1808

Thomas Beddoes to T. G. Estcourt and Eleanor Estcourt, 9 August 1808

My dear Sir

I sh^d think that you w^d be sensible of the propriety of abstaining from public business & exertion of every kind for a pretty long time – You do right to keep the bowels free & w^d also to live as low as you can –

If Mrs Estcourt will excuse me for writing on the same paper, I will observe to her that haemorrhages from the nostrils, stomach & bowels are pretty common occurrences in children & especially during such a season. I think cold bathing a good measure – I do not understand precisely what the medical attendant means by ‘his bowels being disordered’ – probably excess or defect of bile appeared; & calomel then, as also from the result w^d seem to have been proper – To free the constitution from the disposition to haemorrhage, I sh^d advise the alterative ci – après

If any of y^r people c^d with^t trouble find out what liquors the female reapers take on the average, I sh^d be glad to know it & am Dear Sir

With compt^s
y^r very faithful ser^t

Thomas Beddoes

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Mast - Estcourt                               TB

9 Aug. 1808

N.B. The Calx muriate meant is one part of the crystals dissolved in 8 of water or muriatic acid of commerce and water equal parts saturated fully with chalk

Address: Mr or Mrs T. G. Estcourt
MS: Gloucestershire Archives D1571 F227