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To Mr Henderson.

I have considered your letter with great attention, & my
opinion of your ailments is very much the same as before.

The appearance of blood once or twice in your Spitting
might lead to another view of matters, but as it has not since
returned, as your blood shewed nothing bad & as you are
Absolutely free from all Cough I am persuaded the blood Spitting
was purely accidental & does not threaten you with any
consequence. I am confirmed in all this by Dr Hucks
agreeing to your taking the cold bath which I am certain
would ↑he↑ not do if he had any suspicion of your breast. I shall
conclude this subject by telling you, that I have a Lady for a
patient just now, who has spit blood Several times, for
Some years past but it is only when her mind is affected
with anxiety & vexation. Whenever it is so she spitts a little blood
but never at any other time, & the blood Spitting is not attended with
any consequence or suspicion of danger.

Passing then the circumstance of the blood Spitting I come to your
present circumstances, & in the first place I do not in the least
doubt the reality of your feelings or the distress they give you.
& I pity such valetudnariens. -- I have no doubt of your feeling
those uneasy heats in your palms & about your head, but I
consider them in you, as I have known them in many
others, importing no topical ↑or durable↑ Affection but arising entirely from a
delicacy of Nerves. They cannot receive any but a very temperate
relief from medicines, & they can only be removed & prevented
by rectifying the whole habit. For this is purpose I know
nothing equal to traveling, & I am happy in your intention of
going Abroad. You must at this Season contrive to avoid
much heat or fatigue. You may go pretty fast, but

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very fast posting in any case can do little good, & in your
case you may do much harm. When you go to Paris
you must not think of Sitting long there. Such a great
city must present many things to your curiosity, & so
long as you are very much occupied by these you may
be pretty Safe, but during the Summer Season to be for
any time idle & vacant at Paris would be pernicious.
& then great relief wherever you are must be by keeping
your mind employed, & your body exercised with Some constancy
but without violence in either way. I cant be more
particular you have my general plan & the Execution
in detaill must depend upon your own discretion. Traveling
will answer every purpose, & I would hardly mix any
other remedy with it. If you are by business confined to
any place for some time, you may be the better for
cold bathing, providing you can quit your hair, & be sure
of applying the cold water properly to your head for
without that precaution it may do much harm. If you
are of a party desirous to go to Spa you may
go with them & try the waters, but observe that if you
Should have any degree of Cough or Suspicion of
any ailment in your breast neither Cold bathing
nor Spa water are Safe for you -----