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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![The effeiIs produced by the water muft be attend- ed to, and, if inconvenient, obviated. It is ufual and proper, after each draught of the water, to eat fomething of the warm and cordial kind ; commonly caraways, or ginger tablet, or peppermint drops ; in order to prevent the cooling effeCt of the water from disorder- ing the ftomach. If this fhould be found infufficient, a glafs of peppermint water, or fome drops of efience of peppermint, or a tea fpoonful or two of the bitter tindure, on a bit of fugar, may be taken: and, unlefs in cafes of extreme neceffity, drains ought not to be ufed, not only as it is a dangerous pra&ice, the beginning of which ought to be dreaded ; but alfo, as they might do full as much harm to the ftomach as the water could do it good. When at any time the water cannot be retained on the ftomach, it may proceed from having negleCted previoufly to cleanfe the ftomach and bowels : in which cafe, what was omitted then ought ftill to be done. Or it may proceed from great weaknefs and irritability of the ftomach ; and then, diluting the water with a little common water, or ufing fome of the cordial things a- bove mentioned, will often be of fervice : and fome- times perfeverance will anfwer the end, when other things have failed. Although it is ufually reckoned a fign that the water will do good, when it produces coftivenefs ; yet this habit of body, being always hurtful, muft not be allow- ed to continue. For counteracting it, fome ufe a fmall quantity of fea-water, from one to two or more gills, every morning. If the water is ufed for any fcrophu- lous or eruptive complaint, this plan may be ufeful: but if weaknefs of ftomach is the diforder, fea-water feems not well calculated for it, as being generally dis- agreeable. Dulse [Fucus Palmatus, Linnsei], is com- Id 2 jnonly](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28743738_0065.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
