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As Mrs Gordon of Wardhouse has
been for some time in a very weakly & Valetudinary
state, your advice & assistance will give great Satis¬
faction to all her Friends, & to me in particular.--

She has lately enter'd the 22d Year of her Age,
was marryed about five Years ago, & was deliver'd of
her fourth Child, the 4th day of last Month.- She
was naturally of a healthy Constitution & had a
very hale & blooming Appearance, but for some Winters
past She has been lyable to Coughs and a sore throat.--

In october last She was seiz'd with a severe Cold & Cough
which continued to distress her very much during the
remaining time of her Pregnancy, &for which She us'd
some Squill-medicines but without much benefit.- I did
not see her during that Period, but advis'd her to be bloo¬
ded, which She neglected to have done, being naturally
timerous at the Operation, & having no Practitioner near her
in whom She plac'd much confidence.- her Delivery was

in the intervalls of Coughing, but complains of flying
pains & stitches amongst her ribs, & can only sleep upon
the left side.- She sweats frequently in the night time, but
the sweatings, as yet, chiefly confin'd to her head & Neck.-
her pulse, tho' frequent, as already mentiond, is seldom
very hard, & She is naturally of a costive habit; her feelings
very sensible & acute, & uncommonly alarm'd & apprehensive
about her Situation.- these, I think, are the most material
out-lines of her Case.-- About ten days after her delivery,
I put her upon a Watery Decoction of the Bark & a Course
of Asses-Milk, which She has continued ever since.- She gets
some Paregorick-Elixir with Diacodion at bed time, &
frequently uses a soft Pectoral Linctus for her Cough.-
her Appetite is very poor, & her Stomach naturally averse
to much medicine.- After a severe fit of Coughing She is
sometimes seizd with violent retchings, which affect her
with a sort of strangulation about the fauces, which occasions
much terror & uneasiness. Her Regimen is extremely plain &
simple. She tastes no wine nor Animal food, excepting a little

weak Beef-tea once a day, & her Diet consists ↑of↑ Jellys, Pa¬
nada, weak Chocolate, & such like. her common drink is
Barly, or Rice-water, with such changes & alterations as her
taste requires.- Her belly is keep'd easy with soft Injec¬
tions repeated every second or third day.- I have proposd
a Blister, & to have an Issue betwixt her shoulders, but She has
an insuperable terror & prejudice at whatever she thinks
can give her any additional pain or trouble.- the Decoc¬
tion of the Bark & the Asses-Milk have agreed with her
Stomach, but have produced no effects as restoratives, her
strength being daily more impair'd.- Change of Air or of
Climate, Exercise &ca cannot take place in her present reduc'd
& weakly state.- Mr. Gordon, her husband, desires me to enclose
two Guinea Notes for Your Opinion, which You may please to
direct for me at Aberdeen.- I am with great esteem