The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:114] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr William Wilson / Regarding: Mrs Hamilton (Patient) / 1 April 1781 / (Outgoing)
Reply, 'To Mr Wilson C(oncerning) Mrs Hamilton'. For her ankle, Cullen recommends 'laced Stockings', 'Electricity' and an embrocation.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 114 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/14/3 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 1 April 1781 |
| 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, 'To Mr Wilson C(oncerning) Mrs Hamilton'. For her ankle, Cullen recommends 'laced Stockings', 'Electricity' and an embrocation. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1415] |
Case of Mrs Hamilton who has a strained ankle. |
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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:132] | Addressee | Dr William Wilson |
| [PERS ID:73] | Patient | Mrs Hamilton |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:132] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Wilson |
| [PERS ID:3361] | Other |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Greenock | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
| Mentioned / Other | Glasgow | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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To Mr Wilson Concerning Mrs Hamilton
I hope you received the Letter -
which I sent to the Post Office on Monday last, and
I shall be glad to hear, that it has answered your pur¬
pose.
I have seen Mrs Hamilton and think her compl¬
aint is of a singular kind, owing to a Contusion
rather than to a strain. But however that may be
I consider it as now a weakness, and in all such
Cases I have hardly found anything so permanently
useful as a laced stocking and I have accordingly
provided her with one here, as I know but one Man
in the Kingdom who can make them very well.
But even he cannot adjust them always so exactly
as to avoid all inequality of Compression, which
when it happens not only defeats the purpose,
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but frequently does harm. You must therefore
attend a little to the application and take care, by
flannel Compresses to fill up any Hollows in the
Stocking, so as to render the Compression everywhere
uniform and equal and so that particularly, it
may be greatest, in the lower parts, and tightened
gradually upwards. At first the Compression should
be everywhere moderate, and afterwards, gradually
made tighter, as she bears it. At first also she should
walk very little, and as she bears the Stocking tight¬
er, she may walk with more ease and safety.
Besides this Remedy, I have prescribed an Embro¬
cation to be applied every night and morning. It will
be best applied, by a very soft small Brush, and during
the night, the part may have a piece of flannel tied
round it. -- I dont doubt of your being provided
with Æther or that you may readily have it from
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Glasgow. Take care, that your Spirit of Wine be
sufficiently rectified to dissolve it.
If these measures do not immediately succeed I
have no objection to your employing the Electricity. I
have inquired into the state of her Arm and think that
some moderate shocks of Electricity are likely to be the
proper Remedy for that complaint.
I am with great
[r]egard Dear William your most obedient Servant
Take four ounces of well-rectified Spirit of wine, half an ounce of Liquor of aether, two drachms each of composite Spirit of lavender and Camphor. Mix. Label: Embrocation for the Ancle.
Diplomatic Text
To Mr Wilson C Mrs Hamilton
I hope you received the Letter -
which I sent to the Post Office on Monday last, and
I shall be glad to hear, that it has answered your pur¬
pose.
I have seen Mrs Hamilton and think her compl¬
aint is of a singular kind, owing to a Contusion
rather than to a strain. But however that may be
I consider it as now a weakness, and in all such
Cases I have hardly found anything so permanently
useful as a laced stocking and I have accordingly
provided her with one here, as I know but one Man
in the Kingdom who can make them very well.
But even he cannot adjust them always so exactly
as to avoid all inequality of Compression, which
when it happens not only defeats the purpose,
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but frequently does harm. You must therefore
attend a little to the application and take care, by
flannel Compresses to fill up any Hollows in the
Stocking, so as to render the Compression everywhere
uniform and equal and so that particularly, it
may be greatest, in the lower parts, and tightened
gradually upwards. At first the Compression should
be everywhere moderate, and afterwards, gradually
made tighter, as she bears it. At first also she should
walk very little, and as she bears the Stocking tight¬
er, she may walk with more ease and safety.
Besides this Remedy, I have prescribed an Embro¬
cation to be applied every night and morning. It will
be best applied, by a very soft small Brush, and during
the night, the part may have a piece of flannel tied
round it. -- I dont doubt of your being provided
with Æther or that you may readily have it from
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Glasgow. Take care, that your Spirit of Wine be
sufficiently rectified to dissolve it.
If these measures do not immediately succeed I
have no objection to your employing the Electricity. I
have inquired into the state of her Arm and think that
some moderate shocks of Electricity are likely to be the
proper Remedy for that complaint.
I am with great
[r]egard Dear William your most obedt Servant
℞ Spirit. vini bene rect. ℥iv
Liquor. ather. ℥ſs
Spirit. lavendul. compt.
Camphor. @ Ʒij
ℳ. Sig. Embrocation for the Ancle.
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