The Cullen Project | [ID:1705] From: Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall) (Patient) / 13 July 1779 / (Incoming)

[ID:1705] From: Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall) (Patient) / 13 July 1779 / (Incoming)

Letter from William Mcdowall sent prior to a personal consultatation and serving as the covering letter for three letters from his Dumfries surgeon Mr Alexander Coupland and one from himself concerning his case (See Documents 1797; 1697 & 1701. Letter indicates that Mcdowall was staying at 'Ramsay's' i.e. Andrew Ramsay lodgings, Old Assembly Close, and Milne Square.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	1705
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/2/792
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Incoming
Date	13 July 1779
Annotation	None
Type	Authorial original
Enclosure(s)	Enclosure(s) present
Autopsy	No
Recipe	No
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Letter from William Mcdowall sent prior to a personal consultatation and serving as the covering letter for three letters from his Dumfries surgeon Mr Alexander Coupland and one from himself concerning his case (See Documents 1797; 1697 & 1701. Letter indicates that Mcdowall was staying at 'Ramsay's' i.e. Andrew Ramsay lodgings, Old Assembly Close, and Milne Square.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1107]	Case of Mr William McDowal [McDowall, McDouall], who has a chest complaint and spits blood.	19

People linked to this document

Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1080]	Author	Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall)
[PERS ID:1]	Addressee	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:1080]	Patient	Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall)
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:566]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr Alexander Copland (Coupland; of King's Grange)

Places linked to this document

Role in document	Specific Place	Settlements / Areas	Region	Country	Global Region	Confidence
Place of Writing	Ramsay's Lodgings, Old Assembly Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred

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Ramsay's monday forenoon

Sir

I inclose Mr Coupland's three letters, with an
imperfect scrawl of my own, which was not intended
for your inspection but to serve my own memory.

As I came here wholly on purpose to obtain
y[our] directions for a thorough repair of my
cons[tit]ution, I will stay till I receive such,
which hope will be convenient for you tomorrow,
& if previous to forming them, you are pleased
to put any ↑more↑ questions to me I'm always at
your command. I have the honour to be

Sir
Your most obedient humble Servant

Willm. Macdowall

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Wm Macdowal Esqr
July 13th 1779
V. X. p. 43. ---