The Cullen Project | [ID:735] From: Miss Margaret Hamilton / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Miss Agnes Hamilton (Nany, Nanny, of Westburn) (Patient) / 24 March 1756 / (Incoming)

[ID:735] From: Miss Margaret Hamilton / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Miss Agnes Hamilton (Nany, Nanny, of Westburn) (Patient) / 24 March 1756 / (Incoming)

Letter from Margaret Hamilton to Cullen, calling herself his "cuss", about her sister Nany (Agnes), whom Cullen had already seen in Edinburgh. Margaret describes Nany's ongoing complaints and the medicines she has already taken in Edinburgh and at Levenside (Strathleven House). The 'peel' mentioned throughout probably refers to orange peel (see editorial notes on Ingredients), but this is never specified.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	735
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/2/3
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Incoming
Date	24 March 1756
Annotation	None
Type	Authorial original
Enclosure(s)	No enclosure(s)
Autopsy	No
Recipe	No
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Letter from Margaret Hamilton to Cullen, calling herself his "cuss", about her sister Nany (Agnes), whom Cullen had already seen in Edinburgh. Margaret describes Nany's ongoing complaints and the medicines she has already taken in Edinburgh and at Levenside (Strathleven House). The 'peel' mentioned throughout probably refers to orange peel (see editorial notes on Ingredients), but this is never specified.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:101]	Case of Agnes Hamilton at Westburn, who in 1756 is suffering from headaches, 'vomits' and 'obstruction'. In 1762 Cullen fears she has an internal fistula caused by the misuse of a clyster; in 1776 has cold and sore throat.	2

People linked to this document

Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:281]	Author	Miss Margaret Hamilton
[PERS ID:1]	Addressee	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:280]	Patient	Miss Agnes Hamilton (Nany, Nanny, of Westburn)
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:281]	Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend	Miss Margaret Hamilton
[PERS ID:701]	Other	Mrs Campbell

Places linked to this document

Role in document	Specific Place	Settlements / Areas	Region	Country	Global Region	Confidence
Place of Writing	Hutchison	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Mentioned / Other		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Mentioned / Other	Levenside House / Strathleven House	Dumbarton	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain

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Hutchison 24 March 1756

Dear Sir

Nany Continues Still obstructed
in Spite of all the Medicines She has taken
She gott Steel poudees and peels ¹ Edinburgh
att levensyde She gott Bitters infused
in wine and peels which Mrs Campbell
thinks gave her more ease than any
thing she gott she Came here from
levensyde thursday Last and this day
Mrs Campbell Sent her a pint Bottle
of the bitters, She had taken before
with a box of peels. She beggs you'll
Consider her State and give me what
orders you think proper our roads are
so bad & the weather so cold that Since
she came home she has not been on
horse back she still complains of a
head ach and frequently vomits I
all here joyns me in wishing you health
& prossperity

I am respectfully
Dear Sir
your Cussin ² and Servant

Marg:tt Hamilton

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she gott the warm Baths before She went to Edinburgh as you order'd

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To
Mr William Cullen Doctor
of Medicine
Edinburg

Notes:

1: It has been assumed that this ingredient - mentioned throughout this letter simply as 'peel' or 'peels'- indicates "orange peel" which was a common medical ingredient, though this is never specified.

2: This does not necessarily mean 'cousin' in any strict sense, but suggests that the writer, like other members of this Hamilton family, was to some extent intimate with Cullen.

3: The significance of these numerical annotations is obscure.

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Hutchison 24 March 1756

Dr: Sir

Nany Continues Still obstructed
in Spite of all the Medicines She has taken
She gott Steel poudees and peels ¹ Edinr
att levensyde She gott Bitters infused
in wine and peels which Mrs Campbell
thinks gave her more ease than any
thing she gott she Came here from
levensyde thursday Last and this day
Mrs Campbell Sent her a pint Bottle
of the bitters, She had taken before
with a box of peels. She beggs you'll
Consider her State and give me what
orders you think proper our roads are
so bad & the weather so cold that Since
she came home she has not been on
horse back she still complains of a
head ach and frequently vomits I
all here joyns me in wishing you health
& prossperity

I am respectfully
Dr: Sir
your Cuss: and Servtt

Marg:tt Hamilton

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she gott the warm Baths before She went to edinr as you order'd

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399 " 10 " '
349 " 16 "33/4
___________________________
49 " 13 " 81/4

244 " 10 " :
155 " : ":
___________________________
399 " 10 ": ³

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To
Mr William Cullen Doctor
of Medicine
Edinburg

Notes:

2: This does not necessarily mean 'cousin' in any strict sense, but suggests that the writer, like other members of this Hamilton family, was to some extent intimate with Cullen.

3: The significance of these numerical annotations is obscure.

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