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I have [seen letters?] from Col. Maxwell & your
brother, but [think?] it proper to address my answer to your¬
self and which I do by the first post.

I am happy to observe that in general your
health is better. I have no doubt that your fears of
inflammation and fever which was the object of our
last correspondence are now entirely over and I am
now only to speak to the complaint you have lastly
and lately been affected with. I hope it is in no ways
of a dangerous kind and on the contrary may be a sign
of some effort of nature in your constitution for I
suspect very strongly that it is a Gouty effort which
your constitution is not well able to render effectual.
My advice at present is to proceed upon that suppo¬
sition but before this letter can come to hand a Phy¬
sician upon the spot must ↑be able to↑ judge by what has hap¬
pened since the 11th. of July how far my opinion
and advice are to be pushed.

My advice is that you should employ the tepid bathing
previously advised and that every night or every second
night you should take the draught prescribed on other
page which I hope will support the heat of your body
and obviate the return of the complaints I have been
told of. It may possibly occasion perspiration during
the night and if it does so moderately it may be of
service but I would by no means have it pushed to
any sweating. If this medicine agrees very well and
seems to answer its purpose, I would recommend
to the discretion of your Physician to consider whether
Guaiacum might not also be employed in some
other shape. I have only further to say that all
my further advice with respect to diet, to the state
of the belly to exercise and bodily motion should be
closely attended to at present. Wishing you heartily
all health I am respectfully