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Mr. Jas. Cochrane

I have the honour of yours
by the express & would most willingly shew my
regard to Lord Dundonalds Family by coming over to
Culross immediately; but neither health not business can
possibly allow me. I have called upon Mr. Wood and have
communicated to him the whole of the Letters, and have
desired him to go over to see you; but he tells me that
the situation of his business is at present such as
makes it absolutely impossible for him to leave Edinburgh
at present. But tho if it had been easy for us to come
over we would have done it from our regard to Mrs
Gilchrist and all concerned, yet we are both entirely
agreed that there is no necessity for it, because
we know so well Mr James's condition, that we have
no doubt in desiring Doctor Kennedy's advice to be

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immediately followed, for altho we are not of
Dr Kennedy's opinion with regard to the nature of
the disease, yet even according to our notion of it
the Medicine proposed by him is not altogether im¬
proper and we think it may be safely tried; and
that it should be tried to give full satisfaction to
Lord Dundonald. For these reasons I return you
Doctor Kennedy's Letters, ¹ and dont doubt, but
that either Mr White or Doctor Stenhouse can
see it properly executed. We have only to observe
that if the Medicines should happen to gripe and
purge him very smartly, the repeating them often
may be a doubtful measure. With these medicines
it will be proper to continue the Electuary
which I ordered yesterday, on these nights and
mornings, on which he does not take Dr. Kennedys
medicine; and the taking of Dr. Kennedys medicines

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does not under any part of the Regimen we
formerly advised anyways improper; only that
[he] should not take milk on these mornings that
[he] takes Dr Kennedy's Medicine, at least, when
he takes the Purgative Potions, for with respect to
the Draught which Dr Kennedy has ordered to
be taken every night and morning, it may be ↑[taken?]↑ along
with the Electuary, With respectful Compliments