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the malignant sore throat with which my
Da↑u↑ghter was seiz'd tho' treated in the same manner
so successfully practiz'd by the most eminent
Physicians about twelve years ago both at in
Edinburgh and Glasgow and continued for a long
time together with the use of the Bark antiseptic
Gargles &c &c has hitherto prov'd ineffectual, on which
consulting Dr. Gilchrist he wrote to Mr. Walker
whose ↑assistance↑ became very necessary, that they were both
of Opinion that a Salivation carried on as far as
Strength would allow seem'd to be the best
Chance she had for a speedy recovery. This was
accordingly done, till she could not be perswadded
to take any more Mercury in any Shape whatso¬
ever. And now this Disease seems to me to
have chang'd its type to that of a malignant putrid
Quinsey, with a Tumor on one of the Tonsils; so
far preventing Deglutition as to force a passage
through the Nose, which oblig'd us to give

Mr Walker who has all along attended her, I design¬
ed should have wrote Dr. Cullen, but at present
is not in town. My only hope next to that of the
Almighty lies in the Breast of that worthy Physician
whom I prefer to the World