1808

Thomas Beddoes to T. G. Estcourt, 3 October 1808

T. G. Estcourt Esq –

Sh^d the headache or fullness be much, though the pulse be feeble at the time, leeches or cupping w^d be very proper as well as tonics – If not in any degree, the late experience seems to prove that it will be enough to relieve & fortify the stomach – as by the prescribed medicine

℞
        Pulv: rad: Columbo gr viii
        Ferr carbonat gr iii
        Pilul aloes c myrr: gr ii

No. 1   Saponis q. s. ut ft pilulae iv per septimanam 1 bis dein semel die sumend super bibendi
       cochl ii seq i

℞
Mist salinus ℥vi
Natr: carbonate ʒ ii

No. 2   Tinct dig: Purp: gtt XL
        – – scill ʒ ii

T. G. Estcourt Esq
3 Oct 1808                             TB

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℞   Pomatum ℥i
       Pulv: antimon tart ʒi
       M bene ut fiat linimentum, e quo illinatens pauxillum thoraci vel alio quovis loci dolente semel die

N.B. the digitalis to be left off when the cough is gone – also the iron, if it do not go soon – & if the stools are too white to take

calomel gr iii
rhubarb gr x –
                        TB

Endorsement: T. B. Oct^r 3^d 1808
MS: Gloucestershire Archives D1571 F227