The Cullen Project | [ID:1860] From: Mr D. Allan / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr D. Allan (Patient) / 15? May 1780 / (Incoming)

[ID:1860] From: Mr D. Allan / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr D. Allan (Patient) / 15? May 1780 / (Incoming)

Letter from Mr. D. Allan concerning his own case.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	1860
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/2/939
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Incoming
Date	15? May 1780
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 Mr. D. Allan concerning his own case.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

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Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1226]	Case of Mr D. Allan who is weak from chest and stomach complaints; he is spitting up blood.	2

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Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:836]	Author	Mr D. Allan ( )
[PERS ID:1]	Addressee	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:836]	Patient	Mr D. Allan ( )
[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
Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred

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Short account of particulars of my disorder

{illeg}r.
December

About the begining of December 1779 in the
Country I hapned to Drink too freely one night
which forsed me to severe womiting next day
ensueing day tho sickly still I came to Edinburgh which
traveling excercise did not help me, for my
windy complaint I felt, Coud eat but litle & for
a day or two before I felt a sickness after eating
I walked much in frost & rain beng fatigued & uneasy
I lay down to repose, I then felt come up I supose
about two mouthfuls of fresh blood with a Glow
of heat but no particular pain, I swalowed it
down again I saw no more of the red in the spitle
after two days but pearl colour matter, this
was December I saw no more apearance of blood
till the midle of May ensueing when in the
morning on forseing up alitle stuff in the
throat I perseived as much blood Red colourd
as woud cover a sixpenc at same time no
pain nor cough, that night I went to bed &
fell into a Violent sweat which helped me
& in the morning I spite up a pearlish
coloured stuff with some specks of fresh
blood in it . I was not sencible of any pains
of breast, but rather a kind of pain on
my touching the stomach close under
the breast bone, which pain I have
felt for these many years, but as this
new apearance of blood alarms me much
I Earnestly beg good advice about it.

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My windy complaint arives by degrees
to such a hight, so as to affet my eys with
a dimness, stomack apears hot & foul at this
time, & has a degree of trembling & sickness for
an hour or two, then the sight grows clear
after repose, or breaking wind, when my stomck
causes this Dimness, it inclines me to Vomite
which done, apeared, composed of bitter or
sour stuff bile & ropey scum over it.
After Vomiteing I was quite relived but I
find the Vomiteing forses me much even
to bring up some sparks of blood, when
I take or catch the dimness before the incl¬
ination to Vomite comes on I have found
Reubarb or any purgative quite relive me

When this Dimness comes to my eyes
is a sign of its being at a great hight &
time to catch it, --- I beg to know what
will be the proper remedy to stop its
progress & carry it safely off. & cleaning &
my stomack & brining it to its proper tone

D. Allan

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Mr Allan
May. 1780.
V.XI.p.13. -----

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[Page 1]
Short acot. of particulars of my disorder

{illeg}r.
Decr

About the begining of Decr. 1779 in the
Country I hapned to Drink too freely one night
which forsed me to severe womiting next day
ensueing day tho sickly still I came to Edr. which
traveling excercise did not help me, for my
windy complaint I felt, Coud eat but litle & for
a day or two before I felt a sickness after eating
I walked much in frost & rain beng fatigued & uneasy
I lay down to repose, I then felt come up I supose
about two mouthfuls of fresh blood with a Glow
of heat but no particular pain, I swalowed it
down again I saw no more of the red in the spitle
after two days but pearl colour matter, this
was Decr. I saw no more apearance of blood
till the midle of May ensueing when in the
morning on forseing up alitle stuff in the
throat I perseived as much blood Red colourd
as woud cover a sixpenc at same time no
pain nor cough, that night I went to bed &
fell into a Violent sweat which helped me
& in the morning I spite up a pearlish
coloured stuff with some specks of fresh
blood in it . I was not sencible of any pains
of breast, but rather a kind of pain on
my touching the stomach close under
the breast bone, which pain I have
felt for these many years, but as this
new apearance of blood alarms me much
I Earnestly beg good advice about it.

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D. Allan

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Mr Allan
May. 1780.
V.XI.p.13. -----

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