A chemical and medical report of the properties of the mineral waters of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, Malvern, and the Isle of Wight / by Charles Scudamore.

  • Scudamore, Charles, 1779-1849.
Date:
1820
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Credit: A chemical and medical report of the properties of the mineral waters of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, Malvern, and the Isle of Wight / by Charles Scudamore. 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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    MEDICAL IIISTORV. there exists an inflammatory condition of the ha- bit, requiring' particular medical treatment; and this having been premised, a better result from the use of the water may be expected to follow. The excitable patient, pursuing- the plan of cau- tion which I have just now stated, will most pro- bably, by degrees, be enabled to drink the water in its most active state. The invalid of an opposite character of con- stitution, and daily accustomed to the free use of vinous stimulus, will scarcely, if at all, be sen- sible of any immediate influence from the water; and, looking to the simplicity of its composition, may be disposed to regard it with great indiffer- ence. I have here, however, to add, that I have seen instances in which the sanguineous tempe- rament has not been favourable to the use of the water, although the patient has been in the daily habit of drinking a moderate quantity of wine without suffering' particular excitement. The water taken before breakfast, in these instances, produced head-ache, and flushing-, and had the same effect, in a less degree, in the middle of the day. The individual possessing this constitution, should be advised to exercise temperance and careful regimen at the table, to forbear from the use of much fluid at his meals, and to pay careful attention to the due action of the bowels. If, even with such observance, the water prove too excit- ing, the necessity will be manifest of employing