Directions for drinking the Cheltenham waters : with a selection of cases, illustrating their effects in a great variety of diseases / by James M'Cabe.

  • M'Cabe James fl., 1810-1839.
Date:
[1823]
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Credit: Directions for drinking the Cheltenham waters : with a selection of cases, illustrating their effects in a great variety of diseases / by James M'Cabe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    To prevent, as miicli as possible, this abuse, or misapplication, and consequently to endeavour to support the high reputation of the Cheltenham Waters, shall be the ob- ject of the following- pages. This object I shall endeavour to accomplish, in the first place, by giving such general Directions re- specting their use—quantity—temperature— season of the year—period of the day—regi- men, &c.—as will, I expect, prevent invalids from committing any serious mistakes, by ■which they might injure either their own health, or the reputation of the Waters. In the second place, by giving a general idea of those symptoms and circumstances in which the Waters are more likely to be injurious than useful. And, lastly, by the introduction of particular Cases, accompanied hy such remarks, as the nature of the cases or dis- eases may have suggested, at the time they ■were under treatment. Before leaving this part of the subject, it niay not be unimportant to remark, that, as