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half, or two pints, which is about a Scotch cho- - 
pin, and is the largeft quantity ufually drunk 
of this water in twenty-four hours. If the wa- 
ter fhould be uneafy on the ftomach, the pa- 
tient may mix with it an equal quantity, or 
lefs, of new milk, or fuch a proportion of it 
as may be found moft convenient : it may 
alfo be proper to warm the water. 
As few of the patients, whofe cafes I have 
collected, obferved any rule in their diet or 
exercife, and neverthelefs met with a cure ;. 
this fhows that there is no great ftrictnefs re- 
quired.in thefe matters: and, indeed, fuch 
as have any tolerable degree of health and 
ftrength, need not much recede from their or- 
dinary way of living ; tho’ temperance in eat- 
ing, a moderate ufe of wine, and gentle exer- 
cle, is what all infirm people fhould conform 
themfelves to: but, fuch as are very weak, 
and much emaciated, or that labour under 
dangerous difeafes of the lungs, or abdomi- 
nal wifcera, muft obferve a very {trict regi- 
men; their diet fhould confift of what is 
lighteft and eafieft of digeftion, fuch as new 
milk, broths, panadoes, thin jellies, frefh 
eggs, chicken, veal, fowls, &c.; anda 
eg wine may be allowed, when not prohi- 
bited 
