The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:5906] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr William Duguid / Regarding: Mr William Duguid (Patient) / 1 November 1789 / (Outgoing)
Reply, for 'Mr Duguid'. Mr Duguid suffers from nervous weakness. Cullen gives advice on using strengthening powders, for which a prescription is prescribed.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 5906 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/21/176 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 1 November 1789 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine scribal copy |
| Enclosure(s) | Enclosure(s) present |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, for 'Mr Duguid'. Mr Duguid suffers from nervous weakness. Cullen gives advice on using strengthening powders, for which a prescription is prescribed. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1326] |
Case of William Duguid who has had extensive treatments for a venereal infection (named in one letter as syphilis) but whose current disorders are attributed to a nervous weakness of his lower spine. He later develops a bony 'excrescence' on his shin. |
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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:78] | Addressee | Mr William Duguid |
| [PERS ID:78] | Patient | Mr William Duguid |
| [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 | Glasgow | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Mr. Duguid
A particular accident prevented
a letter from being written and sent to you
by last nights post, and now I endeavour
to supply it
Upon the other page of this paper
I send you the prescription I spoke of. It is
in the form of powders, of which you will
please to take one in a glass of water twice
a day, that is an hour before dinner and
Supper, washing it down with a glass of
water that has about an eight part of
Brandy in it. These powders are intended
to strengthen your Nervous System, but I
hope you will have no occasion for
them at present, nor will I hope
while you continue your regimen
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and exercise agreeable to the conversation we
had but if you should have any returns of
headachs, languor, or flatulencies, you may
then enter upon a course of the powders. But
you are never to continue them for above
a fortnight at one time, and therefore you
will understand the meaning of the num¬
ber I have prescribed. When these are
finished, you ought to intermit the use
of them for at least a fortnight, or longer
if no disagreeable symptoms come on. I
hope you shall have little occasion for them
during the course of this Winter, but if
I should be mistaken in this, you may at
any time when Symptoms seem to require it
take a fortnights course of the Powders. I need
however to say no more at present, as you may
at any time employ the correspondence I proposed to you
I am with great regard Dear Sir your most Obedient
humble Servant
Edinburgh 1st. November
1789.
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For Mr. Duguid
Take ten grains of Powdered Columbo root, one grain of Powdered root Ginger, three grains of powdered Cinnamon, and two grains of steel Salts. Mix to make a powder and in this way make twenty-eight Powders. Label: Strengthening Powders.
1st. November
1789 –
Diplomatic Text
Mr. Duguid
A particular accident prevented
a letter from being written and sent to you
by last nights post, and now I endeavour
to supply it
Upon the other page of this paper
I send you the prescription I spoke of. It is
in the form of powders, of which you will
please to take one in a glass of water twice
a day, that is an hour before dinner and
Supper, washing it down with a glass of
water that has about an eight part of
Brandy in it. These powders are intended
to strengthen your Nervous System, but I
hope you will have no occasion for
them at present, nor will I hope
while you continue your regimen
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and exercise agreeable to the conversation we
had but if you should have any returns of
headachs, languor, or flatulencies, you may
then enter upon a course of the powders. But
you are never to continue them for above
a fortnight at one time, and therefore you
will understand the meaning of the num¬
ber I have prescribed. When these are
finished, you ought to intermit the use
of them for at least a fortnight, or longer
if no disagreeable symptoms come on. I
hope you shall have little occasion for them
during the course of this Winter, but if
I should be mistaken in this, you may at
any time when Symptoms seem to require it
take a fortnights course of the Powders. I need
however to say no more at present, as you may
at any time employ the correspondence I proposed to you
I am with great regard Dear Sir your most Obedient
humble Servant
Edinr 1st. Novr.
1789.
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For Mr. Duguid
℞ Pulv. rad. Columb. gr. x
–––– –––– Zingib. gr. j
–––– Cinnamom. gr. iij
Sal. mart. gr. ij
ℳ. f. pulvis et f. h. m. Pulveres № XXVIII.
Sig. Strengthening Powders.
1st. Novr.
1789 –
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