The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4356] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Thomas Were (Weir) (Patient) / 31 December 1778 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Thomas Were Esqr.', giving brief instructions on the use of a linctus, with recipe for same .
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4356 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/11/94 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 31 December 1778 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For Thomas Were Esqr.', giving brief instructions on the use of a linctus, with recipe for same . |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:953] |
Case of Thomas Weir [Were] Esq. who has breathing problems and a bad cough. He recently fell from his horse and visited Edinburgh as a friend of Cullen's extended family. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2546] | Patient | Mr Thomas Were (Weir) |
| [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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
| Destination of Letter | Wellington | South-West | England | Europe | inferred |
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For Thomas Were Esquire
My opinion and directions for Regimen the same
as before. I prescribed no medicines because I
thought none could be of much service and many of
those usually prescribed in such cases do harm.
But to relieve his cough & help his Expectoration
when waked by it in the night, I have prescribed
below.
Take an ounce and a half of Gum arabic four ounces of spring Water strain make into a mucilage, clean, add one ounce of Syrup of Onion. Add fifty drops of Laudanum. Mix. Label: Pectoral linctus half-a-table spoonful to be swallowed leisurely when the cough is troublesome during the night.
N.B. Let two of the above be prepared, one with
the other without the Tincture Thebaic The latter may
be used without reserve & every night = but the former
with more caution, neither every night nor alone
2 or 3 times a night. If the Mixture with the Tinct.
be found more particularly useful it may be frequently
used when the cough is unusually troublesome &
even with a greater proportion of the Tinct. than
is above directed.
Diplomatic Text
For Thomas Were Esqr.
My opinion and directions for Regimen the same
as before. I prescribed no medicines because I
thought none could be of much service and many of
those usually prescribed in such cases do harm.
But to relieve his cough & help his Expectoration
when waked by it in the night, I have prescribed
below.
℞ Gumm. arab. ℥ifs Aq. ferv. ℥iv to be et cola et
mucilagin colato adde Syr. Onion. ℥i Tinct. Thebaic.
gtt. quinquaginta. ℳ. S. Pectoral linctus half a
table spoonful to be swallowed leisurely when the
cough is troublesome during the night.
N.B. Let two of the above be prepared, one with
the other without the Tinct. Theb. The latter may
be used without reserve & every night = but the former
with more caution, neither every night nor alone
2 or 3 times a night. If the Mixture with the Tinct.
be found more particularly useful it may be freqy
used when the cough is unusually troublesome &
even with a greater proportion of the Tinct. than
is above directed.
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