The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1824] From: Dr James Collier / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mrs Christian Moubray (Bell) (of Calderbank) (Patient) / 3 March 1781 / (Incoming)
Letter from James Collier concerning the case of Mrs Moubray, who has a swollen leg and menstrual obstruction, and has been suffering from hot flutings. No external mark of postage, but it bears an instruction to be sent 'by the Glasgow fly'. From location, the patient is almost certainly the wife of Henry Moubray of Calderbank. A recipe is in the same handwriting as the annotation on the wrapper.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1824 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/904 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 3 March 1781 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Letter from James Collier concerning the case of Mrs Moubray, who has a swollen leg and menstrual obstruction, and has been suffering from hot flutings. No external mark of postage, but it bears an instruction to be sent 'by the Glasgow fly'. From location, the patient is almost certainly the wife of Henry Moubray of Calderbank. A recipe is in the same handwriting as the annotation on the wrapper. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1316] |
Case of Mrs Moubray who has a drowsiness and flushings. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:3710] | Author | Dr James Collier |
| [PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5501] | Patient | Mrs Christian Moubray (of Calderbank) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:3710] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr James Collier |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Mid Calder | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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I am sorry to inform you that I think Mrs Moubray
has been rather worse for these two Days, on Thursday being
the Day after I saw you, she was oppressed with a
Sense of Drowsiness, accompanied with frequent flushings
↑of heat↑ over her face and Body. The drowsiness has now left her
but the flushings has continued more or less since
that time. Her nights also have not been so good
being oppressed with a degree of moaning, and talking
in her sleep, though not to a great degree. About this
time her menstrual flux should have seized her, and
to the obstruction of it, I in some respect impute the
above Complaints. She has been complaining a little
this day of slight stitches in her left side, though
her Issue runs very freely –– Her Cough and Pulse
are much the same as when I saw you, not any
Better. Her appetite has been rather worse these
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two Days –– her Belly is regular enough. She continues
to take her medicines the same as formerly. She is com¬
plaining a little the Day of a slight pain in the
bottom of the thigh of the leg that is most swelled
I will esteem it a particular favour if you will
write to me the first opportunity, what are your
real sentiments with respect to Mrs. Moubray and
if you think any thing else is requisite, than the
plan she is at present on
your very much obliged & obedient servant
1781
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By the Glasgow fly
Doctor Cullen
Mint Court
Edinburgh
Take a ½ drachm of Asafœtida and 4 ounces of Pennyroyal Water. Dissolve, and to the strainings add: 2 ounces of Rosewater, a ½ ounce of Distilled Vinegar, an ounce of Simple Syrup and a drachm of Composite Castor Tincture. Mix. Label: Aperient Mixture a table spoon full several times a Day ––
Mr Collier C
Mrs Moubray ––
March 3. 1781.
a Recipe on the back of this
Diplomatic Text
I am sorry to inform you that I think Mrs Moubray
has been rather worse for these two Days, on Thursday being
the Day after I saw you, she was oppressed with a
Sense of Drowsiness, accompanied with frequent flushings
↑of heat↑ over her face and Body. The drowsiness has now left her
but the flushings has continued more or less since
that time. Her nights also have not been so good
being oppressed with a degree of moaning, and talking
in her sleep, though not to a great degree. About this
time her menstrual flux should have seized her, and
to the obstruction of it, I in some respect impute the
above Complaints. She has been complaining a little
this day of slight stitches in her left side, though
her Issue runs very freely –– Her Cough and Pulse
are much the same as when I saw you, not any
Better. Her appetite has been rather worse these
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two Days –– her Belly is regular enough. She continues
to take her medicines the same as formerly. She is com¬
plaining a little the Day of a slight pain in the
bottom of the thigh of the leg that is most swelled
I will esteem it a particular favour if you will
write to me the first opportunity, what are your
real sentiments with respect to Mrs. Moubray and
if you think any thing else is requisite, than the
plan she is at present on
your very much obliged & obdt. servt.
1781
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By the Glasgow fly
Doctor Cullen
Mint Court
Edinr.
℞ Asæ fœtid. ʒſs
Aq puleg. ℥jv
Solve et colaturæ adde
Aq. rosar. ℥ij
Acet. distillat. ℥ſs
Syr. simpl. ℥j
Tinct. castor. comp. ʒj
ℳ. S. Aperient Mixture
a table sp. f. several
times a Day ––
Mr Collier C
Mrs Moubray ––
March 3. 1781.
a ℞ on the back of this
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