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thoriG, or have their veffels full, fhould 

 let a little blood. 



This water may be drunk at all times 

 pf the year : Though I prefer the fummer 

 or warm months ; becaufe perfpiration 

 is then freed, and the operation of the 

 5?vater, as an alterative, is aflifted by the 

 warmth of the weather : Befides, this fea- 

 fon is more convenient for the ufe of ex- 

 prcife, and the patients are lefs apt to 

 catch cold. The propereft time of the 

 day for drinking it, is, when the ftomach 

 is moil empty, as in the morning, fading, 



before 



iieat and morning fweats, which increafed till the naid- 

 dle of January 1752, "when flie was becooae feebler, 

 much emaciated, and often faintifh. At this time, the 

 was advifed to drink the Hartfell fpaw in fmall quanti- 

 ty ; but, finding 't fit eafy pn her ftomach, fhe drunk 

 anEngliO) pint of it daily. During the firft week after 

 drinking the water, (he expeaorated dark, blueiOi. pu- 

 irid ftufF, without blood ; and found her breaft much 

 eafier than it had been any time from the beginning of 

 herillnefs. Soon after, (he began to breathe freely ; 

 and, afier having drank the water fix weeks, was per- 

 feaiy recovered : Since which time, flie walked, or ra- 

 ther run, three Scotch miles in an hour, without being 

 either butt, or nauch fatigued by it. 



