Thomas Beddoes to Eleanor Estcourt [?1808]

Madam

I should think that a clyster may be of use to Master Edmund, & repeated now & then if the bowels are sluggish or the motions costive –

Probably a quarter of a grain of calomel twice a day (or half a grain if it do not move the bowels too much) for 3 days will be of use – I suppose this to be a passing malady but he should not bath, till quite himself again – If not warm water sh^d be poured over him – I believe that the powders do not spoil the changes they undergo are from variations in the atmosphere – If they taste other than sweetish salt, they should be changed which I will do, if it seem to be required, on the favour of a line

I am
Dear Madam
y^r most faithful ser^t

Thomas Beddoes

MS: Gloucestershire Archives D1571/F227

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