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We are clearly of opinion that the most safe
and effectual means for recovering this young
Gentlemans health will be a course of Moffat
water.

The Influenza he has been lately affected
with is now so much gone that he may safely
Set out for Moffat either on friday or Saturday
next as may be most convenient but both on
account of his late indisposition, the warmness
of the weather and {illeg} his thigh not bearing
Travelling very well we earnestly advise
the Journey to be made slowly and if the
weather continues warm to only or at least
chiefly in the Evenings but not after Sun
set.

When he gets to Moffat let him Settle a
day or two before he begin drinking of the water

and if his Stomach does not seem to be perfectly
clean and sound let him take a gentle Vomit of from
V to X grains of Ipecacuanha but if his appetite
upon the road has been very good & continues so
this will not be very necessary.

If upon the road he shall become Costive
and continues to be so let him take a dram of
Glauber Salt with half an Ounce of Manna.

The Day after this dose he may begin to
drink the water which must be always at the
Spring and in the morning before breakfast
for the first morning he should take only a Gill
or even less but every day after increasing the
dose a little till be degrees he can take a
Mutckin, or a little more if it agrees with him
very well. When he comes to take more than
a Gill he must take it divided Enough to be
larger or Smaller or agreeable to him and

always walking about for a quarter of an
hour between the Drafts.

If the Smell of the water is at first
disagreeable he may hold his nose close when
he is Drinking it.

I need hardly Say that he must go to
and Come from the Well in the Carriage every
day & when the weather is wet he may Sit
in the Carriage all the time he is Drinking
the water. It never answers well to drink
the water at home.

When he has finished Drinking the
water & returned home he may immediately
or soon after take his ordinary Breakfast
which should be as at present commonly
of Bread & Milk.

For the rest of his Diet it may be much
the Same as of late; at Dinner a bit of light

meat and a glass of Wine after it but both in great
moderation filling up always a good part of his
Meal with Broth, Pudding & Vegetables as the
latter can be got this ordinary drink must be
water without any kind of malt liquors

He will be the better of some Exercise in
the Carriage every day when the weather is cool
in the forenoon & when it is warm in the
Evening. Let him always avoid being much
heated by any bodily Exercise. Let his exercise
in the Carriage be adjusted to what his thigh
easily bears. We need hardly add that every
Precaution is to be taken against Cold.

It is not necessary to say more than that
he is to be under the care of Mr. Macdonald who
is desired to Write to us upon every new occurrence
or doubt that presents itself