| Description Of Item | Case of Master B, 7, with convulsive fits. He gives an account of the number of fits from 8th May 1821 to 16th December 1823. Included with the letter is an account by Robert Pugh dated 27th November 1821, of a fatal case of cynanche parotidaea [mumps] in an adult. It is unclear whether Gordon sent this case to Abercrombie with his 1823 letter as he does not mention it. |