The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1636] From: [AUTHOR UNKNOWN] / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr S Stephenson (Patient) / 2 March 1779 / (Incoming)
Letter from Mrs S. Stephenson regarding her own case. A note says that the answer was not copied.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 1636 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/725 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Incoming |
Date | 2 March 1779 |
Annotation | None |
Type | Authorial original |
Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
Autopsy | No |
Recipe | No |
Regimen | No |
Letter of Introduction | No |
Case Note | No |
Summary | Letter from Mrs S. Stephenson regarding her own case. A note says that the answer was not copied. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:1073] |
Case of Mrs S. Stephenson at Bothwell Castle who reports that the medicine she is taking for a stomach complaint has made her sick and later develops more pains in her side. |
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People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:2500] | Patient | Mr S Stephenson |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Bothwell | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
Destination of Letter | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
Mentioned / Other | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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according to your request
I write now to inform you I remaind well
for sometime after I left Edinburgh, & now
I am under a very great Complaint of my
left side just under my breast at the bottom of
the small ribs, attended with such a soreness that
I cant bear my hand upon it, on Thursday
night I was seiz'd with a violent giddyness
in my head & has continued, which confines me
to my room & mostly to my bed, upon the
least motion it returns, Particularly if I
attempt to walk, an answer to this, with
your advice, will be esteem'd a Pecular favo[ur]
from,
Sir,
your most
Humble: Servant
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Doctor Cullen in
the Mint
Edinburgh
Mr Stephenson
March 1779
The answer not copied
Diplomatic Text
according to your request
I write now to inform you I remaind well
for sometime after I left Edinburgh, & now
I am under a very great Complaint of my
left side just under my breast at the bottom of
the small ribs, attended with such a soreness that
I cant bear my hand upon it, on Thursday
night I was seiz'd with a violent giddyness
in my head & has continued, which confines me
to my room & mostly to my bed, upon the
least motion it returns, Particularly if I
attempt to walk, an answer to this, with
your advice, will be esteem'd a Pecular favo[ur]
from,
Sir,
your most
Humble: Sernt:
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Doctr: Cullen in
the Mint
Edinburgh
Mr Stephenson
March 1779
The answer not copied
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