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Mrs. Fortescue of Cookhill wishes to have the following
Account of herself meet with your serious Consideration:
About a Year ago she was seized with a slow Fever, & a slight
Cough, a common Linctus took off the Cough; she soon complained
of a great Heat in her Stomach, Throat, & Mouth, everything she
drank, a little Beer, or Wine & Water, made the whole Alimentary
Canal smart very much; (the same kind of Sensation as tho' it
was quite raw): & at Times she complained, of a violent Pain in her
Stomach, like scrapeing of it, or tearing it with one's Nails;
she had formerly a sore on her Leg, perhaps thirty Years ago,
which same place was bad again about eighteen Years ago;
that broke out again, & discharged a vast Quantity of thick
white, well digested Matter; she is subject to the bleedi[ng] {illeg}
her sad long Life, caused by the Soreness of her Leg
the {illeg} Discharge to a great Degree; but never seemed to
relieve her Stomach or mouth, notwithstanding she took soft cooling
Medicines, & used Gargles the whole Time; the Pain & Heat
was sometimes better, sometimes worse just as before: The
Discharge from the Piles is stopped, the Wound on the Leg is healed up
again, the Heat in her Mouth is now very great at Times, her
Throat is much inflamed, particularly the left Tonsill, which is
considerably enlarged; the Heat now & then goes to her Eyes, some¬
times her Hands burn very much; but the whole seems to fix in
her Mouth; her Tongue & Cheeks are sometimes quite raw, the
throat so hot, & the Heat so great that she's not able to swallow
even Liquids; the Body is generally costive; she is about fifty Nine
Years of age, came from the West Indies, is of a very delicate
Texture, & tender Constitution: she has been bled in the Mouth with
Leeches twice, has had a Blister upon the throat, & has taken several
indeed a great Number of Medicines, but does ↑not↑ find any material
relief:

Mr. James Jackson
post master in
Glasgow
Scotland