The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1532] From: Captain James Maxwell / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Captain James Maxwell (Patient) / 12 July 1778 / (Incoming)
Letter from James Maxwell of Faskally, regarding his own case.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1532 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/623 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 12 July 1778 |
| 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 James Maxwell of Faskally, regarding his own case. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | Yes |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:779] |
Case of Captain James Maxwell of Faskally who has a chest complaint for which he takes a course of goat whey. |
13 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:2372] | Author | Captain James Maxwell |
| [PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2372] | Patient | Captain James Maxwell |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Faskally | Mid Scotland | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
| Mentioned / Other | Gibraltar | Europe | certain |
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I thought by this time to have given you better
accounts of myself than I find I am likely to do.
For the two or three first days ↑after↑ I came here, I was considerably
better, after spitting up a good deal of nasty Stuff, my Cough
was almost gone and my Strength returned very fast; but
whether I have caught an additional Cold or eat any thing that
may have disagreed with me I cannot say, thought conscious
of neither at the time, However my Stomach, which I am fully
convinced is the Cause of all my Maladies, has for some days
by past been so much out of order as to make me very
uneasy in the day, by a continual weight laying in it,
& prevented my sleeping in the Night by a Feverishness
which when I do dose wakes me again by the beating of my
own Pulse, my Tongue is very white and furred in the
morning, I grow rather lean than otherwise, & my old
Companion the Cough is returned. I am loth to ascribe
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all this to the Goat whey, as it seemed to do well with me for
some days, & yet I dont know what else to impute it to.
The People here recommend the milk but if they whey is
too heavy surely the milk ↑must↑ {illeg} be more so, for which reason
I have not tryed it till I have your advice upon the Subject.
For some time I had no occasion to take pills as the Vegetables
kept me open, but this Stomach Disorder seems to have
brought on my usual Costiveness again, with a Languor
all over me, a sensation I was very well acquainted with
at Gibraltar. My Sight & Nerves are greatly better.
I beg to hear from you
& am
Sir
your most obedient
& very humble Servant
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Doctor Cullen Physician
in Edinburgh-
Captain James Maxwell
July. 1778
IX. 15.
Diplomatic Text
I thought by this time to have given you better
accounts of myself than I find I am likely to do.
For the two or three first days ↑after↑ I came here, I was considerably
better, after spitting up a good deal of nasty Stuff, my Cough
was almost gone and my Strength returned very fast; but
whether I have caught an additional Cold or eat any thing that
may have disagreed with me I cannot say, thought conscious
of neither at the time, However my Stomach, which I am fully
convinced is the Cause of all my Maladies, has for some days
by past been so much out of order as to make me very
uneasy in the day, by a continual weight laying in it,
& prevented my sleeping in the Night by a Feverishness
which when I do dose wakes me again by the beating of my
own Pulse, my Tongue is very white and furred in the
morning, I grow rather lean than otherwise, & my old
Companion the Cough is returned. I am loth to ascribe
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all this to the Goat whey, as it seemed to do well with me for
some days, & yet I dont know what else to impute it to.
The People here recommend the milk but if they whey is
too heavy surely the milk ↑must↑ {illeg} be more so, for which reason
I have not tryed it till I have your advice upon the Subject.
For some time I had no occasion to take pills as the Vegetables
kept me open, but this Stomach Disorder seems to have
brought on my usual Costiveness again, with a Languor
all over me, a sensation I was very well acquainted with
at Gibraltar. My Sight & Nerves are greatly better.
I beg to hear from you
& am
Sir
your most obedient
& very humble Servant
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Doctor Cullen Physician
in Edinburgh-
Captn Jas: Maxwell.
July. 1778
IX. 15.
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