Letter 2621

Fols. 148-149 Lord Carmarthen in his return from London was taken with a griping looseness on the Road. Two nights after his coming hither he took a dose of tinctura … This not removing his Disodr he took a colus…and was better with this method, till Saturday last that his Lordship going out on a shooting and getting…his colic pains returned upon him with greater violence than before, attending with a vomiting. On Monday he took a dose of rhubarb … which gave him two stools, but his pains increasing as also a vomiting, it was thought convenient to give something strength and his Lordship took next morning … which moved him not till the evening, and then but…at Bedtime he took a paregoric draught and had a good night. On Wednesday he took … and about 2 hours … which not moving was upon … 3 hours after and in the evening, gave him 3 or 4 stools. His paregisse was repeated at bedtime, but his Lordship had a Bad night and complained much of his pains and a distention of his Body from the wind, about five this morning a carminative clyster was ordered my Lord which gave him two or three stools and much ease. Notwithstanding these applications his pains returned in 5 or 6 hours and we thought it proper for my Lord to go into a warm bath which gave him ease and upon going to Bed he fell into a Breathing sweat and slept quietly for some time. After 3 or 4 hours my Lordships pains are returned and complains now very much about his stomach, and is troubled very much with wind. My Lord, is not able to take any food, not even chicken broth or sack whey without giving him much uneasiness, though he has not vomited this 24 hours, and has had 2 or 3 stools since morning which make us hope his Lordship is better than he has been this 2 days. He drinks the bath waters warm which sit as easy on his stomach as anything he has taken, and which we think has helped his vomiting and kept his Body open. This is the exactest account we are able to give you of his Lordships case and one with all respect…