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For Mr Taylor of Borrowfield.

After considering the whole of Mr Taylor's complaints we are of
opinion the only circumstance from which he is to apprehend any
consequences is the disposition of his kidneys to form gravel & even
from that we judge all the disorder he has felt in his Stomach to
have proceeded. Tho’ soap & lime water has often been usefull
in such cases it does nt appear that they have been effectual in Mr
T. & therefore do we propose some others that we expect may
prove more certainly usefull. The first is a liquor ordered
below. For this see the 4th page back from this. Case of
Mr Smart, Wark Northumberland from the x to the *
This you are to do for a fortnight & if it is found to agree
very well to the Stomach. The dose may be taken 3 times a day. That is
an hour before breakfast as well as before dinner & supper.

This course to be continued for a month but when the month
is finished it is to be entirely laid aside & you are to enter
upon another course. This other course is of the powders
also ordered below. One powder is to be taken twice a day, one
of them an hour before dinner & the other as long before
supper. They may be taken mixed in a little water
either alone or with a small proportion of brandy put to
the water or if this form is disagreeable the powder may
be made into a bolus in a little common syrup & swall¬
owed in a wafer. This course is to be continued for a
fortnight & your medicine of every kind is to be laid aside
for some weeks but if during that time he feel any return of
this gravellish symptoms he should immediately re¬
turn to another course both of the liquor & powders.

During both these courses you must drink no wine
or other fermented liquors & you must take no punch
with souring. The only liquor that is tolerably safe is Porter
& for the rest you must be confined to water Spirits & water
with very little sugar.

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In diet you must avoid the free use of Pickles lemon
or vinegar. You must be sparing of all garden things &
you may take any plain meal you like best but the
lighter & plainer the better & you may take any kind
of pudding. You may also take fish but sparingly &
seldom. Salted meats of all kinds must be avoided.

If at any time Mr Taylor becomes costive it
will do him much harm, & ought to be carefully &
removed & for that purpose he may continue his practice
of taking as much soap as will answer the purpose. If it does
not in a moderate quantity he may take the pills ordered below.
One or 2, taken at bedtime will generally be sufficient to keep
his belly regular

Mr Taylor will always be the better of being much in
the fresh air & walking moderately. But his walking should
never be so much as either to heat or fatigue him. He
may sometimes go on horseback but he should never ride
long & particularly should avoid a hard trotting horse. The
exercise that will always be safest for his kidneys is
going in a carriage & that you should practice in a
moderate way very often.

For Mr Taylor of Borrowfield