Shad Richetson letter to Thomas Rotch, Nine Partners, 2 mo 22d: 1805

               
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                          Nine Partners, 2 mo 22d: 1805
  Respect'd Friend,
                    I have had a Treatise in 
  hand several Years entitled, 
  "Means of preserving Health &
  preventing Diseases: founded prin-
  cipally on attention to the Nonna-
  turals in Medicine, viz: Air,
  Drink, Diet, Sleep, Clothing, Exercise,
  Passions of the Mind, and [illegible]
  of Excretions."  To which are added some
  Observations on "Cold bathing, Clean-
  liness, Ventilation, Medical Electricity, 
  and on the abuse of Medicines."
    Which I have at length completed,
  or gotten through; that is, the out-
  lines or a rough Draught; and in-
  tend, as Business & Leisure permit,
  to revise & prepare it for the Press, if
                                   it