The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:2278] From: Dr John Campbell (of Wellwood) / To: Mr John Dunlop (of Dunlop) / Regarding: Mr John Dunlop (of Dunlop) (Patient) / 23 June 1783 / (Incoming)
Letter from John Campbell to a patient, probably John Dunlop, concerning the patient's own case. Originally sent to Cullen as an enclosure in document 2308.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 2278 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/1336 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 23 June 1783 |
| 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 John Campbell to a patient, probably John Dunlop, concerning the patient's own case. Originally sent to Cullen as an enclosure in document 2308. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1137] |
Case of John, Lord Dunlop of Dunlop, who develops a bladder disorder then a severe flux and becomes very weak and despairing. |
11 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1586] | Author | Dr John Campbell (of Wellwood) |
| [PERS ID:2610] | Addressee | Mr John Dunlop (of Dunlop) |
| [PERS ID:2610] | Patient | Mr John Dunlop (of Dunlop) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:1586] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr John Campbell (of Wellwood) |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Ayr (Air) | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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Dear Sir
The windy Complaint in your stomach and
its being Encreased by any vexation or Distress
of mind, Comes so [home?] to my own feelings
who have long and severely Experienced the
same sort of thing that I have neither any
great fear about its Consequences or any
great Doubt of your getting better by pursuing
steadily in the Course very judiciously recomended
to you by Doctor Cullen, but allong with it
you must take Care to keep your Bowels
open for when they are not so, the windy
Complaint will be worse, and you must
not take it for granted that because you
pass some of that Dirty water that therefor
you have nothing Else to pass for you will
sometimes pass that last of this stuff when
there are hard fæces above -- -- the
feeling you have about the Anus and passing
or needing when you have nothing to Come
away would make me suspect something
about the neck of the blader but your voiding
water if it so happens that you void any at
that time without uneasiness and your never
having had any apearances of sand or any
Complaints from any Cause in these parts
makes me rather think it is owing to
some Iritation in the gut itself for which
you may have what Injecting a mucilage
of starch in [some?] water by way of Glyster
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will do to what may be advised or tea spoonfull
of Laudanum when it is very Distressfull it will
give me much pleasure to be of use to you
but so far as I Can guess at your situation
from the short account you have given me
I Can add no more to what is at present in
train Ill be glad to know some weeks hence
how you go on & am very sincerely
Dear Sir your Obedient Servant
John Campbell
Air June 23 1783 -----
John Dunlop Esqr
Diplomatic Text
D Sir
The windy Complaint in your stomach and
its being Encreased by any vexation or Distress
of mind, Comes so [home?] to my own feelings
who have long and severely Experienced the
same sort of thing that I have neither any
great fear about its Consequences or any
great Doubt of your getting better by pursuing
steadily in the Course very judiciously recomended
to you by Doctr Cullen, but allong with it
you must take Care to keep your Bowels
open for when they are not so, the windy
Complaint will be worse, and you must
not take it for granted that because you
pass some of that Dirty water that therefor
you have nothing Else to pass for you will
sometimes pass that last of this stuff when
there are hard fæces above -- -- the
feeling you have about the Anus and passing
or needing when you have nothing to Come
away would make me suspect something
about the neck of the blader but your voiding
water if it so happens that you void any at
that time without uneasiness and your never
having had any apearances of sand or any
Complaints from any Cause in these parts
makes me rather think it is owing to
some Iritation in the gut itself for which
you may have what Injecting a mucilage
of starch in [some?] water by way of Glyster
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will do to what may be add or tea spoonfull
of Laudanum when it is very Distressfull it will
give me much pleasure to be of use to you
but so far as I Can guess at your situation
from the short account you have given me
I Can add no more to what is at present in
train Ill be glad to know some weeks hence
how you go on & am very sincerely
Dr Sir your Obedt Sert
John Campbell
Air June 23 1783 -----
John Dunlop Esqr
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