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Being very desirous to relieve you as far as
it is in my power I gave you my advice in the 29th. Novr.
but I was then and am still of opinion that the Winter
season is extremely unfavourable to our purpose and
therefore I am not much surprised to find by your letter of
yesterday that you have made but little progress in
your recovery and upon the same consideration I cannot
advise the repeating of the same remedies at present
though I think by the trial you have made that the
Ointment I am now to advise will be of great service to
you but I must intreat you to let it alone till the
Season is a little advanced and some mild weather sets
in. In the mean time Mr. Wemyss proposal seems to
be very reasonable and I think a moderate issue can
do your constitution no harm. You may try a perpetual
issue between your Shoulders but if that either gives
you much trouble or dare not discharge well I would
prefer a Pea issue put in behind your Shoulder or into

When sometime next month and especially after
there has been some [kind?] of frost in the beginning of it &
you have a better chance for mild weather you may begin
again the Decoction I last advised and after taking it
for Eight days the weather being at the same time mild
you may begin the use of the Ointment now prescribed &
though it is stronger than before you may use it a little
more freely but still applying it successively to the
different parts of your face as I advised before you may
apply it to each part for three nights together taking {illeg}
all the precautions against cold I pointed out in my last
After the use of it in this manner you must lay it