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For Captain Fraser.

I remember Captain Fs. cas very well & the
singularity of his case.

His fever of a Remittent kind - & to be cured by bark.
The management must depend ↑on↑ your discretion. –– To [seek?]
the times of remission & throw ↑it in substance↑ in as large quantities, as he
can bear. - To prepare for it by a gentle vomit of Tartar Emetic
given at the time of accession –– His belly to be kept
moderately open & if the bark purges – Opiates must be added
Every dose of the bark should be attended with a saline
Draught. –

I begin with the fever, because I suspect the swelling
on one side of his belly to be an ague cake. The
weakness of the thigh & leg is the effects of compress¬

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ion on the Lumbar nerves. if the cure of the
fever does not rimove it, it will be of difficult
cure. To relieve it in the mean time, you must employ
a long continued friction of the Camphorated oil not quite
so strong as usually made – Anoint much about the
contraction of (↑in↑) the knee & from thence up to the thigh
and along the tumefied part. A long continued but
gentle friction, with an oiled finger, has wonderfull
powers in discussing & relaxing. If it does not
answer here, you may try a fomentation of aroma¬
tic herbs applied especially, to the knee & thigh.
Let the cloths, be very hard wrung, so as to give chiefly
a vapour bath and that you may apply warmer, than
you can a more humid. Nothing under an hours
fomentation does any good. This is all I can offer
at present, but if the case proves Chronic, as it is
likely to be I shall advise further, as &c.