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Domiphobia, they may be divided, 
as in the case of other disorders, in- 
to remote, proximate, and occa- 
sional. Onthese I shall not be pro- 
lix. Jt is a great mistake, how. 
ever, to ascribe this disorder to 
low living, or a poordiet. If that 
were the case, the poor would be 
afflicted by it, particularly this sea- 
son. But the fa&t is, it attacks 
persens who live well, freely, upon 
a generous diet.. Excessive in. 
dulgence never fails to bring it on, 
and it is remarkable, that those 
who have once indulged, are sure 
to have a relapse the foilowing 
year. I scarce know an instance 
to the contrary. The mental af- 
fections are also to be taken into 
the account, and I have known 
cases where it was. brought on 
merely by talking about it; 2 won. 
derfal proof of the intimate con- 
nexion betwixt the mind and the 
body. Tht there is an affeGion 
of the head, cannot well be doubt- 
ed, from its being almost always 
attended with giddiness, wander. 
ings, vain fears, and sometimes 
downright raving, the patient per- 
petually talking of balls, dances, 
breakfasts, rafites, subscriptions, 
and other things, which very sel- 
dom much-occupy the attention of 
persons of sound minds and robust 
health. 
I have now, sir, communicated 
the result of pretty accurate obser- 
vation, and some practice in. this 
disorder, I am aware, that, in 
the curative part, I have failed to 
dmpart much information. The 
fact is, and 1 honestly confess it, 
T have succeeded in very few cases, 
and those were chiefly where the 
disorder was slight. Taken at the 
beginning, much may be done,- 
but the patients are very apt to 
my wants. 
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conceal it, probably from motives 
of delicacy, until it acquires 
Strength which common remedies 
wili not oppose, The indications 
are likewise sometimes so compli- 
cated, that one does not know how 
to obviate one system withour ins 
creasing the violence of another), 
What can be done where there is 
an inflammatory tendency, accom 
panied by lowness and weakness, a 
very common. form of the disease ? 
I must, therefore, close the subject 
for the present, with observing, 
that an eminent physician of my 
acquaintance, Dr. Abraham New: 
land, has a very elegant form of 
prescription, which J never knew 
any patient refuse to take; but it 
is jiable to the same objections 1 
have already mentioned, namely, 
that it will not prevent a relapses * 
I am). Sir;! 
Your very humble servant, | 
aiC. 
Warewick.lane, Mry othe 
On Watering Places. From the same. 
I AM a corntry gentleman, ‘and 
enjoy an: estate in Northampton. 
shire, which formerly enabled. its 
pOssessors to assume some degree of 
consequence in the country; but 
which, for seyeral generations, has 
been growing less, only because it 
has not grown bigger. I mean, 
that though I have not yet been 
obliged to mortgage my land, or 
fell my timber, its relative value 
is every day diminishing by the 
prodigious infiux of wealth, real 
and artificial, which for some time 
past has been pouring into this 
kingdom. Hitherto, however, I 
have found my income equal to 
It has enabled me to 
inhabit 
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