m2  CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
by the other emunétories, and does not occafion a chilnefs, or flatulency in the fto- 
mach or. bowels, -When the water is intended to purge, the quantity mentioned 
above may be all takén before breakfaft. To promote the operation of minerak 
waters, and to carry them through the fyftem, exercife is indifpenfably neceffary. 
Ebis may be. taken in any manner that is matt agreeable to the patient, but he’ 
ought never to carry it to excefs. Asa purgative, thefe waters. are chiefly recom- 
mended in difeafes of the firft paffages, accompanied with, or proceeding from, in- 
activity of the ftomach and bowels, acidity, indigeftion, vitiated bile, worms, putrid 
fores, the piles, and jaundice.. In moft cafes of this kind, they are the beft medi- 
cines that can be adminiftered. But, when ufed with this view, it is fufficient to 
take them twice, or at moft three times, a week, fo as.to move the body three or four 
times; and it will be proper to continue this courfe for fome weeks. But the ope- 
ration of the more active mineral-waters is not confined to the bowels. They often 
promote the difcharge of urine, and not unfrequently increafe the perfpiration. 
This fhews that they are capable of penetrating into every part of the body, and of © 
ftimulating the whole fyftem. Hence arifes their efficacy in removing the moft 
obftinate of all diforders, obftructions of the glandular and lymphatic fyftem. . Un- 
der this clafs is comprehended the {crophula or king’s evil, indolent tumours, obftruc- 
tions of the liver, fpleen, kidneys, and mefenteric glands. When thefe great pur- 
poles are to be effected, the waters mutt be ufed in the gradual manner mentioned 
above, and perfifted in for a length of time. It will be proper, however; now and’ 
then to difcontinue their ufe for a few days. The next great clafs of difeafes, where 
mineral waters are found to be beneficial, are thofe of the fkin, as the itch, feab,. 
tetters, ring-worms, fcaly eruptions, leprofies, blotches, foul ulcers, &c. Though: 
: thefe may feem fuperficial, yet they are often the moft obftinate which the phyfician: 
has to encounter, and not unfrequently fet his fkil? at defiance : but they wilkfome= 
times yield to the application of mineral waters for‘a fufficient length of time, and 
in moft cafes of this kind thefe waters deferve atrial. ; + btw 
OF) tHe VENER E AL DE Sh. AS E,.. 
% $ peculiarly unfortunate for the unhappy perfons who contraét this difeafe, 
‘es under nder a fort of difgrace. This renders difSuifé neceffary, and makes the 
teither'conceal his diforder altogether, or apply to'thofe who promife a fud- 
den and fecret cure; but who in faét only remove the fymptoms for atime, while’ 
they x the difeate’deeper in’ the habit, By this means a flight infection, which: 
__, might have been ea! ly removed, is often converted into an obftinate, and fometimes: 
incurable, malady. Another unfavourable cireumftance attending: this difea(e is,- 
g that it aflumes a Variety of different: fhapes, and: may with more propriety. be called 
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