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

 

[ID:306] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Ogilby (Patient) / 26 May 1775 / (Outgoing)

Reply 'For Miss Ogilby'. She has 'had some feverishness [...] hanging about her for eight days past'. Cullen recommends her going to the country and taking mares' milk; also recommends exercise and taking laxative powder. Other dietary recommendations include boiled chicken or veal, with the caveat that if she is 'liable to any heat in the night time the less animal food she takes the better'.

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DOC ID 306
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/1/6/7
Main Language English
Document Direction Outgoing
Date26 May 1775
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Summary Reply 'For Miss Ogilby'. She has 'had some feverishness [...] hanging about her for eight days past'. Cullen recommends her going to the country and taking mares' milk; also recommends exercise and taking laxative powder. Other dietary recommendations include boiled chicken or veal, with the caveat that if she is 'liable to any heat in the night time the less animal food she takes the better'.
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[Case ID:508]
Case of Miss Ogilby who has had a fever for the last eight days.
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[PERS ID:1]AuthorDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:1413]PatientMiss Ogilby
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)

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For Miss Ogilby


As Miss Ogilby has had some feverishness especially in
the night time hanging about her for eight days past the first
measure to be pursued in her going to the Country is the giving
her Mares milk in the morning. ---


She may take from a gill to half a muchkin as her
stomach seems to digest it. It is to be taken about six oclock
in the morning so that she may sleep after it but if at the
same time she sweates much, the sleep must be avoided and
the milk must be given later so that she may get out of bed soon
after it. It is enough if the milk is taken an hour before
Breakfast which may be as usual of Tea & Bread & butter, but
let the Tea be weak & the butter spread very thin. ---


At dinner Miss Ogiby may have a bit of Chicken boiled, Lamb
or veal but while she is liable to any heat in the night time the
less animal food she takes the better & her dinner should be broth
Pudding & vegetables. -- At supper she may take some kind of
milk meat or vegetables, & these only without Eggs or any kind
of Animal food. --


With this diet Miss Ogilby should have daily exsercise in a
carriage or rather on horseback when the weather is not bad. --


She should have this in the forenoon & to the lenght she easily bears. -


When she happens to be costive she should take a dose of the laxative
powder
sent along with her. The manner of taking it is this.
Put a bit or two of tea sugar into a cup & drop upon it as much
boiling water as will make the syrup sugar fall down in to a
Syrup. To this put the powder & mix it well & let her take
it at two or three times with a tea spoon leaving a
quarter of an hour between each tea spoonful. --




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If she is not costive she may let alone the Laxative, by these means
I hope Miss Ogilby shall get the better of her ailments & with the
rest of the swellings on her neck, but these are ready to be
tedious & therefore if after a fortnight of the above course, if
the swellings remain & especially if the grow larger or even
if the have not sensibly diminished she must have recourse
to the Aperiant solution. -- Of this a table spoonful is to be
mixed with half a muchkin of spring water & this is to be taken
at three draughts at the interval of half an hour between
each. -- While she continues to have any heat in the night
time, the mares milk is to be continued in the mornings &
the solution is to be taken about eleven in the forenoon, but
if the feverish heats are entirely gone while the swellings
continue, the milk may be laid aside & the solution
may be taken in the morning so as to be finished an
hour before breakfast. -- The same diet is to be continued
with the solution as above mentioned. --


If while she is taking the solution she continues to be costive
the dose of the solution may be increased to a spoonful & half or
two spoonfuls increasing also in proportion the spring
water. Upon the whole the dose of the solution should
be so much as to keep her belly regular but not so much
as to Purge her. --

William Cullen

Edinburgh 26.th May
1775

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For Miss Ogilby


As Miss Ogilby has had some feverishness especially in
the night time hanging about her for eight days past the first
measure to be pursued in her going to the Country is the giving
her Mares milk in the morning. ---


She may take from a gill to half a muchkin as her
stomach seems to digest it. It is to be taken about six oclock
in the morning so that she may sleep after it but if at the
same time she sweates much, the sleep must be avoided and
the milk must be given later so that she may get out of bed soon
after it. It is enough if the milk is taken an hour before
Breakfast which may be as usual of Tea & Bread & butter, but
let the Tea be weak & the butter spread very thin. ---


At dinner Miss Ogiby may have a bit of Chicken boiled, Lamb
or veal but while she is liable to any heat in the night time the
less animal food she takes the better & her dinner should be broth
Pudding & vegetables. -- At supper she may take some kind of
milk meat or vegetables, & these only without Eggs or any kind
of Animal food. --


With this diet M- Ogilby should have daily exsercise in a
carriage or rather on horseback when the weather is not bad. --


She should have this in the forenoon & to the lenght she easily bears. -


When she happens to be costive she should take a dose of the laxative
powder
sent along with her. The manner of taking it is this.
Put a bit or two of tea sugar into a cup & drop upon it as much
boiling water as will make the syrup sugar fall down in to a
Syrup. To this put the powder & mix it well & let her take
it at two or three times with a tea spoon leaving a
quarter of an hour between each tea spoonful. --




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If she is not costive she may let alone the Laxative, by these means
I hope Miss Ogilby shall get the better of her ailments & with the
rest of the swellings on her neck, but these are ready to be
tedious & therefore if after a fortnight of the above course, if
the swellings remain & especially if the grow larger or even
if the have not sensibly diminished she must have recourse
to the Aperiant solution. -- Of this a table spoonful is to be
mixed wt half a muchkin of spring water & this is to be taken
at three draughts at the interval of half an hour between
each. -- While she continues to have any heat in the night
time, the mares milk is to be continued in the mornings &
the solution is to be taken about eleven in the forenoon, but
if the feverish heats are entirely gone while the swellings
continue, the milk may be laid aside & the solution
may be taken in the morning so as to be finished an
hour before breakfast. -- The same diet is to be continued
with the solution as above mentioned. --


If while she is taking the solution she continues to be costive
the dose of the solution may be increased to a spoonful & half or
two spoonfuls increasing also in proportion the spring
water. Upon the whole the dose of the solution should
be so much as to keep her belly regular but not so much
as to Purge her. --

William Cullen

Edinr 26.th May
1775

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