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Mr MacArthur has had this autumn
a tertian ague which was cured by a vomit
two doses of Physick and the bark in decoction
and left him intirely free after seven or
eight fits. Having remarked that his gums
were considerably swollen, and being informed,
upon enquiry, that they often bled, I advised
him to take every day a glass of the
antiscorbutick wine of the Pharmacopœa
of Paris, and to rub his gums ↑by the help of a brush↑ with half
a teaspoonful of the following mixture
in two or three common spoonfuls of water

he continued these remedies for about a fortnight,
and the swelling of his gums subsided, but
he is still subject to an old complaint of
winds, and spasmodic contraction in his
stomach. His face is generally high coloured,

These symptoms seems to denote not only
an acrimony in the blood, but a great
delicacy in the nervous system in general
and particularly the stomach. To remedy
which I advise him to take every morning
fasting four ounces of the antiscorbutick
juices of the Edinburgh Pharmacopœa ¹
immediately after dinner instead of Coffee,
a cupfull of an infusion made with a scruple
of bark pulverised, in boyling water. This may
be sweetned with a little sugar, and both
are to be continued for a month or six
weeks with exercise, such as riding a
horseback, walking &c and a proper diet
avoiding all flatulent food and difficult
of digestion.

If he should not reap the required benefit
from this prescription, let him try two