a ee afilicted with nervous diseases ought never to — 
fast long. Their food should be solid and nourishing, but of easy ~ 
digestion ; such as milk, meat broths, particularly of pork; stren 
soups, jellies, eggs; all sorts of shell fish, as lobsters, crabs, oysters, — 
-&c., flat-fish, eels; every species of wild fowls; any animal food. - 
taken in large quantities and often repeated. He should abstain 
from vegetables, fruit, and malt liquor. 
Heavy sauces are hurtful. All excess should be carefully avoided. 
They ought never toeat more at a time than they can easily digest ; 
heavy suppers are to be avoided. If they feel themselves faint and 
weak between meals, they ought to eat a bit of bread, and drink a 
glass of wine. Though wine in excess enfeebles the body, yettaken 
in moderation, it strengthens the stomach and promotes digestion. 
Every thing that is windy and hard of digestion must be avoided. 
Ail weak and warm liquors are hurtful ; as tea, coffee, punch, &c. 
Above all things, drams are to be avoided. Whatever immediate ease 
the patient may feel from the use of ardent spirits, they are sure to 
aggravate the malady and prove certain poisons at last. 
Exercise in nervous disorders is superior to all medicines. Riding 
on horseback is far the best, as it gives motion to the whole body, 
without fatiguing it; strengthens the blood and raises the spirits 
This should never be neglected, if the patient is able to ef 
should take a two or three hours’ jaunt every morning. ki 
however, agrees better with some persons, and others may be more 
benefitted by riding in a carriage. Every one ought to use that 
which he finds most beneficial. Sea voyages, also haveanexcellent 
effect. Even change of place, and sight of new objects, by diver : 
ing the mind, have a great tendency to remove these complaints. 
_ For this reason, a long journey is of much more advantage than a 
short one. 
A cool dry air, is proper, a8 it braces and invigorates the ae 
body. Few things tend more to relax and enervate than hot air, 
especially that which is rendered so by great fires, or stoves. But 
when the stomach or bowels are weak, the body ought to be well — 
- guarded against cold, especially in winter, by wearing fla 
_ the skin. This will keep up an equal perspiration, 
~ -alimentary canal from many impressions to which it Id 
be subject upon every sudden change from warm 
the bod 
bbing ly frequently with a flesh brush or e cloth 
likewise b jal. Persons who have weak nerves ought to ri 
early, an before breakfast, such as digging in a gar- 
den, than be better: lying too long in bed cannot 
fail to relax t 
ves. hey onght likewise to be diverted, and 
_ kept as easy and chearfal as ae There isnotany thing which 
hurts the nervous system, or weakens the digestive pret, more 
than fear, grief, or anxiety. x. 
_ That any disease should require such nice precautions, 
: mind and body, may appear rather frivolous to the hardy fa 
to the 1 man who labors out of doors, bodily, for his living. 
Y are unaccustomed to such complaints 
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