An account of Peterhead : its mineral well, air, and neighbourhood / By William Laing.
- Laing, William
- Date:
- 1793
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of Peterhead : its mineral well, air, and neighbourhood / By William Laing. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![tobacco, the unfortunate habit of drinkingex- ceflive evacuations of any kind, or living undei the in- fluence of grief, peevifhnefs, or any ill-natured oi de- prefling affection. The diforders arifing from thefe • caufes, efpecially if they have been long continued, are more grievous; and fo many that it would be tedi- ous to enumerate them. Sometimes they produce that complication of lamentable aflfeiftions botn or body and mind, called hypochondriacal and byftcricul difof ue>s j which laft complaint is ulually nothing exfe tnan a de- bilitated ftomach, in an irritable conftttution, diforder- ed accidentally by paffion, or dome excefs or irregula- rity. Sometimes the confequences appear in habitual head-achs, giddinefs, finking of the fpirits, *, palpita- tion of the heart, loathing or rejection of rood, flatu- lency, worms, indigeftion, acid or bilious vomiting, coftivenefs either conllant or alternating with diarrhea. Sometimes the difordered ftate brings on convulfions [_v. p. 32. note] f ; fometimes a total decay of ftrength and a wafting of the body. At other times I have known this diforder appear as a palfy, and often as a confumption, in which form, I have no doubt, it is often taken for a confumption of the lungs, [v. p. 32. note.3 and proves fatal to many. To thefe we may add that long and melancholy lift of diforders commonly called nervous ; which are generally nothing elfe than the * I have known this fymptom cured by this water, when it has fuhfifted to a alarming degree : but there might be inftances where this remedy would be very improper; for example, if the caufe fliould lie in a dilatation of any part of the heart or arteries near it. f 1 remember long ago a very finking inftance of what is called St. Vitus' dance, in a young lady of about twelve years, who was fent by her phyfidan to Peterhead, after lie had tried in vain bark, elcilricity, and every thing elfe he could think of. By the ufc of the bath and water Hie recovered peifedt health. F 2 confe-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28743738_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
