The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1224] From: John Whyte / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Reddie (Riddie) (Patient) / 8 January 1776 / (Incoming)
Case history by John Whyte, also signed by James Hamilton regarding Mr Reddie who has suffered from headaches and susceptibility to cold since falling from the deck of a ship as a boy.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1224 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/324 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 8 January 1776 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Case history by John Whyte, also signed by James Hamilton regarding Mr Reddie who has suffered from headaches and susceptibility to cold since falling from the deck of a ship as a boy. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:19] |
Case of Mr Reddie (Riddie) suffering from headaches and vertigo since a boyhood fall. |
8 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:487] | Author | John Whyte |
| [PERS ID:488] | Patient | Mr Reddie (Riddie) |
| [PERS ID:487] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | John Whyte |
| [PERS ID:812] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr James Hamilton |
| [PERS ID:812] | Supplemental Author | Dr James Hamilton |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Dysart | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Mr Reddie about 46 years of age, of
a strong Healthy make and Sanguine Complex¬
ion when a Boy at School received a fall
from the Deck of a Ship unto the hold
& pitched at the height of eight feet, upon
the Crown of his Head – Since that period
he is generally obliged to keep his Head
covered, otherwise he is sensible of a Cold¬
ness in the part to which the Injury was
done in the fall, succeded by Headach --
For upwards of twenty years past, he
has been liable upon stooping or using
Violent Exercise, to a species as he describes
it, of Muscæ volitantes, Vertigo, & violent
Headach, attended at times with tremor of
his hands - These attacks generally lasted
betwixt two and three hours, after the
Cause, which occasioned them, ceased.
As he imagined these Complaints arise
from Sanguine Plethora, He has all his life
observed a verry Strict regimen in regard
both to Eating & Drinking & generally used
much exercise in the open air.
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Mr. Reddie has also at times been
Subject to violent attacks of Inflam¬
matory Angina, one of which he had
in September last, at which time he
lost about four pounds of Blood in
the Course of fifety hours –– It is from
this Period that he dates his present
Complaints. –– Upon his first going out
after this Illness, he found himself seized
with the Vertigo & headach without any
of the Causes that usually brought them
on preceeding them and he thinks he has
never fully recovered his wonted Strength.
About three weeks ago his head was
affected in a different manner, a sensati¬
on of fainting came on suddenly - attended
with pain & stricture of the upper & hinder
part of his Head, - (his forehead used formerly
to be affected) with a similar feeling about
the Scorbiculum Cordis, which he says gives
him the idea of a stoppage of his heart.
These fits are attended with Stupor,if they
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seize him when standing or Walking he
feels his knees become weak & he is ready
to drop down; they often leave a tremor
of his hands, with a sensation he ex¬
presses it of a swimming of his Brain -
and he is rendered wholly incapable of
the smallest exertion of his Intellectual
faculties since their first attack ––
The fits Continue but a verry short
time, and are occasionaly more or less
severe. They used to return generally
only twice a day, in the morning &
Evening, but within these few days
have been more frequent. He is free
of them in the Night time, sleeps
tollerably, but often awakes with sickness
& oppression - In two or three slight
ones in which I saw him, I perceived no
change in his face or alteration of his
Pulse, & they went of upon his Belching
up Wind which I am informed is the
first thing that gives him relief in
general.
He is naturally inclined to be
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Costive. Pulse at its usual standart
& in every respect regular, but is Subject
to frequent & sudden changes – Urine
in smaller quantity than common &
high coloured – He is at present
just recovered from an Inflamed sore
throat. - He has taken several vomits
whch relieved his stomach & Bark, for
the above Complaints – His father
had been Subject to Gravelish complaints.
Addend: for four or five days past
has had a headach every 2d day, - those
days in which the Headach occurs Mr
Reddie is freer from the [Sick?] fits
than on the when the Headach is
less remarkable
James Hamilton &
John Whyte
Dysart
8 January 1776
Diplomatic Text
Mr Reddie about 46 years of age, of
a strong Healthy make and Sanguine Complex¬
ion when a Boy at School received a fall
from the Deck of a Ship unto the hold
& pitched at the height of eight feet, upon
the Crown of his Head – Since that period
he is generally obliged to keep his Head
covered, otherwise he is sensible of a Cold¬
ness in the part to which the Injury was
done in the fall, succeded by Headach --
For upwards of twenty years past, he
has been liable upon stooping or using
Violent Exercise, to a species as he describes
it, of Muscæ volitantes, Vertigo, & violent
Headach, attended at times with tremor of
his hands - These attacks generally lasted
betwixt two and three hours, after the
Cause, which occasioned them, ceased.
As he imagined these Complaints arise
from Sanguine Plethora, He has all his life
observed a verry Strict regimen in regard
both to Eating & Drinking & generally used
much exercise in the open air.
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Mr. Reddie has also at times been
Subject to violent attacks of Inflam¬
matory Angina, one of which he had
in September last, at which time he
lost about four pounds of Blood in
the Course of fifety hours –– It is from
this Period that he dates his present
Complaints. –– Upon his first going out
after this Illness, he found himself seized
with the Vertigo & headach without any
of the Causes that usually brought them
on preceeding them and he thinks he has
never fully recovered his wonted Strength.
About three weeks ago his head was
affected in a different manner, a sensati¬
on of fainting came on suddenly - attended
with pain & stricture of the upper & hinder
part of his Head, - (his forehead used formerly
to be affected) with a similar feeling about
the Scorbiculum Cordis, which he says gives
him the idea of a stoppage of his heart.
These fits are attended with Stupor,if they
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seize him when standing or Walking he
feels his knees become weak & he is ready
to drop down; they often leave a tremor
of his hands, with a sensation he ex¬
presses it of a swimming of his Brain -
and he is rendered wholly incapable of
the smallest exertion of his Intellectual
faculties since their first attack ––
The fits Continue but a verry short
time, and are occasionaly more or less
severe. They used to return generally
only twice a day, in the morning &
Evening, but within these few days
have been more frequent. He is free
of them in the Night time, sleeps
tollerably, but often awakes with sickness
& oppression - In two or three slight
ones in which I saw him, I perceived no
change in his face or alteration of his
Pulse, & they went of upon his Belching
up Wind which I am informed is the
first thing that gives him relief in
general.
He is naturally inclined to be
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Costive. Pulse at its usual standart
& in every respect regular, but is Subject
to frequent & sudden changes – Urine
in smaller quantity than common &
high coloured – He is at present
just recovered from an Inflamed sore
throat. - He has taken several vomits
whch relieved his stomach & Bark, for
the above Complaints – His father
had been Subject to Gravelish complaints.
Addend: for four or five days past
has had a headach every 2d day, - those
days in which the Headach occurs Mr
Reddie is freer from the [Sick?] fits
than on the when the Headach is
less remarkable
James Hamilton &
John Whyte
Dysart
8 Jany 1776
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