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Tho Mrs Hodgsons ailments have now Subsisted
very long and reduced her very much I am Still of opinion
that She is in no confirmed Consumption and hope that
by attention and care She may be greatly relieved and
preserved very long tho it may not be possible to restore
her to her former flesh and Strength.

Her first and great care must be ↑to↑ avoid cold and for
this purpose to be always warmly cloathed with flannel
or woollen every where next her Skin. She must also --
avoid all damp and moisture and any Stream of cold Air.
For the winter She may Sometimes in very mild weather
go abroad on horseback or in a carriage but Should never
walk out on foot and in cold frosty or even very wet weather
She Should keep very close at home.

She Should carefully avoid any the least bodily --
fatigue and therefore much walking or even Stirring much
within doors would be very bad for her but in very mild

In diet She will bear no Strong meat and Should not
not attempt to take it. At dinner She may Sometimes
take a bit of chicken, or rabbit, a bit of tripe or a Sweetbread
a little boiled veal or lamb or a little boiled whitefish as --
haddock, whiting or flounder but even of these She Should
take seldom and Sparingly. Her diet Should consist
chiefly of milk and grain as bread, rice, barley, Sago or
oatmeal and these prepared in any manner She likes best.
Instead of plain milk She may very often take buttermilk
but neither the buttermilk nor the milk that it is made
from Should be long kept and the best kind of buttermilk
is that which is made ↑immediately↑ from fresh Cows milk. Beside
Cows milk Mrs Hodgson if She can have it conveniently
may take Asses milk twice a day and when She either
takes this or warm Cows milk in the morning She may
Safely put a little rum or brandy into the milk.

In drinking She must keep to water or watery li¬
quors as toast water, milk & water, water gruel or barley
water and all fermented or Spirituous liquors are
likely to do her harm and particularly malt liquor of
any kind.

By attending to these particulars of regimen I
hope Mrs Hodgson may have as much health and ease
as the present State of her constitution will admit of
and I think there are few medicines that can be of Ser¬
vice to her. I have only to propose two that may --
occasionally be usefull and I have prescribed them on a
paper apart.

One of them is a [box?] of pills which are intended
for removing obstructions in her breast and therefore

The other medicine is for moderating looseness but
while that goes no farther than one or two looseness
Stools in a morning I think it will ↑do↑ little harm and there¬
fore requires no medicine but whenever the looseness
is or threatens to be more considerable my prescription
may be employed by giving one or two table Spoonfulls
for a dose and repeating that dose two or three times
a day as may Seem to be necessary.

The pea Issue in the arm Should be continued and
in case of much breathlessness or cough a piece of blister
may be applied to the breast with advantage.

I think bleeding Should not be repeated without
great necessity.