From Thomas Beddoes to T G Estcourt   [?1808]

Mr Estcourt seems to me to be on a diet that cannot be materially improved – White bread toasted may do better for breakfast – Cinnamon or nutmeg tea, & now & then ginger tea, may help the torpor of the bowels, & it is hoped, will not produce any collateral inconvenience – sh^d the 3 pills ordered move the bowels too much, they may be reduced to two – or even to one

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a dram of carbonated kali after breakfast & in the evening with a teaspoonful of lemon juice will be adviseable – sh^d so small an addition of lemon juice create an effervescence that flies to the head, the kali must be taken alone

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The stimulating ointment to be rubbed well on the stomach & belly once or twice a day for a constancy –

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Mucilag: g. tragacanth: ʒiii
Infus: columbo tenuis ℥i
Kali carbonat: gr xx
Tinct: scill: gtt xx
– – – dig: purpur: gtt x
M Capt bis die addendo succi limon ℥ss

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Mist salinus ℥iss
Acid limon: ʒ iii
Syrup: papav: alb: ʒ iss
M Cap^t h s

[On the verso of the page is written]
Mr Talbot Druggist
Wynne St
For Ointment for Chest