The Cullen Project | [Case ID:1232]: Case of Mr Thomson (under care of John Walker) who suffers a severe hectic fever with diarrhoea.

[Case ID:1232]: Case of Mr Thomson (under care of John Walker) who suffers a severe hectic fever with diarrhoea.

Documents in this case

8 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:1846]	Letter from John Walker concerning the case of Mr Thomson.	8 May 1780

[DOC ID:957]	Reply, 'Mr Walker C[oncerning] Mr Thomson of Kircudbright'	10 May 1780

[DOC ID:1855]	Letter from John Walker concerning the case of Mr Thomson.	22 May 1780

[DOC ID:967]	Reply 'For Mr Thomson'; Cullen instructs the addressee to lay aside the bleeding, and adds that 'I can by no means encourage you with going on with the purging'.	25 May 1780

[DOC ID:1863]	Letter from John Walker concerning the case of Mr Thomson, whose case he does not think is spasmodic. He identifies 'symptoms of Phlegemone' and concludes that 'inflammatory affection, is of the Rheumatic kind, (perhaps the 'Pleurodyne Plethorica' of Sauvages) attended with Hectica'. Handstamp present, but unclear (possibly Gatehouse of Fleet?).	1 June 1780

[DOC ID:973]	Reply, 'Mr Walker C[oncerning] Mr Thomson'. Cullen is 'glad to find he has had an interval of some ease which does not look like a Suppuration going on'.	4 June 1780

[DOC ID:1916]	Letter from John Walker, concerning the case of Mr Thomson, who is thinking of wintering abroad, possibly in Madeira. He is still thin and has a pain in his side. On a recent trip to Dublin, via Liverpool, he has developed an abcess on his side, which Dr Cleghorn and Dr Walker have treated.	21 September 1780

[DOC ID:1026]	Reply 'Mr Walker C[oncerning] Mr Thomson'	27 September 1780

People involved in this case

5 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 1629]	Dr Francois Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix (Sauvages, Sauvage)
[PERS ID: 1626]	Dr George Cleghorn
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 837]	Mr Thomson (of Kirkcudbright)
[PERS ID: 838]	Mr John Walker

Unique Places linked to this Case

9 found.

Type	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Specific	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Kirkcudbright	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Lisbon	Portugal	Portugal	Europe	certain
Region			Madeira	Spain	Europe	certain
Place		Liverpool	North-West	England	Europe	certain
Place		Dublin	Mid Ireland	Ireland	Europe	certain
Place		Carlingwork (Carlinwark)	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Gatehouse of Fleet	Borders	Scotland	Europe	inferred

Places and role of place

11 found.

Type	Role	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Specific	Place of Writing	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Writing		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Writing		Kirkcudbright	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Kirkcudbright	Borders	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Therapeutic Recommendation		Lisbon	Portugal	Portugal	Europe	certain
Region	Therapeutic Recommendation			Madeira	Spain	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Liverpool	North-West	England	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Dublin	Mid Ireland	Ireland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Carlingwork (Carlinwark)	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Gatehouse of Fleet	Borders	Scotland	Europe	inferred