A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate; containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use.

  • Garnett, Thomas, 1766-1802.
Date:
1822
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Credit: A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate; containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    or ride immediately after drinking it, and if no sickness come on, or if the sickness should be gone off, another glass may be taken in about ten minutes, or a quarter of an hour, and after the same interval, a third ; it will be sometimes, though not often, necessary to take a fourth ; but in cases where three glasses do not go readily off by stool, I would advise a small quantity of purgative salt to be dis- solved in the first glass. Epsom salt will an- swer very well, but as it greatly augments the nauseous taste of the water, soda phosphorata will be found more agreeable. To quicken the operation of the water, by the addition of a quantity of purgative salt, when a moderate dose of it does not produce the wished-for effect, is the best method of preventing giddiness of the head, and other disagreeable, as well as dangerous conse- quences, which sometimes arise from the wa- ter when taken in too great quantity, and when it does not pass off freely. Some habits are so easily affected, that two glasses will often be found sufficient. For children, of about five or six years of age,