DEP/DUA/1/40/18 (Transcript version)

Nelly Gordon

(1786-1787)

---

No18th.

Nelly Gordon at 26. Decr 8^th.

In case many sympt.

What occur in various disease.

And hardly charact of any.

Little doubt howev that affect very comm.

Partic with Fem at age of pres. pat.

viz Hysteria.

One of disease [puting] on [great] var. of. app.

Sometim entirely one set of sympt. [somet]. anoth.

But cheif under one of two forms

Prop Hyster fits & Hyster. Sympt.

And in pres inst ex of latter.

Here not without some alarm sympt.

Such for exam as Deliq. Anim.

But always a dis more distr. than dang.

And seldom fatal unless by [conseqs.]

Even in app. slightest cases [prov] often obstin.

And this cannot be said of pres.

For sympt not only num but of consid severity.

More in fav of pat. that of short dur

For more easily cured in incip than adv state

From this then notwith former circum some hopes.

Have directed Pil. Foetid cum Aloe

From these expect some allev of sym

But little towards radic cure.

With this view is intent to try Zinc comb with Valer.

From which in former inst benef.

If fails var. of other pract [illegible] success.

But in choice determ by circum at the time.