My father is to-day
decidedly worse than he has been since my arrival. I wrote to Mr. Theobald this
morning that there was but little or no change in his condition; since then, I
am satisfied he is worse. He has had a copious perspiration, which has greatly
weakened him. The attending physician, Dr. Hall, rubbed him all over the person
with brandy and alum. He told me this morning that he did not think he should
last more than ten days.
I have been constant
in my attendance on him. I think I can see a marked change in his countenance.
SOURCE: Calvin Colton,
Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 635
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