From 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

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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

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Mist salinus ℥vi
Natr: carbonate ʒ ii

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

M –

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 –
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