Cullen

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.

Facsimile

There are 10 images for this document.

[Page 1]


 

[Page 2]


 

[Page 3]


 

[Page 4]


 

[Page 5]


 

[Page 6]


 

[Page 7]


 

[Page 8]


 

[Page 9]


 

[Page 10]


 
 

Metadata

FieldData
DOC ID 1312
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/409
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
DateJuly 1776
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial 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
[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 IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:522]AuthorSir John Pringle
[PERS ID:1360]PatientMiss Hearcy Fullarton (Hearsey; Fullerton)
[PERS ID:522]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecarySir John Pringle
[PERS ID:1708]Patient's Relative / Spouse / FriendMrs Lewis

Places linked to this document

Role in document Specific Place Settlements / Areas Region Country Global Region Confidence
Place of Writing London London and South-East England Europe inferred
Destination of Letter Knightsbridge London London and South-East England Europe certain

Normalized Text

[Page 1]
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.

J.P.
12. July 1776.



[Page 2]
✍ 12. July 1776
Doctor Pringle
№ 1


[Page 3]
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.

J.P.
14 July 1776.



[Page 4]
✍ 13th July 1776
Sir John Pringle
receipt for Miss Fullerton
№ 2d


[Page 5]
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.

J.P.
16. July 1776.



[Page 6]
✍ 16.th July 1776
receipt № 3--


[Page 7]
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.

J.P.
18 July 1776.



[Page 8]
✍ № 4


[Page 9]
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.

J.P.
26 July 1776.

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




[Page 10]
✍ 26th July 1776
Sir John
Pringle receipt
of Cooling mixture

Diplomatic Text

[Page 1]
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

Sumat ter die Cochl. iii, fil. hora 11ma
ante meridiam, hora 6te post meridiam et
hora somni

J.P.
12. Jul. 1776.



[Page 2]
✍ 12. July 1776
Doctor Pringle
№ 1


[Page 3]
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

J.P.
14 Jul. 1776.



[Page 4]
✍ 13th July 1776
Sir John Pringle
rec.t for Miss Fullerton
№ 2d


[Page 5]
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

J.P.
16. Jul. 1776.



[Page 6]
✍ 16.th July 1776
rec.t № 3--


[Page 7]
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

J.P.
18 Jul. 1776.



[Page 8]
✍ № 4


[Page 9]
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

J.P.
26 July 1776.

℞. 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?] ----




[Page 10]
✍ 26th July 1776
Sir John
Pringle rect.
of Cooling mixture

XML

XML file not yet available.

Feedback

Send us specfic feeback about this document [DOC ID:1312]

Type
Comments
 

Please note that the Cullen Project team have now disbanded but your comments will be logged in our system and we will look at them one day...