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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42305	A quære concerning drinking Bath-water, at Bathe, resolved by Evgenivs Philander.	Guidott, Thomas, fl. 1698.; Jorden, Edward, 1569-1632. Discourse of naturall baths and minerall waters.	1673 (1673)	Wing G2198; ESTC R7543	6,374	28

The prohibition holds good as to Diuretick VVaters too though not on the same yet as good a ground A third Irregularity I find is the Drinking of the VVaters without a due preparation of the Body before which ought not to be done so slightly as with a little Bath-water and Salt but with such frequent and repeated Purgations as may be requisite sometimes For the VVaters must certainly first pass through the Stomach and Guts which if they find foul and not cleansed from those impurities that will undeniably lodge there on many occasions besides that they taint the VVater and render it less beneficial are with the current carried farther into the body whereby the intermediate passages are more obstructed and perhaps also the blood defiled My Author therefore sayes very well Omnes vulgares etiam dicunt Purgationem debere praecedere potum aquarum medicatarum quamvis aliquibus successerit sanatio absque purgatione praemissa per pharmacum tamen raro hoc accidit quare ante potum corpora sunt diligentissime purganda bis ter pluries si opus fuerit The fourth and last thing I shall take notice of as an Erratum and so to be corrected is the drinking other Liquors keeping too much company and observing no regular Diet in the taking of the VVaters which must of necessity prejudice their operation whereas if they were permitted to take their own course or had some encouragements by meat and drink they would be more apt to display what Virtues they have to a greater advantage But many Gentlemen especially are not contented with one good mornings draught and in too short a time after drinking the VVaters gratifie their Appetite which they fancy is heightned by the use of the VVaters with variety of Meats so that the Stomach though sometimes at a dull rate concocting and the VVaters as they say provoking makes such work for the draught that were they useful all the year would prove more for the encouragement of the mystery of the Gold-finders than any thing I know in the world besides That I may not be tedious in what I at first intended to be very brief I shall now set down that course I think most convenient to be taken by those that expect any benefit from the drinking of the VVaters After previous preparation of the Body which is the work of the Physician what concerns the Patient may be To rise about five or six of the clock in the morning and having discharged Natures burden if occasion require and walked some few turns to excite natural Heat he may safely if of an indifferent Constitution adventure on three pints of VVater the first time to be taken in manner following Viz. He or she may have as much VVater as is necessary by them out of which may be filled a Glass or Cup containing half a Pint two of which may be taken presently then walking gently a Quarter of an Hour two more and the like motion performed for another Quarter the two last The next day they may advance one glass more and so every day increase half a Pint till six Pints are compleated at one time which is the highest dose I judge convenient for ordinary constitutions When that dose is well received I would not have the Patient stay long at this pitch not above a day two or three at most but descend again by the same steps he ascended before so that this course may hold twelve or fourteen dayes without intermission or Bathing in the mean time which will be a sufficient tryal what the Waters will do If it be judged requisite a longer course may be ordered as the Physician shall think fit who is to be consulted in this case Those that are if I may so speak a size stronger in Constitution larger Bodies and more violent distempers may take a pottle at first in an hours time walking as before directed and so rise up by the steps before mentioned to a Gallon which I judge sufficient for the middle sort And those that are of the largest size and thought fit to bear the greatest proportion may begin with five pints and come up to ten above which I would not advise any person to go This is the best Gage I can at present resolve on which yet may be somewhat varied according to the judgment of the Physician that attends About twelve of the clock by which time the Waters may have made a considerable pass a light dinner may be taken of Eggs Broth or a cut of Veal Mutton Capon Pullets Chickens and such like meats of easie digestion but towards night at five of the clock at farthest a freer meal may be made on the meats before mentioned that so the Stomach may be cleared against the next morning again if any Wines be used I think Rhenish White and Claret the best and as little Beer or Ale as may be What relates to the distempers it may be profitable for and the Symptomes arising sometimes in the use notwithstanding all the Care and Circumspection imaginable I say nothing of here as being part of the Physicians concern but leave the work of Physicians to Physicians themselves FINIS

diminished Whereas in the immediate application to the Stomach and Intestines they are least able to resist and so in danger of receiving greater prejudice Thus if we keep a convenient distance from the Fire we receive its benefit but approaching too near without a very good Skreen we experience its rage Waters tincted with Brass are condemned by some on the account that they are very seldome free from Aerugo or Chrysocolla which are dangerous but others allow the use of them if they participate but slightly of the Minera as the Viterbienses which are judged praestantissimae The best Waters to be taken inwardly by the unanimous consent of Judicious Writers are supposed to be Salt Nitrous Aluminous and Iron which besides their moderate heating quality are very friendly to the Stomach and parts through which they pass and what is the main Thing to be observed in the choice of Mineral Waters pass freely through the Body either by Siege or Urine without the addition of some helps which other sluggish Waters must have which probably may somewhat alter their property and render them less effectual than those that need not such Additions Also Gold Silver if such are to be found and Marble Waters without Gypsum are esteemed wholsome and may safely be used as a Drink These are the most considerable VVaters Good and Bad I find mentioned in Mineral Writers by which any indifferent person may sufficiently judge of the first part of the Question propounded provided he be assured of what Minerals the Waters of Bathe do consist If principally of Bitumen with Nitre and some Sulphur as was the Opinion of Doctor Jorden and is yet my own there are two ingredients against one for the not using it as a Drink yet in regard the Nitre seems to be in a greater proportion than the Sulphur and by that means may in some measure qualifie and allay the Inconveniences that may arise from the two other Constituents I judge with some Cautions in the use thereof they may be potable though not so adviseable as some other Mineral Waters are And this is the most moderate Decision I can give of that part of the Question that concerns the Security of the using the Bath-Water as a Drink As to the other Viz. The Course to be taken by those that would use it so as to find benefit thereby before I determine that I must take the liberty to declare that I find many irregularities in the Course which is now followed which is so much different from a rational method and the practice and directions of intelligent Physicians in other places that one may easily conclude it a Brat if not begot yet foster'd by a Quack whose Motto may be Quocunque modo rem and cares not what betides the Patient so the money be received The first irregularity I take notice of is the general drinking the Waters without advice or with advice as good as none the prime thing to be considered being whether it be proper or not This is incumbent on the Physician to determine and cannot well be done without an exact knowledge both of the Waters and the distempers the Patient labours under Now though perhaps it may be thought a reflection on the Faculty to say that some Physicians or at least pretenders to that Noble Art are no so intelligent who notwithstanding are very liberal in their advice for the taking the Waters yet I must needs conclude that if they are so they very much stifle their knowledge and thwart the known Rules of their Profession in advising persons of quite contrary Tempers and distempers to an equal use of what if beneficial to one must be prejudicial to another This was the old Quacking Trick in Galen's time of which an Honest Author gives this account Dicimus praeceptum istud ut Medicus diligenter observet an Potus Aquae conveniat necne esse summe necessarium quia sine ipso fieri nequit aliquid in hoc praecepto multi tum recentiorum tum antiquorum peccarunt tempore etiam Galeni Sunt enim inter medicos aliqui qui postquam valde defatigarint aegros aliquando praeter rationem institutum viderint quod res sibi non succedit statim nulla alia consideratione habita relegent miseros Patientes ad Aquas Thermales tanquam ad anchoram sacram non considerantes antea an aquae illae conveniant vel non conveniant vel quia ignorent naturam Aquarum vel quia ignorent naturam morbi vel utriusque simul ita casu quicquid agunt agunt I hope I shall not be so grosly mistaken here as to be thought by any to write this to discourage a Resort but rather to be a Monitor to the Residents on the place that if Physicians abroad are not so circumspect as they may not be on their confidence in them they would so far discharge their own Consciences as well as evidence their skill as to deal candidly and ingenuously with their Patients neither are those in any wise to be accounted Apollo's but rather Apollyon's who regarding their Patients no more than poyson'd Rats care not what holes they dye in provided they are secur'd against this that they stink not on the place The next thing I blame in the ordinary course is the drinking of the Waters and Bathing on the same day nay oftentimes together in the Bath it self How contrary this is not only to the judgment of Rational Physicians but Reason it self may appear from these words of a good Author Sed neque Balneum Thermarum dum aquae sumuntur administrandum est quod hoc modo ratione contrariorum motuum factorum à Balneo quod ad Circumferentiam à Potu qui ad Centrum trahit nimis aeger affligitur And that it may not be said to be only one Doctors opinion which if grounded on Reason is sufficient without which an opinion is nothing another gives the same advice Nec quoad infusionem Corpor is placet quoniam qui ita agunt asfligunt nimis aegrum ratione contrarii motus qui motus contrarius fit ab aqua in potum accepta à Balneo Nam aqua quae in corpore est agit ducendo à Circumferentia ad Centrum Infusio vero è contra à Centro ad Circumferentiam unde nisi robustissimum fuerit Corpus non poterit perferre talem motum I confess this reason of a contrary motion lies chiefly against Cathartick Waters or those Waters that move by siege which must have a motion contrary to that of the Bath which moves from the Centre to the Circumference or from the more inward parts to the habit of the Body yet in regard those Waters that move by Urine may on the contrary be too much accelerated and sooner than is fitting precipitated to the Kidneys by which Nature on so great a strain must likewise suffer some inconvenience inwardly as well as an affliction from the Bath without