The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4899] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr William Home / Regarding: Miss (Patient) / 21 August 1784 / (Outgoing)
Reply, for 'Mr. Wm. Home C[oncerning] a Lady'. Cullen is disappointed his prescriptions have not yielded the desired effect, though acknowledges such cases often prove obstinate. He includes recipes for a strengthening electuary and strengthening drops.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4899 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/17/95 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 21 August 1784 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine scribal copy |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, for 'Mr. Wm. Home C[oncerning] a Lady'. Cullen is disappointed his prescriptions have not yielded the desired effect, though acknowledges such cases often prove obstinate. He includes recipes for a strengthening electuary and strengthening drops. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1672] |
Case of an unnamed, unmarried female patient, between thirty and forty years of age, with menstrual problems, as reported by William Home. By 1784 she has developed lumbago. |
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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:2139] | Addressee | Mr William Home |
| [PERS ID:4915] | Patient | Miss |
| [PERS ID:2139] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr William Home |
| [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 | Norham | North-East | England | Europe | inferred |
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Mr. Wm. Home Concerning a Lady
Dear Sir
Yours of the 17th. came here only yesterday
when I was in the Country.
I am heartily sorry to find that your Patient
has not got so much benefit by my Prescriptions
as I wished and expected but I have been too much
acquainted with the obstinacy of such ailments to
be much surprised in a Case that had such causes
producing it. We must not however despair and
with the Regimen and Cold bathing I formerly
advised I will propose another remedy to you
which I have prescribed on other Page. At the
same time I would entirely give up the use of the
Balsam. I can say no more at present but
cannot conclude without observing that the obsti¬
nacy of such Cases is as often owing to the
neglect of Regimen as to the impotency of
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medicine. There are some articles of Regimen
upon which I cannot be very explicit but which
however is among the most difficult to be
observed. Sapienti sat est. I am with great
regard
Sir
Your most Obedient Servant
William Cullen -
Edinburgh 21st. August
1784
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For Miss
Take one ounce of powder of Peruvian bark, half an ounce each of Alum and Kino Gum, two drachms of Cinnamon, one and a half ounces of Conserve of roses and a sufficient quantity of Simple Syrup in order to make an Electuary. Label: Strengthening Electuary; the bigness of a Nutmeg to be taken twice a day washing it down with a glass of water with twenty drops of the following.
Take one and a half ounces of Tincture of Mars as described in the Pharmacopœia Edinburghensis. Label: Strengthening Drops.
W.C.
21 August
1784
Diplomatic Text
Mr. Wm. Home C. a Lady
Dear Sir
Yours of the 17th. came here only yesterday
when I was in the Country.
I am heartily sorry to find that your Patient
has not got so much benefit by my Prescriptions
as I wished and expected but I have been too much
acquainted with the obstinacy of such ailments to
be much surprised in a Case that had such causes
producing it. We must not however despair and
with the Regimen and Cold bathing I formerly
advised I will propose another remedy to you
which I have prescribed on other Page. At the
same time I would entirely give up the use of the
Balsam. I can say no more at present but
cannot conclude without observing that the obsti¬
nacy of such Cases is as often owing to the
neglect of Regimen as to the impotency of
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medicine. There are some articles of Regimen
upon which I cannot be very explicit but which
however is among the most difficult to be
observed. Sapienti sat est. I am with great
regard
Sir
Your most Obedient Servant
William Cullen -
Edinr. 21st. August
1784
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For Miss
℞ pulv. cort. Peruv. ℥j
Alumin. rup.
Gum. Kino @ ℥ſs
Cinnamom. ʒij
Cons. rosar. ℥jſs
Syr. Simpl. q. s. ut f. S. A. Electuarium
Sig. Strengthening Electuary the bigness of a
Nutmeg to be taken twice a day washing
it down with a glass of water with twenty
drops of the following
℞ Tinct. Mart. Ph. Edin. ℥ſs
Sig. Strengthening Drops
W.C.
21 Aug.
1784
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