The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1256] From: [AUTHOR UNKNOWN] / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Captain W R Wilson (Patient) / 30 March 1776 / (Incoming)
Letter from John Ash concerning the case of Captain Wilson, and begging to differ over Cullen's opinion of the case - which has been misrepresented - as being epileptic rather than apoplectic. The patient's reading of William Cadogan's A Dissertation on the Gout and on All Chronic Diseases (1771) is mentioned.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1256 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/356 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 30 March 1776 |
| 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 John Ash concerning the case of Captain Wilson, and begging to differ over Cullen's opinion of the case - which has been misrepresented - as being epileptic rather than apoplectic. The patient's reading of William Cadogan's A Dissertation on the Gout and on All Chronic Diseases (1771) is mentioned. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:57] |
Case of Captain W. R. Wilson whose 'seizures' Cullen attributes to 'nervous weakness'. |
5 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:500] | Patient | Captain W R Wilson |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:502] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr John Ash |
| [PERS ID:2298] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Dr William Cadogan |
| [PERS ID:145] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mrs Wilson |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Birmingham | Midlands | England | Europe | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Mr Wilson communicated to me
a Letter he had received from you
in Answer to an Account he had
transmitted to you, unknown to me
in order to take your Opinion on
his Case: and I return you my
best thanks for your kind expressi¬
ons of esteem for my Character &
Experience but as we differ so
much in our method of treatment
of Captn. Wilson; I thought it a duty
I owed both to you & myself to
give you the trouble of a Short
Letter on his Complaint as it ap¬
peared to me when I visited him.
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No man can have a higher Opinion
of your Judgement in Medicine than
myself: And have a much greater
one of your Medical Abilities than
my own: but when we differ so widely
in our Opinion of (on) the same Case,
I must be induced to entertain no
favorable Opinion of my own Judge¬
ment, unless I could flatter myself
at the same time. But the Case had
not been truly represented to you.
I am taught to think as favora¬
bly of your Candour as I am
of your Abilities. Will you give
me leave to ask you, if the Case
was not represented to you as an
Epileptic One? If so, I entirely
agree with you in your method
of Treatment. But I do assure
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you that Mr Wilson's Siezures, for
he had ↑two↑ attacks on the same day,
and I was with him before the
second came on, were truly Apo¬
plectic, and from debility
Mr Wilson apprehensive of some
heriditary Title to the Gout, hed
been a faithful Disciple of Dr
Cadogen's ever since the publica¬
tion of his Treatise: 1 and no man
has observed a Stricter and a more
Abstemious regimen of Diet than
he has done, & did at the time
he was siezed. ---
The trouble I give you of this
Letter, for I will ↑not↑ intrude any
longer on your time, is entirely
unknown to Mr Wilson & do not
wish to have you take any notice
of it to him: he has enjoyed perfect
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health ever since the time of his
recovery from these alarming
Siezures: the true nature of which
were in some measure softened
at the time, in tenderness both
to himself and his amiable Wife.
I do not wish to trespass on your
engagements to sollicit the favor
of an Answer, but the honour
of a Letter from you will receive
all due regard from
Your most Obedient &
very Humble Servant
Birminghem.
Warwickshire.
30. March, 1776. --
Notes:
1: William Cadogan, A Dissertation on the Gout, and all Chronic Diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes; what those causes are; and a rational and natural method of cure proposed. Addressed to all invalids. (London: 1771), was a much-reprinted account of how to manage this fashionable condition.
Diplomatic Text
Mr Wilson communicated to me
a Letter he had received from you
in Answer to an Account he had
transmitted to you, unknown to me
in order to take your Opinion on
his Case: and I return you my
best thanks for your kind expressi¬
ons of esteem for my Character &
Experience but as we differ so
much in our method of treatment
of Captn. Wilson; I thought it a duty
I owed both to you & myself to
give you the trouble of a Short
Letter on his Complaint as it ap¬
peared to me when I visited him.
[Page 2]
No man can have a higher Opinion
of your Judgement in Medicine than
myself: And have a much greater
one of your Medical Abilities than
my own: but when we differ so widely
in our Opinion of (on) the same Case,
I must be induced to entertain no
favorable Opinion of my own Judge¬
ment, unless I could flatter myself
at the same time. But the Case had
not been truly represented to you.
I am taught to think as favora¬
bly of your Candour as I am
of your Abilities. Will you give
me leave to ask you, if the Case
was not represented to you as an
Epileptic One? If so, I entirely
agree with you in your method
of Treatment. But I do assure
[Page 3]
you that Mr Wilson's Siezures, for
he had ↑two↑ attacks on the same day,
and I was with him before the
second came on, were truly Apo¬
plectic, and from debility
Mr Wilson apprehensive of some
heriditary Title to the Gout, hed
been a faithful Disciple of Dr
Cadogen's ever since the publica¬
tion of his Treatise: 1 and no man
has observed a Stricter and a more
Abstemious regimen of Diet than
he has done, & did at the time
he was siezed. ---
The trouble I give you of this
Letter, for I will ↑not↑ intrude any
longer on your time, is entirely
unknown to Mr Wilson & do not
wish to have you take any notice
of it to him: he has enjoyed perfect
[Page 4]
health ever since the time of his
recovery from these alarming
Siezures: the true nature of which
were in some measure softened
at the time, in tenderness both
to himself and his amiable Wife.
I do not wish to trespass on your
engagements to sollicit the favor
of an Answer, but the honour
of a Letter from you will receive
all due regard from
Your most Obedt. &
very Hble. Servant
Birminghem.
Warwickshire.
30. March, 1776. --
Notes:
1: William Cadogan, A Dissertation on the Gout, and all Chronic Diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes; what those causes are; and a rational and natural method of cure proposed. Addressed to all invalids. (London: 1771), was a much-reprinted account of how to manage this fashionable condition.
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