Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-02-12

essences oil peppermint, or mustard for TIL, for !
ner, or all the setatives oflaudanum, or black.
irop, or hops, for the latter WILDE so COMPOSING
Tor the time, and unattended by after suffering
IS n tumbler full or two of hot water. We do
not mean warm but SO hot that it must ra,hc,
be slipped than Trunk Let not the TREMBLING
lrunkard be deferred from reform by the fear
that no SUBSTITUTE, can DC found for the mtuiybt
cup, whose Supplying contents arc swallowed in
the hope Of making him for while forget him.
sell. lilo will experience from hot water, taken
IN sufficient quan'ity, feeling of internal
warmth and stimulation, and a slight fulncss Of
the head, which will safely simulate the fl of
drunkenness; but, unlike the latter, it will not
terminate in the nsensibility of apoplexy, but of
tranquil slumber. The nervous lady who re-.
fuses to take adequate exercise during the div.
and drinks her str,ng green tea in the evening.
may consult her physician, if she DO partial to
having a listener p her tale of wo but, if she
desire to rest well and keep out of the hands of
quacks, and spare the nerves Of her regular med
zeal adviser, wm really wishes her well, she
must dilute her tea, take longer walks; and. in
place OF recourse to the laudanum vial, Try
lumber full of hot water at bed timo. The
poor hypochondriac must not hope for easier
digestion and greater flow of spirits by n little
wine or other bitters before dinner. and little
wine or brandy and water at and after his meal
lie may as well hope TO breathe frcer by having
hts throat tHtc compressed by a tight hand
Just before lie takes n walk, and again n little
squeezed immediately after his return. His
draughts from the fountain Of Hygeia must be
IN the shape of pure water, from the nearest
spring or cistern. AT first no may, perhaps eat
less with this watery accompaniment; but what
he does eat will be from the true instinct of hun.
ger, and accordingly less oppressive, and more
leaoiiy converted into part of his blood and
bone. Let us hear what Thedcn a LEANED Ger
man physician, says Of this practice, applied TO,
and adopted by himself, at the suggestion of his
friend the celebrated De Hahn When between
thirty and forty years of age, he was hypochon.
driac IN the extreme, and a prey to the darkest
melancholy; he suffered from palpitatons at
the heart, and thought he could not survive sr
months. But from the time he began to drink
cold water, all these symptoms vanished and he
was healthier at an advanced period of life, than
nc had been at an early age, and entirely free
from hypochondrasis. In his " New Obserya.
lion he attributes his then advanced age of
eighty years, principally to the use of twenty to
twenty-four pints of water daily; q practice
which he had persevered in for forty years We
challenge the retailers and admirers of Pulmo-
nary Balsams and Dccoctions, Tinctures, Elk.
irs and Essences of Life, Catholicons. Panaceas.
and Stomachic Bitters, and all the infalibles
which, like the shot of the cocknoy sportsman.
TAKE effect on any other object than tina, at
winch 1t was aimed, TO adduce parallel cases to
THIS. Who are the equity, dropsical, and those
cut OIL IN moment by fell apoplexy. Not the
water drinkers. Who are the idle and the luxu.
nous spend,h'if.s of money and Of time, that
aeVo'e 'he'r nights to dissipation and pass their
mornings = unquiet slumbcrs, Not the water
drinkers. The depths Of PHILOSOPHY, and the
elevations of poetry, most felicitously ex
plored by those whose minds are allowed to e,-
ert their powerful faculties, unclouded bv tbe
muddy vapors of wine spirits
Inc acknowledged efficacy of mineral waters,
IN various disorders, has been attributed by some
distinguished physicians to the mere dilution NV
their aqueous portion alone, modified by femme.
nature. Though we may not admit this, in its
unqualified sense, we must ut the same, time b.
fuIy aware, that the waters of certain spripo,
nave acquired great repute for the cure of many
diseases, althoughIt is well known that thew con-
tain no foreign Ingredient whatever; such isthe
case with the water Of Malvern wells in ENGLAND
which Is only remarkable for its extreme puri.
ty.
we know OF but one drawback OH tho urn.
erai ana free use Of common water for the relief
and prevention of host of ailments. Inv vb,ch
people are tormented themselves, and contrive
TO torment at tine same time their friends. Il i.
The readiness with which this beverage Can h.
p1ocured-its abundance and its costing pothino
Ihe intrinsic value of both pure water and puro
alr is not appreciated by the wealthy, on accoun,
'f their marketable cheapncss, and is despised
by the fashionable, because they arc so Common
rs 10 be freely possessed by the lowest and most
vulgar, not less then by the most polished and
high-bred of the land. The invalid. soured hv
former failures, can see nothing rcmarL,hI. :,
what Is matter of every days observation and
experience, and hence will turn deaf ear 70 tho
ADVICE OF flesh air, pure water and. regular or.
'rcise, that Inc may be the mole willingly gu,lcd
by the boastful promises and mysterious iarpon
Of empires.
From the Boston Commentator
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