Volume 1

A treatise on the internal use of the natural and factitious waters of Carlsbad, Marienbad, Ems, &c. &c / By Dr. F. Kreysig.

  • Kreysig, Friedrich Ludwig, 1770-1839.
Date:
1824
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the internal use of the natural and factitious waters of Carlsbad, Marienbad, Ems, &c. &c / By Dr. F. Kreysig. 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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    considered merely in the light of a drink, but as an article of food. It has been long since fully demonstrated by experience, that diet of an acid nature, or-which tends to fermentation, by no means suits pa- tients under the above treatment: hence crude fruits, salads, and, in general, all acidulous ar- ticles, are to be carefully shunned. We would wish to observe still further, that it is much better not to eat suppers, or at least very light ones, and taken at ail early time, so that the stomach maybe perfectly empty in the morning. It is proper also to retire early to rest, in order to be able to rise betimes, and com- mence the use of the remedy early in the morn- ing*. Any liquor, which may be more or less of a spirituous nature, must be allowed with ex- * The author does not mention here the time of dining, as this generally takes place in Germany between the hours of twelve and two, and is a universally prevailing custom: hence there is no room for animadversion. But it is a very different thing to sit down to dinner at five or six o’clock, or even later, in the evening, which our fashionables are in the habit of doing; and in general all, whether in town or country, who lay any claim to gentility, dine late. This must not be lost sight of by the English physician, since nothing can be more inconsist- ent with the author’s views, than the system of loading the sto- mach late in the evening : for it is well known, that late dinners, after fasting from breakfast, generally distend the stomach with a more than usual quantity of food.—Tr.