The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1312] From: Sir John Pringle / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Hearcy Fullarton (Hearsey; Fullerton) (Patient) / July 1776 / (Incoming)
A collection of 5 recipes (mostly similar) by John Pringle, dated 12-26 July 1776, for Miss Fullerton when she was in Knightsbridge.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 1312 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/409 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Incoming |
Date | July 1776 |
Annotation | None |
Type | Authorial original |
Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
Autopsy | No |
Recipe | Yes |
Regimen | No |
Letter of Introduction | No |
Case Note | No |
Summary | A collection of 5 recipes (mostly similar) by John Pringle, dated 12-26 July 1776, for Miss Fullerton when she was in Knightsbridge. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:713] |
Case of Miss Hearcy Fullarton who spits blood and has a pain in her side from a lung condition. |
6 |
People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:522] | Author | Sir John Pringle |
[PERS ID:1360] | Patient | Miss Hearcy Fullarton (Hearsey; Fullerton) |
[PERS ID:522] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Sir John Pringle |
[PERS ID:1708] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mrs Lewis |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | London | London and South-East | England | Europe | inferred | |
Destination of Letter | Knightsbridge | London | London and South-East | England | Europe | certain |
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For Miss Fullerton
Knights’bridge
Mrs. Lewis’s № 1 opposite to painted Cloth
Manufactory.
Take 2 scruples of Myrrh Gum, dissolve in 7 ounces of spring water and an ounce of Nutmeg Water. Add half a drach of Wormwood Salts, 12 grains of Salts of Mars, and 3 drachms of White Sugar. Mix. Take 3 spoonfuls 3 times a day, at 11.00 am, 6.00 pm, and at bedtime.
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✍ 12. July 1776
Doctor Pringle
№ 1
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For Miss Fullerton
Take 2½ scruples of Myrrh Gum, dissolve in 8 ounces of spring water with 5 drachms of Nutmeg Water. Add 25 grains of Wormwood Salts and 12 grains of Salts of Mars. Mix. Take 3 spoonfuls 3 times a day after shaking the phial.
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✍ 13th July 1776
Sir John Pringle
receipt for Miss Fullerton
№ 2d
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For Miss Fullerton
Take a drachm of Myrrh Gum, dissolve in 8 ounces of spring water and half an ounce of Nutmeg Water. Add half a drachm of Wormwood Salts and 13 grains of Salts of Mars. Mix. Take 3 spoonfuls 3 times a day after shaking the phial.
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✍ 16.th July 1776
receipt № 3--
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For Miss Fullerton
Take a drachm and 10 grains of Myrrh Gum. Dissolve in 8½ ounces of spring water and half an ounce 6 drachms of Nutmeg Water. Add half a drachm of Wormwood Salts and 15 grains of Salts of Mars. Mix. Take 3 spoonfuls 3 times a day after shaking the phial.
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For Miss Fullerton
Take 6 ounces of spring water, 2 drachms of Wormwood Salts, and 3 drachms of White Sugar. Take 3 spoonfuls 2 or 3 times a day, with a spoonful to follow in the act of fizzing. Label: The solution of Salt of Wormwood &c.
Take 3 ounces of squeezed Lemon Juice. Label under its own name.
Take 10 grains of pure Mercury, and a scruple of Dog-Rose Conserve. Blend to make very fine globules, then add 3 grains of Benzoin pills and enough ground Liquorice to mix and divide into 3 boluses. Take one on alternate nights
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✍ 26th July 1776
Sir John
Pringle receipt
of Cooling mixture
Diplomatic Text
For Miss Fullerton
Knights’bridge
Mrs. Lewis’s № 1 opposite to painted Cloth
Manufactory.
℞. G. Myrrh. ℈ii.
Solv. in Aq. fontan. ℥vii.
et Aq. Nuc. Mosch. ℥i.
adite Sal. Absinth. ʒſs.
____ Martis gr. xii
Sacch. alb. ʒiii
ℳ
Sumat ter die Cochl. iii, fil. hora 11ma
ante meridiam, hora 6te post meridiam et
hora somni
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✍ 12. July 1776
Doctor Pringle
№ 1
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For Miss Fullerton
℞. Gum. Myrrh. ℈iiſs.
Solv. in Aq. fontan. ℥viii.
cum – Nuc. Mosch. ʒv.
adite Sal. Absinth. gr. xxv.
Sal. Mart. gr. xii.
ℳ.
Sumat ter die Cochl. iii. agitata prius
phiala
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✍ 13th July 1776
Sir John Pringle
rec.t for Miss Fullerton
№ 2d
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For Miss Fullerton
℞. G. Myrrh. ʒi.
Solv. in Aq. fontan. ℥viii.
et Aq. Nuc. Mosch. ℥ſs.
adde Sal. Absinth. ʒſs..
-- Martis gr. xiii.
ℳ.
Sumat ter die Cochl. iii. agitata prius phiala
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✍ 16.th July 1776
rec.t № 3--
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For Miss Fullerton
℞. Gum. Myrrh. ʒi. et gr. x.
Solv. in Aq. fontan. ℥viiiſs.
et Aq. Nuc. Mosch. ℥ſs. ʒvi.
adde Sal. Absinth. ʒſs..
-- Martis gr. xv.
ℳ.
Sumat ter die Cochl. iii. agita¬
ta prius phiala
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For Miss Fullerton
℞. Aq. fontan. ℥vi.
Sal. Absinth. ʒii.
Sacch. alb. ʒiii.
ℳ.
Sumat bis terve die Cochl. iii. cum
Cochl. i. sequentis in acta effervescentiæ
---- S. The solution of Salt of Wormwood &c.
℞. Succ. Limon. [depresat.?] ℥iii.
S. proprio nomine
℞. Hydragyr. pur. gr. x.
Conserv. Cynosbat. ℈i.
ten ad perfectam globulorum [extenetorum?], dein
adde
Pilul. e Styrac. gr. iii.
Glychyrrh. pulv. q.s. ℳ. & divid. in Bol. ii.
Sumat unam alternis [noctibus?] ----
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✍ 26th July 1776
Sir John
Pringle rect.
of Cooling mixture
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