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?]
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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.

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    [ 3^ ] ev^y;Mart’s Gbfef^afkn, therefore, .dired him in tl^ejiLfe of Acidi.-f .for if they' frequently the Stotnach, caufing Pain or Flatulency in -the 4fft P-alTages,. 1 need not tell, hirn they are(UnfriendlyK fuch a Petfon iltouid leffen the Quantity, .or,jfox; a while avoid them. I muft alfo cautio.n Invalids, who complain of Oppreffiijn,’and grea^ Difrention of the Sto¬ mach after a, moderate Meal, againft taking tq.o,l3rge,a Quantity of Fluids; more Incon- Ypoiencies, arife from this miftaken Cuftom than ^Mankind in general are aware of. ; Should the Obfervations contained in this I'reatile prove, in the.leaft beneficial to Perfons ta^uring under Chronic Complaints, I fhall be happy to think my Time has not been ill em¬ ployed ; and have only the following Advice to offer, which, from Experience I have found ufcful, efpeciaily • in Nervous, Bilious, and ' Gouty Diforders, attended with a weak Sto- much and coflive Habit. Whpn.fuch Patients are not upon the Spot to reap the Advantage of Medicinal Waters, in- fread of drinking Tea, let them make a Cold Bath for the Stomach every Morning, by pour¬ ing into it a Tumbler of Spring Water, and an Hour or Two afterwards take their Breakfaft, obferving aifo thefe Maxims, n rife early, ufe maderatt Exercife, and not indulge the Appetite Bver^much,
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