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pil. Mattlm may be given at bed-time, 

 and as much, if requilite, in the morning: 

 It will be convenient likeways to warm 

 the water. But it oftener occafions co- 

 ftivenefs ; for which it will be proper, 

 now and then, to give a little fal. Glaub. 

 pol)chr. manna^ or cream of tartar ; or, 

 which perhaps is preferable to any of 

 them, the purging fait of Scarborough 

 water. If, upon catching cold, any fe- 

 verifh fits {hould arife, the ufe of the wa- 

 ter muft be fufpended till thefe fymptoms 

 are gone. When the water does not pafs 

 eafily, it will be proper to loofen the belly, 

 or give diuretics ; and fuch whofe ftrength 

 will permit, and whofe vefTels are full of 

 blood and juices, fhould let blood. 



Th ere is no determining precifely how 

 long it fhould be drunk ; the advantage 

 the patient reaps from it muft decide 

 that : Some have ufed it only twelve days, 

 others three weeks, others four, others fix, 

 •fome two months, and others many 

 months ; and yet they have all been fo 

 happy as to meet with a cure : So that, 

 ii) general, as long as there is any pro- 

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