The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:290] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr James Bon / Regarding: Mr William Fergusson (Ferguson; of Auchinsoul) (Patient) / 14 March 1782 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mr Ferguson', including that he should 'entirely lay aside the use of snuff or of Tobacco in any other shape'.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 290 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/14/179 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 14 March 1782 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine copy |
| Enclosure(s) | Enclosure(s) mentioned, but missing |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For Mr Ferguson', including that he should 'entirely lay aside the use of snuff or of Tobacco in any other shape'. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1466] |
Case of William Ferguson who has fits. |
8 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:205] | Addressee | Mr James Bon |
| [PERS ID:204] | Patient | Mr William Fergusson (Ferguson; of Auchinsoul) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:205] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr James Bon |
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 |
| Destination of Letter | Ayr (Air) | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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For Mr Ferguson
His ailment both on account of its long continuance
and of his time life will now be more difficult to cure
than it would have been sometime ago. But still I have
no doubt of its being cured and only mention the difficulty
to engage him to a strict attention to the proper regimen
and to a perseverance in it for a due length of time.
The measures I propose for curing him are the fol¬
lowing.
1. He is to take one of the cephalic pills ordered on the
other page every night at bedtime. If the single pill
does not give him any degree of squeamishness after
trying it for two nights he may then take two pills
for a dose and if after two nights more even the two
pills give no squeamishness he may Still go on to increase
the dose till he can take six for a dose. But let him
observe that whatever dose gives a little squeamishness
is enough and at that, he is to continue for many nights
together or at least till he finds it to have no effects on
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his Stomach and then he may increase the dose by an addi¬
tional pill.
Another observation, to be made is that if the dose of
pills without affecting his stomach should happen to go
downwards and purge him, this circumstance must also
limit the dose and stop its being carried any farther
2. This is the only medicine that I think necessary at
present but I depend as much or more upon his regimen
than upon medicine and in this view I advise a strict
attention to the regimen I formerly advised. I advise
also the use of cold bathing to be brought on with the
same caution as before.
3. I find it necessary to advise further that he should
entirely lay aside the use of snuff or of Tobacco in any
other shape.
Edinburgh 14th March
1782
Diplomatic Text
For Mr Ferguson
His ailment both on account of its long continuance
and of his time life will now be more difficult to cure
than it would have been sometime ago. But still I have
no doubt of its being cured and only mention the difficulty
to engage him to a strict attention to the proper regimen
and to a perseverance in it for a due length of time.
The measures I propose for curing him are the fol¬
lowing.
1. He is to take one of the cephalic pills ordered on the
other page every night at bedtime. If the single pill
does not give him any degree of squeamishness after
trying it for two nights he may then take two pills
for a dose and if after two nights more even the two
pills give no squeamishness he may Still go on to increase
the dose till he can take six for a dose. But let him
observe that whatever dose gives a little squeamishness
is enough and at that, he is to continue for many nights
together or at least till he finds it to have no effects on
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his Stomach and then he may increase the dose by an addi¬
tional pill.
Another observation, to be made is that if the dose of
pills without affecting his stomach should happen to go
downwards and purge him, this circumstance must also
limit the dose and stop its being carried any farther
2. This is the only medicine that I think necessary at
present but I depend as much or more upon his regimen
than upon medicine and in this view I advise a strict
attention to the regimen I formerly advised. I advise
also the use of cold bathing to be brought on with the
same caution as before.
3. I find it necessary to advise further that he should
entirely lay aside the use of snuff or of Tobacco in any
other shape.
Edinr. 14th March
1782
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