A practical dissertation on the waters of Leamington-Spa : including the history of the springs, a new analysis of their gaseous and solid contents, the rules for drinking the waters, bathing, diet of the patients, and other regimen / by Charles Loudon.
- Charles Loudon
- Date:
- 1828
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical dissertation on the waters of Leamington-Spa : including the history of the springs, a new analysis of their gaseous and solid contents, the rules for drinking the waters, bathing, diet of the patients, and other regimen / by Charles Loudon. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![aired towels, and putting on moderately aired woollen stockings, which are somewhat elastic. Should these means fail in exciting the natural warmth, rubbing them with the flesh-brush may probably answer the object which is wished for, and that may be aided by an addi- tional coverlet thrown over the feet at night. Invalids should never sleep below the first floor, unless the room be perfectly dry, well-aired, and not exposed to a current of wind. A southern, eastern, or western expo- sure, is better than a northern. The bed-room window should be left open during the time that the patient is absent, but previous to retiring to sleep, the temperature of the apartment should be raised as high as 50°., and the sheets should be perfectly aired. Persons afflicted with rheumatic complaints should not expose themselves to dam]), nor allow themselves to remain in wet clothes, and, in all cases, calico sheets will be found preferable to linen. Violent exertions of the voice, either by singing, speaking loudly, blowing on wind instruments, or the like, are carefully to be abstained from in lung complaints. No long-standing eruption or sores should be suddenly repelled; and, if the feet swell, the horizontal position will be found of the greatest service. Retiring early to bed and rising early in the morning, temperance and regularity of life, will assist much in con-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21306047_0107.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
