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From the charcter yow so Justly sustain in
the literary world gives me the gratest hope of reciving
benifit from one of your emmenance and profession in the
healing art of Physic. To be brief and not to trowble yow with
too long a detail of my Elments which would be an
impracticable task to point owt the whole for Proteus
like the are continualy changing shape so that I am
at a loss what to think of my disorder but as ↑I↑ supose it
is rather aquired than a constitushional Illness I shall
in very few words point owt my case. --- I have bine for
this some time past violantly affected with a Nervous
disorder as I conclude it to be for I fill such twitchings
and startlings in the tendons that makes me think
my disorder most certainly proceed from a relaxed
state of the Nerves for In the first place I have [fielt?]
this some time past such a Giddiness in my head
attended with a Numb pain across my Eye browes
which confuses me so much that I have hardly a cleare
thought especially if I am any ways attentive upon any
subject or the least adicted to venery which I attribute
to be the cause from whence my complaints has ↑arisen↑
for if I exceed in the least in veneral pleasures I fill
the simptoms to be shocking attended with such fritfull
apperances as if I was to be sized with a delerium or a
fitt of the Eppilipsis which makes me shuder at the
bare apprehensions resulting therefrom
but I trust in God that your advice and prescription

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will totaly eradicate my Complaints in General I likways most
Not ommit mention↑in↑g to yow that I am much trowbled with wind
one my Stomach which oppresses my Lungs and causes my
breathing to be much affected, in this last simptom I was gratly
afflicted with it some time ago attended with spiting by the
forces of coffing which I attributed to hard drinking and excessive
venery but as I have left off drinking to excess for this some
Twelfmonth past my breathing seems gratly better for I cant
exceed above a bottle of claret after dinner. Drinck no sort of
spirits or Malt liquers I live for the most part one a
generous dyet I never make above too meals in the day
which is breakfast and dener my common breakfast is
Jackalots which I think rather disagrees with my stomach
as I am much trowbled with wind and the heart burn
espicaly if I use exercise one horseback which I generaly
do every Fornoon if the wethere permitt me, I likways make
use of the cold fresh water bath 4 or 5 times a week which
I find agrees with my constitusion in a word I try every method
that nature or art can point owt to me which I belive paliates
the simptoms but am certain that regiman and exercise
will never cure the disorders occasioned by those immodirate
excesses with owt the asistance of medicins for never was
a disese aquired in a human body other wise

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healthy that might not be cured by what I have
taken notice of and perhaps a little bleeding but
I hope it is not impossible to prevent and put a
stopt to the redundance of the humours and
prevent them from circulating with the blood
and Animal Spirits. - I am certain there are
mainy, who labour under complaints simular
to mine who apply to Physicans one after an
other without the least gleem of hope in this life
sinking under the complicated wretchedness of
despirate dissises for a debility in the constitution
impairs the Intelects the basis of the human
understanding. I shall now come to a conclusio↑n↑
and intreat yow will take my case under your
serious considiration. I have sent inclosed
Two Guine Notes which I begg youl be pleased
to accept off and what ever medicines yow are
pleased to order me I will chirfully pay yow
for your advice and trowble and---

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Case of
Robt Ligertwood Esr
February 1777
Vvi - P 105-