Letter 2571

[fol. 230] Grecian Coffee house April 19. 1721[/22]. Sir I was here at Noon in hopes to have Seen you, and likewise to have acquainted you that Mr Inglis a friend of Mine is desirous to have your advice as soon as you can conveniently, which I hope may be to morrow morning: You will find him very far gone as I think on a Con Sumption, and am affrayd has neglected himselfe too long. He was hired a Surgeon, and was for sometime in the Hospital in fflanders, and Since, for some years he ffollowed his business as a surgeon of a Ship; made several voyages to Turkey. and last year return’d from China with a good fortune. He Is troubled with a perpetual Palpitation of the Heart, and is been so, for some time; He spitts very much, and Coughs frequently, has a Constant fever upon him; which he takes for an Ague, and says that it seizes him Every morning by break of day with a Cold fit, which lasts for halfe an hour and Immediately after ffollows the hot fit, which lasts for some hours, and then goes off with large sweats; This is what he told me of his Case, which I thought fit to apprize you of: and I am confident if any thing can be done for his Relief, There is no Physician in the world more Capable. If you can possibly see him to morrow, it will be a great satisfaction to him as well as to Sir Your most obedient Humble Servant Jo: Inglis Mr Inglis is now at Mr Bickerstaffs over against the Physick Garden in Chelsea