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For Mrs Watt.

Mrs Watts chief complaint now remaining is that of her mouth
& throat & for that I have ordered a gargle to be used once or twice a day as
she has hitherto done, but to make it last longer in the Country I have made
it stronger than before, so that to every spoonfull of what she carries with her
she may add two spoonfulls of water, before using it. If her mouth becomes
no worse she may use the gargle but once a day but if at any time it should be¬
come worse she may use it two or three times a day.

The Gargle shall I hope keep her mouth easy but as that ailment
depends on the state of her blood & this again depends on the state of her bowels.
I have given her two medicines with a view to both.-

One is the strengthening Drops and the other is the Aperient
Tincture both of which she has already had experience of and she
is to take them in the country, in the same doses she has done in town
but with this observation that she is to take them by turns & never to take either
of them for more than a fortnight at one time & after taking one of
them to let always a week or two pass before she begins to the other.-

It is towards the spring that they will be most necessary and usefull
& therefore till after Christmas of even till Candlemass she should hardly
take them at all but during the ↑winter & spring months she may take them↑ pretty constantly in the manner I
have said.- The fourth medicine I have ordered is the aperient mixture
which she is only to take in case she should have any uneasiness or difficulty
in making Water & then she may take two spoon fulls for a dose & take
this dose two or three times a day as her ailment may seem to require.-

With these medicines Mrs W. must take care of her diet.-

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She may take a bit of any plain light meat, but nothing salt or
high seasoned.- As much milk and grain as she digests easily. Shoots
or greens very sparingly or not at all. A dry mealy potato is what
she may take most safely.

Her ordinary drink must be plain water.- All Sort of malt
Liquor is bad for her. At dinner She may take a single glass
of red Port with two glasses of water, but if she finds [that?] disposed to
sour on her Stomach She will be better with a little spirits & water

Tea and Coffee are both bad, unless taken weak & with a good
deal of milk. Nothing is better for Ms W. than being in the
fresh air especially if she can go a little on horse back, but nothing
is more necessary for her than to guard against cold, & this she must
be particularly attentive to during the whole Winter & Spring.