ABSTRACT
A Gentleman well known, and as much belov'd by all that know him for his fine Parts, great Probity, and the distinguish'd Figure he has constantly made in the Senate; having been long troubled with bilious Vomitings, constant Heart-burnings, Lowness and Oppression, for which, after all the Nervous and Stomachick Medicines, prefcrib'd by the most eminent Pbysicians in England, together with the whole Circle of Mineral Waters at different Times, and at last a Tour (when he was near Sixty) thro’ the Southern Climates, came hither to Bath, once and again; but without any lafting Benefit or Relief, the same Miseries of this sinking Distemper still perfecuting him. I at last perfuaded him to enter upon a Triming Diet, one Day light Pudding or Milk and Vegetables dress'd, especially of the farinaceous and seed Kind; the other, a little young, tender, plain Animal Food for Dinner only, and not to exceed two or three Glasses of Wine a Day, taking sometimes Quinquinated and Rhabarbarated Bitters, and sometimes Mineral Waters, as his Case required, to wit, the Bath in temperate or cold Weather, and the Cold (as Tunbridge, Spa or Pyrmont) in hot Weather. By periilling in this Method, he has recovered and grown better every Year, and is now (at Seventy-three) one of the healthiest, halest Gentlemen of his Age in England, being from Lean, grown Plump, Full and Active, without Oppression or Lowness, and is in great likelihood to hold it many Years; to which, no doubt, his having given up Business, has greatly contributed; tho’, I think, his Regimen has had the far largest Share in hisperfect Recovery.
