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The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

[ID:2838] From: Mrs Elizabeth Watt (McCall) (of Stranraer) / To: Mr Robert Brown (Broun) / Regarding: Mrs Elizabeth Watt (McCall) (of Stranraer) (Patient) / 28 June 1786 / (Incoming)

Letter from Elizabeth Watt at Stranraer, concerning her own case (to either Mr or Mrs Brown). She asks the addressee to contact Cullen on her behalf: she is suffering from rheumatism, exacerbated by a fall, and piles, accompanied by heats. She gives instructions for the delivery of her medicines: "Buy a smal box put the medecins in and give them to the Carrier that comes to Ayr to deliver it to Will Steen who will pay him".

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Metadata

FieldData
DOC ID 2838
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/1875
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
Date28 June 1786
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial original
Enclosure(s) No enclosure(s)
Autopsy No
Recipe No
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Letter from Elizabeth Watt at Stranraer, concerning her own case (to either Mr or Mrs Brown). She asks the addressee to contact Cullen on her behalf: she is suffering from rheumatism, exacerbated by a fall, and piles, accompanied by heats. She gives instructions for the delivery of her medicines: "Buy a smal box put the medecins in and give them to the Carrier that comes to Ayr to deliver it to Will Steen who will pay him".
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:1594]
Case of Mrs Elizabeth Watt of Stranraer, whose various symptoms over the course of ten years include a chest complaint, a sore mouth, and rheumatism.
18


People linked to this document

Person IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:2120]AuthorMrs Elizabeth Watt (of Stranraer)
[PERS ID:4171]AddresseeMr Robert Brown (Broun)
[PERS ID:2120]PatientMrs Elizabeth Watt (of Stranraer)
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:4171]Patient's Relative / Spouse / FriendMr Robert Brown (Broun)
[PERS ID:3011]Patient's Relative / Spouse / FriendMrs Brown (Broun)
[PERS ID:4174]OtherMr William Steen (Will Steen)
[PERS ID:4175]OtherMr
[PERS ID:3011]Supplemental AddresseeMrs Brown (Broun)

Places linked to this document

Role in document Specific Place Settlements / Areas Region Country Global Region Confidence
Place of Writing Stranraer Borders Scotland Europe certain
Destination of Letter St Andrews Street Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred
Mentioned / Other Ayr (Air) Glasgow and West Scotland Europe certain

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Dear Cousin


I am once more going to give you the
troble to wait one Dr Cullin and acquaint him that
I have been bad all last winter and spring with
rhumatick in my right loin and Knee I was so
unlucky as to get a fall one that loin some weeks
ago and give it a sore Bruise it is not discouled
discoulered
only a little sueled at both loin & Knee
it hath been Extreamly painful ever since & so
weak
that when I try to stand one it one it
I think I have little use of it
I can move it
a little I hope the Dr will think of something
that will strenthen it and remove the pain I
wish I had applyd to him sooner it is a llitle shorter
than the other
now & I am likewise much distresed
with the piles they are the dry Blind kind
they are
larg outwardly & from the pain I feel there is some of
them inwardly I am much trobled with a heat that
sometimes comes over my whole body
which makes
me very uneasie and sickly
but never inclines
to sueat any
it goes af after several hours I
suppose it is the pā†‘iā†‘les that Causes it
but am not sure
I have been for ten or twelve days past much
trobled with a laxative disorder
and much
pained in my Bowels with a heat and pain about
the low end of the Back bone inwardly




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I am remarkably weak which most be Considered
I can take no medecine but what is rather diuretice
than otherways and would strenthen the stomach
I have so often been the better of Dr Cullins
prescription that I still flatter my self I will
tho never so weak as nou the note is inclosed
I wish it may go safe. Buy a smal box put
the medecins in and give them to the Carrier
that comes to ayr to deliver it to Will Steen
who will pay him I beg you will excuse this
troble

from your Sincere friend
Elizth Watt

Stranrauer June 28
1786


ps be sure to acquaint the Dr hou much I
am distresed with these heats that frequently
comes on
& I feel it in my Bowels some times
with an inclination to go to Stool oftner then
I need
I have been Confined either to ly or
sit ever since I got it and long before
which I find hurtful to me but cannot help it

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Dr Cusn


I am once more going to give you the
troble to wait one Dr Cullin and acquaint him that
I have been bad all last winter and spring with
rhumatick in my right loin and Knee I was so
unlucky as to get a fall one that loin some weeks
ago and give it a sore Bruise it is not discouled
discoulered
only a little sueled at both loin & Knee
it hath been Extreamly painful ever since & so
weak
that when I try to stand one it one it
I think I have little use of it
I can move it
a little I hope the Dr will think of something
that will strenthen it and remove the pain I
wish I had applyd to him sooner it is a llitle shorter
than the other
now & I am likewise much distresed
with the piles they are the dry Blind kind
they are
larg outwardly & from the pain I feel there is some of
them inwardly I am much trobled with a heat that
sometimes comes over my whole body
which makes
me very uneasie and sickly
but never inclines
to sueat any
it goes af after several hours I
suppose it is the pā†‘iā†‘les that Causes it
but am not sure
I have been for ten or twelve days past much
trobled with a laxative disorder
and much
pained in my Bowels with a heat and pain about
the low end of the Back bone inwardly




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I am remarkably weak which most be Considered
I can take no medecine but what is rather diuretice
than otherways and wd strenthen the stomach
I have so often been the better of Dr Cullins
prescription that I still flatter my self I will
tho never so weak as nou the note is inclosed
I wish it may go safe. Buy a smal box put
the medecins in and give them to the Carrier
that comes to ayr to deliver it to Will Steen
who will pay him I beg you will excuse this
troble

from yr Sincere friend
Elizth Watt

Stranrauer June 28
1786


ps be sure to acquaint the Dr hou much I
am distresed with these heats that frequently
comes on
& I feel it in my Bowels some times
with an inclination to go to Stool oftner then
I need
I have been Confined either to ly or
sit ever since I got it and long before
which I find hurtful to me but cannot help it

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