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

 

[ID:2853] From: Colonel William Maxwell (General Sir William Maxwell of Calderwood, 7th Bt (after 1829)) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Colonel George Clerk (Clarke, Clark) (Patient) / 17 July 1786 / (Incoming)

Letter from Col. William Maxwell, concerning the case of Colonel Clerk (his uncle), whom he visited at Rook's Nest. It consists of a covering letter and a brief memorandum. He will pay him when he is next in Edinburgh. (He is currently staying at Lees, the home of the Marjoribanks family).

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Metadata

FieldData
DOC ID 2853
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/1888
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
Date17 July 1786
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial original
Enclosure(s) Enclosure(s) present
Autopsy No
Recipe No
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Letter from Col. William Maxwell, concerning the case of Colonel Clerk (his uncle), whom he visited at Rook's Nest. It consists of a covering letter and a brief memorandum. He will pay him when he is next in Edinburgh. (He is currently staying at Lees, the home of the Marjoribanks family).
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting Yes

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:1473]
Case of Colonel George Clerk [Clark, Clarke, Clerke] who becomes excessively weak and feeble from chronic costiveness, breathlessness, and other chronic complaints. In New York he has a perpetual fever and stomach complaint and mentions consulting Cullen before but no firm evidence traced unless he is the same patient as Case 283 in 1768.
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[PERS ID:3190]AuthorColonel William Maxwell (General Sir William Maxwell of Calderwood, 7th Bt (after 1829))
[PERS ID:1]AddresseeDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:2507]PatientColonel George Clerk (Clarke, Clark)
[PERS ID:5684]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecarySir George Baker (Bt.; of Loventor, 1st Bart.)
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:3190]Patient's Relative / Spouse / FriendColonel William Maxwell (General Sir William Maxwell of Calderwood, 7th Bt (after 1829))

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Place of Writing The Lees Coldstream Borders Scotland Europe certain
Destination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
Mentioned / Other Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred
Mentioned / Other Rooks Nest Godstone London and South-East England Europe certain
Place of Handstamp Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick) North-East England Europe certain

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Lees 17. July
Dear Sir


I beg leave to enclose to you a
memorandum concerning Colo. Clerk's state of
health, which I took lately by his desire at Rooke
Nest, and which you will find nearly a repetition
of his former complaints. I beg you will send him
up a written opinion as soon as possible, as it may
afford some temporary ease to his mind to have
the opinion of a person he has so much confidence
in. I shall look upon myself as indebted two
Guineas to you which ↑I↑ shall have the honor to pay
you on my return to town.

I am
Dear Sir
your most obedient
humble Servant
W. Maxwell


Colo. Clerk consults
sometimes Sir Bt. Baker




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Colo. Clerk feels a general
weakness over his whole body
,
and after any exertion a great
lassitude prevails
. He is often
sick when out in the carriage

is always much exhausted at his
return home. He continues to
get no stool but what is forced

by Medicine, and ↑has↑ still that
fulness in
his bell under the
Navel
, & contin frequently a suffocation.
Colo. C. is willing to go wherever he
is most likely to procure strength
which is principal object at present
as he is comm generally pretty
free from bodily pain. His common
pulse is from 78 to 82




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Colo. takes bitters every day
Quere would not bark if taken
in proper quantities help to
recruit his strength as it is
does not desagree with his stomach
and how it should be taken?
What wine should he drink at
dinner, & what quantity
& what is best meat for him.
There is some bark in his bitters.




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Doctor Cullen
Edinburgh


Col. Maxwell
Concerning Col. Clarke
July 1786
V. XVIII. p. 225

Diplomatic Text

[Page 1]
Lees 17. July
Dear Sir


I beg leave to enclose to you a
memorandum concerning Colo. Clerk's state of
health, which I took lately by his desire at Rooke
Nest, and which you will find nearly a repetition
of his former complaints. I beg you will send him
up a written opinion as soon as possible, as it may
afford some temporary ease to his mind to have
the opinion of a person he has so much confidence
in. I shall look upon myself as indebted two
Guineas to you which ↑I↑ shall have the honor to pay
you on my return to town.

I am
Dear Sir
your most obedt
humble Servant
W. Maxwell


Colo. Clerk consults
sometimes Sr. Bt. Baker




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Colo. Clerk feels a general
weakness over his whole body
,
and after any exertion a great
lassitude prevails
. He is often
sick when out in the carriage

is always much exhausted at his
return home. He continues to
get no stool but what is forced

by Medicine, and ↑has↑ still that
fulness in
his bell under the
Navel
, & contin frequently a suffocation.
Colo. C. is willing to go wherever he
is most likely to procure strength
which is principal object at present
as he is comm generally pretty
free from bodily pain. His common
pulse is fm. 78 to 82




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Colo. takes bitters every day
Quere would not bark if taken
in proper quantities help to
recruit his strength as it is
does not desagree with his stomach
and how it should be taken?
What wine should he drink at
dinner, & what quantity
& what is best meat for him.
There is some bark in his bitters.




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Doctor Cullen
Edinburgh


Col. Maxwell
C. Col. Clarke
July 1786
V. XVIII. p. 225

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