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Dr. Aery Concerning Mr. Jas. Thomson

I have the favour of yours concerning
Mr. Jas. Thomson, and shall give you the
best advice upon it I can, but I suspect
I have not the case fairly before me. I
suspect that after he gave up his going
to Sea he has not at home been tempe¬
rate as he ought to have been. You tell
me that he takes half a pint of Brandy
every day, but I never knew a Man,
who took so much who confined himself
to that quantity, and which indeed to a
man in tolerable health I think is
too much. I shall however take the
case as you give it. He may have both
Gout and Rheumation, but the proper
{illeg} of either are not distinctly

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told me, and the symptoms which I take to
be the most urgent, and which especially
mark the state of his constitution are
the pukings which he is liable to in
the mornings with want of appetite
and other disorders of the stomach, and
while these symptoms depriving him
of nourishment continue, he must be
under much weakness. To mend all these
I have (↑would↑) prescribe the following Tincture

With this Tincture I {illeg}

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him to take as much Exercise on horseback
or in a single Horse Chaise as he conveniently
can. I imagine his diet is too low, and
I would wish him to take at dinner a little
of any light meat that he likes best, and
before it, he may take a plain soup or
good beef tea, with toasted bread, or sago, that has
been separately boiled. I think whey
by much too windy for him. After dinner
he may take two or three glasses, but
hardly more, of any wine he likes best.
I would even allow him a little toddy, but tell him
from me that unless he can be very temperate
with respect to spirits, it will be impossible
for medicine to do him any service.

If you shall find that my advice can be further
useful, you may command my punctual attention