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I am sorry the cases I have hitherto trans¬
mitted to you, for your advice, have been of
so dangerous a nature, that little was to
be expected from the most judicious ap¬
plication of medecines, & I have too much
reason to apprehend the following will
not be attended with a more pleasing
event. Miss Hodgson aged 22 years, is of
a spare habit of body, & of a family subject
to consumptions. About May last after
bathing, she was seized with a pain in
her right breast, & soon after with a cough
for which she was bled to 6 or 8 ℥ which abated
the pain of her breast, but the cough has
continued ever since attended with consi¬
derable expectoration. About the beginning
of Sepr. she was afflicted with a looseness &
severe griping pains in her bowels, &
had generally 4 0r 5 stools in the day. For
these complaints she was ordered a vomit
some Tinct. Rhei, a Sperm.Ceti mixture
& gentle opiates & a flannel shirt, which
however have had little or no good effects.
On the 7th. of this month I first saw her,
she then complained of a frequent

By the use of these remedies the looseness &
pain in her bowels are greatly mitigated,
having at present but one or two stools
a day which however are still rather loose.
On the 13th. when the looseness was considerably
abated a blister was applied between her
shoulders, which is still kept open. On
the 19th. I ordered her nearly the same Linctus
which you presented for Miss Brown.

D.r Cullen
Edinburgh