A letter to hypochondriac & nervous patients, : particularly to all who are afflicted with lowness and depression of the spirits, alarming diseases of the head and stomach, horrid thoughts, vain fears, frightful dreams, insanity, fits, loss of memory, relaxations from miscarriages, or difficult labours, debilitated habits from long continuance in hot climates, palsies, dorsal consumptions, and weaknesses incident to both sexes, spasms from irregular influx of vital heat into the affected muscles, anomalous gout and rheumatism, obstinate bilious cases, indigestion, atonic gouty diseases, slow, nervous, putrid, malignant, petechial fevers, and broken constitutions, &c. To which are added, hints to prevent the above diseases, under the following headings ...; likewise, the copy of a letter from the author, together with his prescription to cure his Majesty's most tremendous disorder, that was laid before the Right Honorable Mr. Pitt, at his house in Downing-street, and very cordially received, on Tuesday, the 13th of January, 1789. / by S. Freeman, M. D. author of the Ladies' friend and Practical midwifery, and proprietor of the most invaluable medicine called Fothergel's universal nervous cordial drops.

  • Freeman, Stephen, M.D.
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[1789?]
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Credit: A letter to hypochondriac & nervous patients, : particularly to all who are afflicted with lowness and depression of the spirits, alarming diseases of the head and stomach, horrid thoughts, vain fears, frightful dreams, insanity, fits, loss of memory, relaxations from miscarriages, or difficult labours, debilitated habits from long continuance in hot climates, palsies, dorsal consumptions, and weaknesses incident to both sexes, spasms from irregular influx of vital heat into the affected muscles, anomalous gout and rheumatism, obstinate bilious cases, indigestion, atonic gouty diseases, slow, nervous, putrid, malignant, petechial fevers, and broken constitutions, &c. To which are added, hints to prevent the above diseases, under the following headings ...; likewise, the copy of a letter from the author, together with his prescription to cure his Majesty's most tremendous disorder, that was laid before the Right Honorable Mr. Pitt, at his house in Downing-street, and very cordially received, on Tuesday, the 13th of January, 1789. / by S. Freeman, M. D. author of the Ladies' friend and Practical midwifery, and proprietor of the most invaluable medicine called Fothergel's universal nervous cordial drops. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    L E A T T E R T O Hypochondriac & Nervous Patients? PARTICULARLY TO ALL WHO ARE AFFLICTED f * WITH Lownefs and Depreffion of the Spirits, alarming Difeafes of the Head and Stomaclf, horrid Thoughts, vain Fears, frightful Dreams, Infanity, Fits, Lofs of Memory, Relaxations from Mifcarriages, or difficult Labours, debilitated Habits from a long Continuance in hot Climates, Pallies, Dorfal Confumptions, and Weakneffes incident to both Sexes, Spafms. from an irregular Influx of vital Heat into the affedfed Mufcles, Anoma- ' lous Gout and Rheumatifm, obllinate Bilious Cafes, Indigeftion, Atonic Gouty Difeafes, Slow, Nervous, Putrid, Malignant, Petechial Fevers, and broken Conilitutions, &c. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, HINTS TO PREVENT THE ABOVE DISEASES, ' UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS.* THE PASSIONS OF THE MIND, OF THE AIR, OF THE WINDS, FOOD AND DRINK, REST AND MOTION, WATCHING, OF DRUNKENNESS, OF EXERTION, OF PLETHORA, THE HUMORS OF'THE BODY, HETEROGENEOUS MATTERS, &C. LIKEWISE, The Copy of a Letter from the Author, together with his PRESCRIP- TIONS to CURE his majesty’s mofl: tremendous Diforder, that was laid before the Right Honorable Mr. PITT, at his Hoiife in Downing-ftreet, and very cordially received, on' Tuefday, the 13 th of January, 1789. By S. freeman, M. D. Author of the Ladies^ Friend and FracUcal Midwifery, AND Proprietor of that mod Invaluable Medicine called Fother- gel's Universal Nervous Cordial Drops. L O N D, O N: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, And may bh had at No. 72, Hatton-Garden ; and at bis Country Houfe, at Hinton St. George, Sornerfet ; and of all the Bpokfellers in the Kingdom.*-—[ Price is. ]