41^ ESSAYS AND OBSERVATION^ 



Upon the'firft ufe of this water,' 

 fome complain that it makes them fickv 

 others that it makes their head giddy; 

 but thefe inconveniencies almoft always' 

 proceed from their having taken too large 

 a quantity : The dofe is therefore to be 

 diminished ; and if, in a fmaller quantity, 

 it fliould be uneafy on the flomach, chew- 

 ing cinnamon, or caraway feeds, or com- 

 fits made of them, are frequently ufeful j 

 or any other aromatic, moil agreeable to 

 the patient. It fometimes occafions gripes, 

 when the inteflines are weak, on account 

 of its coldnefs ; it ought therefore to be 

 ■warmed j 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 ic 

 into warm water, till it acquires a fuffi^ 

 cient degree of heat. On its firft ufe, ic 

 fometimes purges fuch as are troubled 

 with a diarrhea ; but that is to be re- 

 ftrained by a gentle emetic, or by giving 

 fome guts of the tin^. opii in every dofe 

 of the water, or rather fome little. time 

 before it ; or three or four grains of the 



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