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Mrs. Fraser of Relic

I am favoured with yours concerning
Mrs. Fraser of Relic, and whatever relates
to her health gives me anxiety and concern.

I have studied her constitution for
some years past, and have been often afraid
of the state of her breast, but we have brought
her through as well as we could expect
and my fears of her breast are very well
over, I am particularly persuaded that
her late complaints have no connexion
with the state of her lungs, and however
they may be explained or accounted for
I consider them as entirely new to her
constitution. The nature of them is
to me very evident, and I can explain
every symptom during the first four days
of her illness upon the supposition
of a small concretion such as you have

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sent me sticking in the right Ureter. It has
nothing stony in its nature, nor implies any
such matter formed in the kidney. I consider
it as an accident, and from her constitution
and the History of her Kindred I hope there
is no likelihood of its ever returning, and
indeed I am so well persuaded of this I will
not advise any medicine with a view to pre¬
vent it. I have only to advise the keeping
her belly regular without purging. Let
her diet be much as it has been, only
so far as I can think there is any thing
in her late ailment I would indulge her
in a little more animal food than ever
I did before. This is all I would wish to
say at present, and (↑but↑) she will naturally
ask if the accident should again return
how it is to be treated, and I can say
shortly that your treatment for the first
days of the month were very proper and
judicious, but I hope even if the same

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symptoms should return you may treat them
with less labour taking care to keep the belly
open I should hope the use of Laudanum
might keep matters easy till the fit was
over, but if any such accident should truly
happen I beg to have your accounts of it
immediately. With my best and
kindest compliments to Mr. and
Mrs. Frasers I am