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For Mrs. Hamilton of Wishaw

After attentively considering the whole of Mrs.
Hamiltons complaints I can find no formed disease
{illeg} Symptoms which show that her Nerves
in general had received some Shock and ↑I↑ have no
doubt but that a little time and pains will {illeg}
recover them to their former State.

For this purpose I depend a good deal upon
a change of Air and Situation and which I re¬
commend to be done as soon as it conveniently can
be.

In the mean time I advise her taking as
much Air, Exercise and Amusement as She pro¬
perly can.

To Strengthen her Nerves I have prescribed
on the Paper inclosed two medicines which I
hope shall answer the purpose. One of them

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for {illeg} the conveniency of taking is in pills {illeg}
She will please take three for a dose twice a day and
if they agree very well with her Stomach I would
wish to make the dose five, or that She would
take a dose of three three times a day. If two doses
are only taken the best times are an hour or
two before dinner and About Eight in the Evening
but if three doses are to be taken one of them may
be taken an hour or half an hour before breakfast

The other medicine is a Strengthening
Tincture of which twenty drops are to be taken
in an ordinary wine glassful of water and with
such a dose, every dose of the pills is to be washed
down.

If Mrs. Hamilton shall be frequently
troubled with want of Sleep it will be very
proper for her to take sometimes at bed time
a quieting dose but instead of Laudanum I

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advise her to take the paregoric Elixir which is
also prescribed on the paper inclosed. The dose of it
may be Sixty or Seventy drops in a little water.
If She should at any time be threatened with any
looseness the use of the Paregoric will be the
more proper but if on the contrary She shall
be troubled with Costiveness this must be correc¬
ted by a dose of Magnesia, or of flowers of
Sulphur, or if neither of these Answer, by
the laxative pill also prescribed on the inclosed.
With these medicines her diet may be a bit of
any plain meat that She knows to agree with
her Stomach, avoiding however, Greens, roots, or
other windy things except in very moderate
quantity. Tea. I think bad for her and Coffee
not very good. At breakfast [therefore?] rather
than any of these I would have her take a
weak Chocolate or Cocoa Tea. I think all kinds

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of {illeg} [liquor?] improper and for ordinary drink
should be either plain water or with a little wine
on it and every day both at dinner and Supper
She should take two or three glasses of any wine
She likes best. Her Suppers should be little and
light and an Egg is not improper.

If She should continue to be troubled with
any fullness or Swelling of her Ancles at night
they should be rubbed from below upwards with
a flannel or flesh Brush every morning.

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For Mrs. Hamilton of Wishaw