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For Mr Garrick.

Mr Garricks ailment may I hope be very much relieved
but it cannot be entirely removed but in some length of time &
only in consequences of a strict & continued attention to a
proper regimen.

He must abstain very entirely from all kinds of strong drink.
He must also be very abstemious in diet & take very little animal
food. At dinner he may take a little broth & at times a little
of the lighter kinds of meats but it should be a little only &
his meal should be filled up with pudding & vegetables. At
supper should take little of any thing & not at all of meat.

He must particularly take care to guard against cold & for that
purpose wear constantly a flannel shirt next his skin. At
the same time he must take care never to be much heated by
warm chambers by being in much company or many
bedcoaths. The chamber in which he lodges should be free
from all draughts of air & tolerably large.

He will be the better for being much in the open air when
it is neither wet nor cold. Much walking & every kind of bodily
exercise will do much harm & therefore can only go abroad
in a carriage or on horseback. When the weather is such
that he can sit in a carriage with the glasses down it
may answer very well but as soon as he can bear going on
horseback this will be the most proper exercise for him.
Whether he goes in a carriage or on horseback his motion
should for some time be as smooth as possibly.

It will be very necessary for him to keep his belly

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regular & it is hoped that the Squill Mixture which Mr Reid
has advised will answer the purpose but if it does not he must
have recourse to another medecine & it is hoped the Electuary ordered
below will be found to answer well.

Tho the squill Mixture should not in the quantity his Stomach
bear prove laxative it must be continued for the sake of
his breast & it may perhaps be more usefull for this purpose
if a ʒj of the Assa Fœtid be dissolved in every ℥vi of the Mixture.

Besides the medicine taken seveeral times a day he may
take also at bed time a spoonfull of the Pectoral Mixture.
ordered below at bed time. These medecines I hope will be
enough to relieve him at present but if by any accident
he should have more violent asthmatic fits he must
take the same Pectoral Mixture more frequently more or less as he
finds relief from it & that it does not heat him too much.

For Mr. Gs more immediate relief I advise
him as soon as he is settled in quarters to have a
blistering plaister applied between his shoulders & that a small
part of the blistered place be kept open for some time that
in the way of a perpetual blister

For Capt. G.