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After considering very attentively the whole
circumstances of the Colonels complaints I find
he has some relics of the bilious complaint
and Schirrous liver which he had in India
but they are certainly much abated, and as I
judge in a way of going off entirely, and I am
happy to find that he has got a medicine, the
Agrimony which seems to have effect in
carrying off every obstruction of his bowels.
This medicine therefore he should continue
for sometime, and especially so long as it
seems to have any effect in clearing his urine.

But as his disease has affected his
stomach considerably, so I think it may [be]
useful for him to take some medicine for
strengthening that part, and also for {illeg}
any remains of Scurvy that may be in

For the same purpose of clearing his
blood, he may about the end of next month
or beginning of May take once, twice or thrice
a week a Keysers Pill, but should desist
from them as soon as he perceives any taint
of his breath, or ↑copper taste in the mouth↑ the smallest degree of
soreness in his mouth (↑it↑).

These are the only medicines I think
necessary at present, or till I shall hear
from him further, and I depend much upon
the advance of the Season, a proper
regimen for his entire recovery.

In point of regimen his attention in
the first place must be given to avoiding cold.
He seems to do this at present by his

In avoiding these I hope he will not be
prevented from taking as much exercise
abroad as the weather will allow. He may
walk out frequently, but never long at one
time, or to any degree of fatigue, and he will
be much safer to go on horseback or in a Carriage.
The former to what length he can bear
without fatigue, but till the Season is a
good deal advanced, he will be safest in a
Carriage.

At dinner he may take a part of any
animal food, roasted or boiled, as he likes best
but the lighter kinds are to be preferred, and
the quantity should be always moderate. He

I forgot to enquire of him how he agrees
with Milk, or if I did enquire I forgot what

In point of other liquids I think neither
Tea nor Coffee are proper for him, except taken
very weak and in very moderate quantity.

Malt liquor of every kind he is to abstain
from, and from what he tells me I think he
should let alone even Wine almost entirely.
His ordinary drink should be plain water
but at meals he may put a small proportion
of Brandy or other spirit to it.

He should always go to bed early
and should I think lie a little longer

One of his ailments is a disposition to a
watery swelling, and besides the Agrimony
and other medicines prescribed the remedy
especially adapted to obviate and remove
swellings is the Flesh brush which he
should employ every morning. The best way
of employing it upon the limbs, is by having
them pretty well rubbed before he comes
out of bed in the morning. By putting out
at first one limb, and afterwards another
a Servant may rub them successively with¬
out his being exposed to any cold.