The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[Case ID:168]: Case of Mr Knox who has an inflamed liver.
Documents in this case
3 document(s) found in this case.
DOC ID | Summary | Date | |||
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[DOC ID:826] |
Letter from [T.?] Shiels in Dublin, concerning the cases of his friends Mr and Mrs Knox. Mrs Knox suffers from headaches. Mr Knox has been treated with Selters water by somebody else against fits of the gout but still has problems, turning yelloow. Shiels also mentions that he is himself in poor health and announces to give an account of it in 2 or 3 parts. | 30 June 1772 | |||
[DOC ID:828] |
Reply in the form of an incomplete corrected draft by Cullen on the cases of Mr and Mrs Knox answering an enquiry from T. Shiels in Dublin. It is all in Cullen's own hand, but a recipe and editorial corrections have clearly been added with a different pen. The cross and other marks are Cullen's system for marking where amendments are to be integrated into to polished version. | July 1772 | |||
[DOC ID:829] |
Letter, from former Edinburgh student Shiells in Dublin (though no closer as letter is incomplete), concerning the cases of Mr Knox, but most of the letter concerns Shiells' own headaches. | July 1772 | |||
These documents contain one or more that share the same date. We have manually applied an order based on what we know.
People involved in this case
5 found.
PERS ID | Full Name |
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[PERS ID: 1] | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID: 1036] | Dr Hunter |
[PERS ID: 350] | Mr Knox |
[PERS ID: 351] | Mrs Knox |
[PERS ID: 349] | T Shiels |
Unique Places linked to this Case
5 found.
Type | Specific Place | Village/Town/City (aka) | Region | Country | Continent | Confidence |
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Place | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Place | Dublin | Mid Ireland | Ireland | Europe | certain | |
Place | London | London and South-East | England | Europe | certain | |
Country | England | Europe | certain | |||
Country | Ireland | Europe | certain |
Places and role of place
10 found.
Type | Role | Specific Place | Village/Town/City (aka) | Region | Country | Continent | Confidence |
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Place | Place of Writing | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Place | Place of Writing | Dublin | Mid Ireland | Ireland | Europe | certain | |
Place | Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
Place | Destination of Letter | Dublin | Mid Ireland | Ireland | Europe | inferred | |
Place | Therapeutic Recommendation | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Place | Mentioned / Other | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Place | Mentioned / Other | London | London and South-East | England | Europe | certain | |
Country | Mentioned / Other | England | Europe | certain | |||
Country | Mentioned / Other | Ireland | Europe | certain | |||
Place | Mentioned / Other | Dublin | Mid Ireland | Ireland | Europe | certain |