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I had the honour of your polite letter
some days ago, but it came to hand when some sin¬
gular circumstance and even distress occupied
me in such a manner, as rendered it very
difficulty to write to you as soon as I wished. ¹

The Excellency Prince Rezzonico's Con¬
sulting me about his health I considered as the
highest honour, and I shall certainly show the,
utmost attention at all times in giving his Excellency
the best advice I possibly can.

When I had the honour of conversing
with him here I could not discern that for
the time any disease was present, but per¬
ceived a laxity of his habit that might [render?]
him ↑liable↑ to various ailments, and I thought the
only means of obviating these was by giving
as much tone and firmness to his constitution

In the little Sore upon the Princes neck
I perceived as I judge some remains of a Scrophulous
habit, but hoped that at the Princes time of life
there was nothing considerable of that kind, or
if there was I thought the only means of obvi¬
ating its effects was the tonic I proposed.

I did not overlook the disposition to
Gout, which both from the family constitution
and from what had even happened to the
Prince himself was to be supposed latent in
his System. But you know will how little
it is in our power to direct the motions of the
gouty diathesis, and the oedematous Swelling
which had appeared so long without pain or
inflammatory appearance made me conclude
that the Princes System, was not in a proper
condition to give the inflammatory determina¬
tion to the extremities that was to be wished for

Supposing Prince Rezzonico to have in his
constitution a disposition to the gout, and that in
all such cases some inflammatory determination
to the extremities is to be desired, it is however
very generally observed that such determination
requires some vigour in the general constitu¬
tion, and I strongly suspect that Prince
Rezzonicos constitution at present is not in
that condition. It is upon this latter suppo¬
sition that I hae offered any advice, and
no reflexion or consideration that I can
employ leads me to make any change in it

From what I have heard and seen of him
I am clearly of opinion that if I had had the

It is possible that from that Gentlemans
opinion, or by shrinking from a painful practice
Prince Rezzonico may now be averse to try
Cold Bathing, but I hope he may be reconciled
to it, by the following measures. You must
practice only with the Shower bath for the
constitution of which you must be directed
by some persons who have been acquainted
with it in Scotland, or if you cannot find much
persons to direct the making of it at London
let me know and I shall send you very quickly

The machine as I make it employs ↑at most↑ only
ten English gallons of water. At first you are
to put into the Cylinders only five gallons, four of
which are to be quite cold taken from any
familys Cistern that is kept tolerably cool
is to be taken every time it is employed from
the same Cistern. For the first day to the four
gallons of cold water you are to add one gallon
of boiling water, and stirring there a little
together, they are to be ↑immediately↑ let fall upon the Pa¬
tients head and Shoulders, and when it has
now quite down he is to be immediately dried
with coarse all over with coarse towels, and
have his ordinary Cloaths put on.

This Shower of water, the person will

In the manner I have brought the
most weakly and delicate persons to bear Cold
bathing, and in many cases by cooling the water
and other means I have brought persons to
bear a great degree of cold applied in this way.

By this manner of doing two advanta¬
ges arise, one is, that if the bathing is truly
improper for the constitution of the person
by pro you may have warning of this before
you proceed to an extreme degree. Another

Please present my most repectful
Compliments to him and when you can desire
any further explanations or advices you may
command me who have the honour of being with
great esteem