The Cullen Project | [ID:20] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Farquhar / Regarding: Anonymous (Patient) / 16 November 1764 / (Outgoing)

[ID:20] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Farquhar / Regarding: Anonymous (Patient) / 16 November 1764 / (Outgoing)

Reply, 'For the Gentleman whose case is signed by Mr Farquhar & dated 16 Novr. 1764' [untraced]. Cullen does not believe the patient's symptoms to be caused by a recent fall, 'further than that it might contribute something to what has happened'.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	20
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/1/15
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	16 November 1764
Annotation	None
Type	Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry)
Enclosure(s)	No enclosure(s)
Autopsy	No
Recipe	Yes
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Reply, 'For the Gentleman whose case is signed by Mr Farquhar & dated 16 Novr. 1764' [untraced]. Cullen does not believe the patient's symptoms to be caused by a recent fall, 'further than that it might contribute something to what has happened'.
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:290]	Case of an unnamed gentleman whose cough, asthma and epilepsy may not relate to a fall he once had (as reported in an untraced letter from Mr Farquhar.	1

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Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Author	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:1124]	Addressee	Mr Farquhar
[PERS ID:1181]	Patient
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:1124]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr Farquhar

Places linked to this document

Role in document	Specific Place	Settlements / Areas	Region	Country	Global Region	Confidence
Place of Writing	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain

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For the Gentleman whose case is
signed by Mr Farquhar & dated
16 November 1764 ¹ --

As the fall about the end of August last did not shew
any effects on the head at the time and as his
memory & spirits were affected long before I think
his present complaints can not be imputed to the fall
further than that it might contribute something to
what has happened, that is to the more entire tran¬
slation of the matter that formerly occasioned the
Cough and Asthma from the heart to the head.

This I take to be the case at present and
that the matter loading the Brain and occasio¬
ning the Epilepsy may be dislodged I would

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propose the following remedies.

1. Let a blister be applied to the whole of the
head and let the bigness of a crown ↑a part of it↑ upon the
Crown of the head be afterwards turned into a
a perpetual Issue.

2. Two days after the Blister has been applyed
let him be purged with Jalap & Calomel. Let
the dose be ↑so↑ moderate ↑as to give 2 [easie?] stools only↑, but let it be repeated
every 2d or 3d day for 10 or 12 times
alternatively purging him with Jalap alone
and with Jalap & Calomel.

3. On the Intermediate days let him take 3
or 4 doses of the Cephalic Electuary presented
below

4. As I suspect the matter loading the brain
is rather water than blood I would have bleeding
abstained from except there are symptoms
of fullness I am not informed of -

5. If the weather allows of it and there is the
Conveniency of a Machine ² he may be the better
for gentle Exercise in a chaise taken very
frequently.

6. His Diet may be of any of the light meats
but all heavy meats or high seasoned are to
be avoided.

7. His ordinary drink may be Wine and Water
& he may have two or three glasses of Wine
every day but so much of it as to heat
him would be very hurtfull.

8. Tho I have recommended Exercise the
greatest care be taken to defend against
Cold or wet -

Take half an ounce apiece of crushed Peruvian Bark and woodland Valerian root, with a drachm of Russian Castor and a half ounce of conserve of roses. Add a sufficient quantity of clove syrup to taste, and let it be made into an electuary. Label: Cephalic Electuary.

Notes:

1: Untraced.

2: Commonly used general term for any sort of horse-drawn vehicle.

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For the Gentleman whose case is
signed by Mr Farquhar & dated
16 Novr 1764 ¹ --