculiarities, sudden impressions, bathing, animal food, London porter and ale, digestion, dropsy and liver complaints / by John Roberton.
- Roberton, John, 1776-1820/21.
- Date:
- 1817
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Institutes of health : essays on constitutional peculiarities, sudden impressions, bathing, animal food, London porter and ale, digestion, dropsy and liver complaints / by John Roberton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![the surgeon anxious that such should be obeyed^ begged of him to give his word of honour, as a soldier, that he wmuld drink no more wine than at most two glasses daily. ‘‘Well, doctor, replied his patient, since it must be it must; and I give you my word of honour, I shall confine myself to two glasses daily.’* The doctor frequently visited his patient, and reminded him of his promise, which he was as- sured was inviolably kept, and, finding the wounds mending, he expatiated on the praises of sobriety, and assured his patient that, to nothing but the change in his living, was he now indebted even for his life—that indulging in the use of a pint cf wine daily would to a certainty have been attended with the most fatal consequences. The general reply to all these harangues was, very well, doctor, very W’ell—you must know best.” At length the wounds completely healed, and the doctor insisted on the rigidity of his former instructions, and still ha- rangued on the absolute necessity for the strictest abstinence in such cases. The officer told the doc- tor that for all these good and seasonable advices he felt grateful, and now that his wounds w'ere healed he would not only indulge himself with an extra glass of wine, but begged the doctor to partake of a few glasses of some which he could recommend. The servant was desired to bring a cou])le of glasses of wine, one for the doctor and one for himself. The servant speedily returned, puffing and blow- mg, under the oppression of a waiter, on which was placed two glasses, each containing fully a quart and a half of wine ! “ These, says the officer, are](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22396196_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
