The young gentleman, being consumptive, consulted
Mr. F - , who continued visiting and prescribing for him a whole
month.
At length, perceiving that he grew daily worse, "Doctor
(said he) I take your prescriptions punctually; but, instead of
being the better for them, I have now not an hour's remission
from the fever in the four-and-twenty. - I cannot conceive the
meaning of it." F - , who perceived he had not long to live, told
him the reason was very plain: the air of Montpellier was too
sharp for his lungs, which required a softer climate. "Then
you're a sordid villain (cried the young man) for allowing me to
stay here till my constitution is irretrievable." He set out
immediately for Tholouse, and in a few weeks died in the
neighbourhood of that city.
I observe that the physicians in this country pay no regard to
the state of the solids in chronical disorders, that exercise and
the cold bath are never prescribed, that they seem to think the
scurvy is entirely an English disease; and that, in all
appearance, they often confound the symptoms of it, with those of
the venereal distemper. Perhaps I may be more particular on this
subject in a subsequent letter. In the mean time, I am ever, -
Dear Sir, Yours sincerely.
LETTER XII
NICE, December 6, 1763.
DEAR SIR, - The inhabitants of Montpellier are sociable, gay, and
good-tempered. They have a spirit of commerce, and have erected
several considerable manufactures, in the neighbourhood of the
city.
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