"Drink freely of cold water," says an author of no small repute, to
persons of a weak stomach, viz., dyspeptics.
When I was an apprentice, my master (Sir Charles Blicke) used to say, "O,
sir, you are faint: pray drink this water." "And what do you think was the
effect of putting cold water into a man's stomach, under these
circumstances?" asks the great Dr. Abernethy. "Why, of course, that it was
often rejected in his face." Never put cold water, or cold victuals, into
a weak stomach.
The above surgeon is responsible for the following advice.