| The Reverend John Wesley said “ When the nerves perform the office too languidly a good air is the first requisite. The patient should rise early, and ,as soon as the dew is off the ground, walk; let his breakfast be thyme tea, using half as much as common tea. Let him eat fresh veal, chicken or mutton. Vegetables should be eaten sparingly; the most simple is the French bean, and the best root is the turnip. Wine should be avoided and all sauces. When the person finds and uncommon oppression let him take a large spoonful of tincture of valerian root to be made thus: Cut in pieces six ounces of dried valerian root. Bruise it in a mortar, that the pieces should be split but not beat into a powder. Put this into a quart of strong sherry wine; cork the bottle and let it |