DEP/DUA/1/40/02 (Normalised version)

Margaret Mitchell

(1786-1787)

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No 3. Margaret Mitchell at 25

A venereal patient, with which symptoms cannot be considered as remotely urgent.

And am therefore attempting cure by opium.

For must own that were progress of disease rapid should reckon it improper to lose any time without having recourse to Mercury.

But in such a case as present is at least matter to see how far can trust to opium where mercury from different circumstances inadmissible.