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VviTHOUT submitting our invalids to useless pri- 

 vations and painful abstinences , a regular regimen 

 must, however, accompany the use of a mineral water, 

 which excites so manifestly the vascular system, and 

 the action of the bowels, kidneys and skin. The few 

 rules of our dietetic code are seldom transgressed 

 with impunity. 



In enumerating our various provisions , I re- 

 marked (p. 24) that our restaurateurs never present 

 any dish incompatible with the use of the waters, 

 and that dangerous dainties are not to be found at 

 Carlsbad. 



The interval of an hour is necessary between the 

 last beaker and the breakfast, and, in order to pro- 

 mote the digestion of the water, patients, stout enough 

 to continue the walk they have taken at the wells, 

 should protract it about an hour longer, before their 



