A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water : To which are now added, observations on sundry other waters ... With an appendix on the mephitic-alkaline water; a new and approved remedy against the stone and gravel / By A. Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1788
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Credit: A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water : To which are now added, observations on sundry other waters ... With an appendix on the mephitic-alkaline water; a new and approved remedy against the stone and gravel / By A. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ moil people will think this too large a quantity - <c and I believe, that for moll cafes, two-thirds* “ of a pint of the alkaline liquor in 24 hours may “ Suffice. Should the bulk of the feparate dofes* “ be thought too large, the alkaline folution may “ be made of double the ftrength; in which cafe, ' “ half the quantity will be enough. “ The times of taking three dofes in the day “ have been, I believe, pretty early in the morning, about noon, and about fix in the evening. If » “ twice a day, about noon and in the evening* and ». “ once> which in many cafes feems fufficient for '1 “ a preventative, about an hour and a half before 1 “ dinner. Common prudence didates, that fuch 'j “ a remedy Ihould be taken at fuch times as the 1 41 ftomach is leaft likely to be loaded with victuals. u I do not find, from obfervation or inquiry, that “ a adherence to any particular regimen of “ diet is neceflary, farther than the ufual pruden- tial cautions of moderation and temperance. Tbe Reverend Dr. Cooper has made ufe of “ fruit, wine, and other things fubjed to acefcency, “ during the time of his taking the folution; yet “ no perfon, as will appear by his very judicious “ * See Dr. Cooper’s Cafe. account. 'a 'f ' C! ' ;l r,i tc fit c:j