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For Lord Cathcart

For a long time past, some weakness of nerves, for that
his last advices in Physic. but I must take another
view. All last winter, has had Cough & Catarrh. mixed with
several times a little blood in his spittle. Thursday last when
I was first called, had spit more blood than ever before
since that, no more blood, but the cough with a spitting of [much?]
viscid mucus has been frequent during the night & made restless.

Pulse always more frequent than natural, & every day about noon
a cold fit threatens.

Therefore
a full diet improper, Has lately tried warm
cows milk & it agrees extremely well; I think by
continuing it, & taking constant gentle exercise & fresh
air in the country the most likely means & cc.

No great or sudden change, therefore not take away entirely
animal food, never at supper & at dinner even the
lightest supplying with pudding, vegetables, fruit & cc.
At supper may take Sago or some other farinaceous
with milk.

So of wine not take it away entirely but extemely
moderately

Exercise. walking unless moderate & gentle, may do
harm same of riding but the safest is a carriage
& in permitting weather an open carriage & the best
time is early in the forenoon.

Few medicines necessary but coldinfusion of
bark & Pectoral Linctus

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