Cullen

The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

[Case ID:1430]: Case of a mature female associate of Mrs Kennedy who suffers from various 'nervous' symptoms including giddiness and melancholia.

Documents in this case

2 document(s) found in this case.

DOC IDSummaryDate
[DOC ID:2004] 
Letter, in the form of a case note entitled ' the case of a woman on under a bad state of health' form an unnamed practitioner(?) concerning the case of Mrs Kennedy's friend. Unsigned but Cullen replies as if this was 'communicated by Mrs Kennedy'. Dated in annotation. 26 April 1781
 
[DOC ID:124] 
Reply 'for the Lady whose Case was communicated to me by Mrs Kennedy', concerning an assortment of complaints. Cullen suggests they should collectively be considered 'a general Disorder of the Nerves'. 26 April 1781
 

These documents contain one or more that share the same date. We have manually applied an order based on what we know.

People involved in this case

3 found.

PERS IDFull Name
[PERS ID: 85] ('Mrs Kennedy's friend')
[PERS ID: 1] Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 4132] Mrs Kennedy

Unique Places linked to this Case

3 found.

TypeSpecific Place Village/Town/City (aka) Region Country Continent Confidence
SpecificCullen's House / Mint Close Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
Place Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred
SpecificLoch Scalloch / Shalloch Well Barhill Glasgow and West Scotland Europe certain

Places and role of place

3 found.

TypeRoleSpecific Place Village/Town/City (aka) Region Country Continent Confidence
SpecificPlace of WritingCullen's House / Mint Close Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
PlaceDestination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred
SpecificMentioned / OtherLoch Scalloch / Shalloch Well Barhill Glasgow and West Scotland Europe certain