He Spent
The Last Winter At Nismes, And Consulted F - At Montpellier.
I
was impatient to see the prescription, and found it almost
verbatim the same he had sent to me; although I am persuaded
there is a very essential difference between our disorders.
Mr.
M - e has been long afflicted with violent spasms, colliquative
sweats, prostration of appetite, and a disorder in his bowels. He
is likewise jaundiced all over, and I am confident his liver is
unsound. He tried the tortoise soup, which he said in a fortnight
stuffed him up with phlegm. This gentleman has got a smattering
of physic, and I am afraid tampers with his own constitution, by
means of Brookes's Practice of Physic, and some dispensatories,
which he is continually poring over. I beg pardon for this
tedious epistle, and am - Very sincerely, dear Sir, Your
affectionate, humble servant.
LETTER XIII
NICE, January 15, 1764.
DEAR SIR, - I am at last settled at Nice, and have leisure to give
you some account of this very remarkable place. The county of
Nice extends about fourscore miles in length, and in some places
it is thirty miles broad. It contains several small towns, and a
great number of villages; all of which, this capital excepted,
are situated among mountains, the most extensive plain of the
whole country being this where I now am, in the neighbourhood of
Nice. The length of it does not exceed two miles, nor is the
breadth of it, in any part, above one.
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