1795

Thomas Beddoes to Thomas Wedgwood, 25 June 1795

Dear Sir

The advertisement of our subscriptions has appeared in the Courier, Morning Chronicle & Times. We shall see how this advertisement will work in no long time – I have also received the little box of clay – & return you thanks for your attention to my requests –

I begin to print the appendix this week, & will send it to you half-sheet by half-sheet as it comes from under the press. It may be 2 or 3 months before it is printed. The first will be Sir W. Chambers’s acc^t of his own case, & this I hope you will receive in less than a week –

I sh^d like to know how the air promises with your sister – is her complaint chlorosis? I have here a most interesting young woman, Mrs Waddington, under my care. The cure w^d be a most brilliant one & I have no doubt of effecting it – if I am allowed time; but I am afraid I shall not –

Mr Green says you are coming into this part of the world – I hope you will pass this way & give me a line before you set out.

I shall enquire from Mr Sharpe, about the lady’s case, but I shall solicit the testimony under some disadvantage, as I know nobody who is acquainted with him – do you?

According to the last report from Mr Yonge, W. Reynolds’s recovery seems no longer doubtful – the symptoms were, no doubt, violent but one seldom sees a stout man in the prime of life sink under his disorder –

Pray tell me how Mrs J Wedgwood is & whether she ventured to respire oxygene – Probably opium & steel [MS obscured] w^d cure her; but I believe ∧ air w^d have expedited & rendered the cure more certain

I am D^rSir

Yours most truly

Tho^s Beddoes
June 25 1795

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