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For Mr Mee.

Dr Monro & I have considered your Friends Case with
all the attention we can bestow & I am to give you here the result of
our consultation. The case is singular and obstinate but we can find
no reason why it should prove incurable. We are of opinion, it has
continued longer from a Mistaken notion of your Friend which pre¬
vents him from reporting freely and fairly what are the effects of the
Medicines he has employed & without which it is impossible for a
Physician to conduct any obstinate Disease to a final cure. If He
will change his manner in this respect we are very confident of mak¬
ing him well. We propose now that He should enter upon a Mer¬
curial Course. Let some Quicksilver be rubbed with honey with a
a very great deal of Lawne till it is completely extinguished and
let this with crumb of Bread uniformly mixed mo be made into
a mass for Pills. Of this let so much be taken for a Dose as contains
one Grain of Mercury; repeat it Evening and Morning or oftner.

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if necessary, so that in the course of a few days it may discover itself.
He must then proceed very cautiously so that it may affect his mouth
very moderately and only so far as to occasion a very slight spitting
But in this way omitting or taking the Pills as occasion requires the
course should be continued for a month at least and if the effects in
releiving his are such as we expect he will do well to continue the
course for a week or two longer. During this course we think
we think he should use no other remedy but when finished whether
sooner or latter according to its effects we shall be ready to advise
further. During this course we think he should be entirely
confined to his chamber, wear a flannel shirt night & day,
and particularly keep his chops covered with flannel. He
must drink nothing but what is a little warmed and He must a¬
void strong drink of all kinds. For diet he may have a little Broth
and somtimes a bit of Boiled meat, but his diet should be cheifly of
Milk and Grain. If the Medicine shows any tendency to go by Stool
it must be checked by an Opiate and he must take no kind of Fruit
or Garden Stuff but the most Part of these Directions are unecessary
as he should constantly be under the eye of an experienced Apothe¬
cary or Surgeon m who must perceive my intention and can har¬
dly be at a loss for the execution.