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

 

[ID:4468] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Moyse (Patient) / 29 June 1779 / (Outgoing)

Reply headed 'Miss Moyse'. Cullen agrees that Miss Moyse's condition stems from her stomach and nervous system and recommends chafing, travel and light eating to assist with it, he also provides a prescription for stomachic drops.

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DOC ID 4468
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/1/12/35
Main Language English
Document Direction Outgoing
Date29 June 1779
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Summary Reply headed 'Miss Moyse'. Cullen agrees that Miss Moyse's condition stems from her stomach and nervous system and recommends chafing, travel and light eating to assist with it, he also provides a prescription for stomachic drops.
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[Case ID:1192]
Case of Miss Moyse whose most current complaints are attributed to her stomach and nervous system.
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[PERS ID:1]AuthorDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:3854]PatientMiss Moyse
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)

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Miss Moyse


Tho her complaints seem & I think they do depend on her
stomach & Nervous System yet the former complaint of her breast
↑& her time of life↑ ↓&↓may give reason for another attack there. & her time of life
prevent me from advising any thing for her other complaints
that might be unsafe in any unsoundness of her [chest?]


For her present complaints she is employing the best remedy
for them viz a journey of some length & when she goes
home she ought to continue daily exercise on horseback
avoiding the Midday heat & very wet weather


Every morning her limbs from the haunches downwards
to be chafed with flannel or flesh brush [secundum artem?]


In Evening two or three times a week about an hour
before going to bed let her and part of her legs be put into
warm water for half an hour & they may be rubbed
gently by another persons hand while they are under the
water
. Upon taking them out let them be well dried
& wrapt in flannel when she lies down a bed, & this kept
about them till they feel quite warm


Diet light. A bit of light meat at Dinner, filling up
her meal with light pudding, pancake in vegetable, of the
last avoiding the cold & flatulent


Ordinary drink water - but if this seems to make her
costive - she may take a good small beer with a fourth
part Porter or if the beer proves windy let her take



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water with a fourth part Porter
a single glass of white wine at dinner or after it is allowable


At Breakfast no Indian Tea nor Coffee, but either Cocoa
Tea or Milk Tea i.e. two parts boiling water one part
new milk sweetened to her taste -


At Supper milk or milk meats - & them only - no
kind of whey at present suitable to her stomach


As to Medicines only

Take two ounces Tincture of Mars and [half-an-ounce?] Aromatics, Mix. Label: Stomachic Drops: twenty in a glass of water not quite cold two or three times a day.

June 29th 1779

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[Page 1]
Miss Moyse


Tho her compts seem & I think they do depend on her
stomach & N.S. yet the former compt of her breast
↑& her time of life↑ ↓&↓may give reason for another attack there. & her time of life
prevent me from advising any thing for her other complaints
that might be unsafe in any unsoundness of her [chest?]


For her present compts she is employing the best remedy
for them viz a journey of some length & when she goes
home she ought to continue daily exercise on horseback
avoiding the Midday heat & very wet weather


Every morning her limbs from the haunches downwards
to be chafed with flannel or flesh brush [s. a.?]


In Evening two or three times a week about an hour
before going to bed let her and part of her legs be put into
warm water for half an hour & they may be rubbed
gently by another persons hand while they are under the
water
. Upon taking them out let them be well dried
& wrapt in flannel when she lies down a bed, & this kept
about them till they feel quite warm


Diet light. A bit of light meat at Dinner, filling up
her meal with light pudding, pancake in vegetable, of the
last avoiding the cold & flatulent


Ordinary drink water - but if this seems to make her
costive - she may take a good small beer with a fourth
part Porter or if the beer proves windy let her take



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water with a fourth part Porter
a single glass of white wine at dinner or after it is allowable


At Breakfast no Indian Tea nor Coffee, but either Cocoa
Tea or Milk Tea i.e. two parts boiling water one part
new milk sweetened to her taste -


At Supper milk or milk meats - & them only - no
kind of whey at present suitable to her stomach


As to Meds only


Tinct. Martis ℥ij, Arom. ℥[ſs?] ℳ Signa:
Stomachic Drops 20 in a glass of water not quite cold two or 3 times a day.

June 29th 1779

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