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bited ‘by the circumftances of the ‘patient ; 
moderate exercife maybe’ proper for fome, 
and reft for others ; they muft avoid the night 
‘air, fitting’on the grafs, and every ie that 
difeompofes the minds oe 5 3 
Upon the firft ufe of this water; “fome 
complain that it)’ makes them fick, others 
that it makes their head giddy; but thefe 
inconveniences almoft always proceed from 
their having taken too large’a quantity : the 
dofe i is therefore to be diminifhed ; and’ if, 
in a {mialler quantity, it fhould be uneafy on 
the ftomach, chewing cinnamon, or cara- 
way feeds, or comfits made of them, are 
frequently ufeful ; or any other aromatic, moft 
agreeable to the patient. ‘It fometimes occa- 
fions gripes, when the inteftines are weak, on 
account of its coldnefs ; it ought therefore 
_ to be warmed ; the beft way of doing it, is, 
_ to put as much as the patient intends to drink 
at one time, into a vial; cork the vial, and 
fet it before the fire, or put it into warm wa- 
ter, till it acquires a fufficient degree of heat. 
On its firft ufe, it fometimes purges fuch as 
are troubled with a diarrhwa; but that is 
to be reftrained by a gentle emetic, or by 
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: giving fome gutts of the zing. opii in every 
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