The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4949] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr B M Adamson / Regarding: Mrs Younghusband (Young husband) (Patient) / 22 November 1784 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mrs Younghusband'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4949 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/17/143 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 22 November 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 Mrs Younghusband' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:27] |
Case of Mrs Younghusband who has episodes of 'reaching' (vomiting). She is given a regimen for her gouty disposition, but subsequently has a number of convulsive fits after getting wet when out riding. |
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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:1995] | Addressee | Mr B M Adamson |
| [PERS ID:1419] | Patient | Mrs Younghusband (Young husband) |
| [PERS ID:1995] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr B M Adamson |
| [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 | Belford | North-East | England | Europe | inferred |
Normalized Text
Mrs. Younghusband
I have received yours of yesterday with great
concern for Mrs. Younghusband and family. And
though I have little time I answer you in Course
I think you should immediately apply a
blister to the inside of each leg and let them
be pretty large. A part of them may be turned
to a perpetual blister but if fits continue
to recur you as they affect her lungs very
strongly in a day or two after the application
to the legs you must apply a blister to the
breast or back.
Your medicine of the Musk and Volatile
Salt is certainly very proper and on other
page I have given you a formula which
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I hope will answer the purpose but if it does
not prevent or remove fits as you would wish
you must employ Laudanum in pretty large
doses. Your glyster was also proper to wash
out any acrid matter that might be in the
intestines and for that purpose it may be
repeated but in case it does not procure the
necessary evacuation you must add half an
Ounce or more of common Salt to the broth.
You perhaps thought of nourishing by
the broth injection and if she does not take
nourishment by the mouth the broth injection
might be necessary but while She can swal[low]
broth jellies and wine I hope the injections
will not. The Case is certainly difficult and
dangerous but I can say no more at present. I am
always Dear Sir yours &c.
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For Mrs Younghusband
Take two scruples of very good musk, a drachm of white sugar, half an ounce of Mucilage of thick Gum Arabic.. Rub in well together and little by little immerse in two ounces each of Spirit of cinnamon water, nutmeg water, and two ounces each of Simple peppermint water, rose water. To the mixture, add ten grams of voatile salt of hartshorn. Label Exciting Julap a tablespoonful to be given for a dose Several times a day, always Shaking the phial very well before pouring out
22 November
1784.
Diplomatic Text
Mrs. Younghusband
I have received yours of yesterday with great
concern for Mrs. Younghusband and family. And
though I have little time I answer you in Course
I think you should immediately apply a
blister to the inside of each leg and let them
be pretty large. A part of them may be turned
to a perpetual blister but if fits continue
to recur you as they affect her lungs very
strongly in a day or two after the application
to the legs you must apply a blister to the
breast or back.
Your medicine of the Musk and Volatile
Salt is certainly very proper and on other
page I have given you a formula which
[Page 1]
I hope will answer the purpose but if it does
not prevent or remove fits as you would wish
you must employ Laudanum in pretty large
doses. Your glyster was also proper to wash
out any acrid matter that might be in the
intestines and for that purpose it may be
repeated but in case it does not procure the
necessary evacuation you must add half an
Ounce or more of common Salt to the broth.
You perhaps thought of nourishing by
the broth injection and if she does not take
nourishment by the mouth the broth injection
might be necessary but while She can swal[low]
broth jellies and wine I hope the injections
will not. The Case is certainly difficult and
dangerous but I can say no more at present. I am
always Dear Sir yours &c.
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For Mrs Younghusband
Mosch. opt. ℈ij
Sacchar. alb. Ʒj
Mucilag. G. Arabic. crass ℥ſs
Terito simul probe et paulatim affunde
Aq. cinnam. Spirit.
--- nuc. moschat @ ℥ij
--- menth. pip. Simpl.
--- rosar @ ℥ij
et mistis adde Sal. vol. corn. c. gr. x.
Sig. Exciting Julap a table Spoonfull to be
given for a dose Several times a day, always
Shaking the phial very well before pouring out
22 Novr.
1784.
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