A treatise on the mineral spring at the New Tunbridge Wells, near Islington, with rules for drinking the waters : and a plan of diet for invalids labouring under chronic complaints / by the late Hugh Smith, M.D.

  • Hugh Smith
Date:
[1790?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the mineral spring at the New Tunbridge Wells, near Islington, with rules for drinking the waters : and a plan of diet for invalids labouring under chronic complaints / by the late Hugh Smith, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    22/36 page 22
    l^jy/ •'^ [ 2. ] more effediually guarded againft by general Di- redions. In a Word, therefore^ at all Times, and by all Patients, this fhould be the governing Rule of their Condud—never to take fo large a Dofe of Chalybeate Water as to occafion a quick Dif- charge by Urine, or to produce purging Stools | and, indeed, never to take fo large a Quantity as to become a Weight, that may opprefs the Stomach, caufe Flatulencies and Tremblings, or render the Head light and uncomfortable, as if in fome Meafure intoxicated. Where the Con- flitution is too delicate, and the nervous Syftem is too exquifitely fenfible, furprifing as it may appear to thofe who are unacquainted with thefe Waters, even fmall Dofes will fometimes pro¬ duce a Giddinefs ^ efpecially at the beginning of , the Courfe. Thus much for general Rules*— To defcend to Particulars ; a Quarter of a Pint will be fufiicient for w^ak and delicate Perfons to begin wdth; this Quantity may be gradually encreafed, as their own Obfervations dire6f, fo as no fenfible Evacuations are too quickly pro¬ moted, or the Inconveniencies before-mentioned experienced. But half a Pint, or a little more, will prove a Mi Dofe for fuch Patients. I would recommend taking it at two or three Draughts, waiting a Quarter of an Flour or longer between. Perfons of ftouter Stamina, and whofe Confti- tutions are not fo feeble, may begin with a little
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3