Practical observations on the medical powers of mineral waters, and of the various modes of bathing : particularly in scrofula, consumption, cutaneous affections, gout, rheumatism, palsy, disorders of the kidnies, indigestion, female diseases, general debility, nervous and liver complaints, &c. &c. : with remarks on exercise and diet, intended for the use of invalids / by Patrick Mackenzie.

  • MacKenzie, Patrick.
Date:
1820
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Credit: Practical observations on the medical powers of mineral waters, and of the various modes of bathing : particularly in scrofula, consumption, cutaneous affections, gout, rheumatism, palsy, disorders of the kidnies, indigestion, female diseases, general debility, nervous and liver complaints, &c. &c. : with remarks on exercise and diet, intended for the use of invalids / by Patrick Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    substitute; but as the former affords no^ nutriment, and the latter is stimulating, they should be used with prudence. Chocolate, not adulterated with aro- matics and other stimulants, is extremely nutritious, and may be preferred. Bread, when stale, and eaten in moderate quantities, is highly salutary; but when recently drawn from the oven, it is with difficulty digested. Cold butter sparingly - employed is wholesome ; but when melted it is less innocent. All descriptions of pastry and confectionary are inimical to weak digestive organs. Certain ripe fruits, as grapes, oranges, apples, pears, peaches, mulberries, raspberries, strawberries, and currants, are grateful, and beneficial in fe- brile commotions of the body, unattended with profuse alvine evacuations. But during a course of mineral waters, they are apt to disorder the bowels, and should therefore be avoided.