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of matter, is gone away so as to be scarcely visible without coming to a supuration;
and there is has left but a very little hardness behind: but then in its stead there is come
another swelling under my left arm. It is transversely in the arm pit and ressembles a
cord or roll of flesh about the height and breadth of one's little finger, but longer reaching
from the fore to the hinder part. There are besides this other lesser ones almost adjoining
and parallel. I applied for some time a plaister poultice of bread & milk with a little
oil and changed it every 2 or 3 hours, but as I tied it on by a handkercheif which
passed round my neck, the whole together made such a thickness under my arm that
the under fleshy part of the arm became inflamed, so that I discontinued my poultice
and applied a softening plaister of I know not what which being thin & kept on by a linen
bandage promises to be of more benefit. I cannot make much use of my arm
but when I keep it still it gives me but little pain. In other respects I am very
well. I have a great appetite which I know not how to satisfy for fear of enflaming
my arm. My dinner is rasberry jam milk & bread and at other times when I eat it is biscuits
made of flower & water. I am not however yet strong enough to walk out much, nor can I
bear the motion of such carriages as this place affords.

you may wd at my giving you so particular account of an illness which no doubt
will be long before you get this letter. The reason is more curiosity th
thing else. I never saw a person so effected before; and besides I would wish to
what medicine your medicine medical acquaintance would have given in such a ca
It is possible also that when my arm gets well and I begin to eat meat again
the disorder may break out in some other part and that a radical cure may
not be effected before I can hear from you. There are two things which
giving me some uneasiness contribute possibly to the delay of my cure. one is
that my illness has put a stop to my Shipbuilding projects here so as to make
it difficult for me to be in readiness for the spring when the Empress is expected.
The other is that notwithstanding the strong reason I have to
expect to see both you & Anderson, I have nothing certain respecting your
intentions. Sometimes I figure to myself that your letter may have miscarried
and you are expecting me somewhere at other times I think you
may come upon me unawares, but the worst conjecture is that you are,
prevented from coming at all.

Identifier: | JB/540/111/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1784-10-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	111	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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