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[ID:3470] Case Note / Regarding: Mrs Mary Leith (Forbes) (of Leith Hall) (Patient) / February? 1780? / (Incoming)
Case note on the case of Mrs Leith who has been sick since he last lying in (giving birth). Author is Dr George Skene, and place of writing established from letter 3469.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 3470 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/2357b |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Incoming |
Date | February? 1780? |
Annotation | None |
Type | Authorial original |
Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
Autopsy | No |
Recipe | No |
Regimen | No |
Letter of Introduction | No |
Case Note | No |
Summary | Case note on the case of Mrs Leith who has been sick since he last lying in (giving birth). Author is Dr George Skene, and place of writing established from letter 3469. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:1282] |
Case of Mrs Leith, mother of four children, who has been sick since she last gave birth. |
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People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:64] | Author | Dr George Skene |
[PERS ID:3669] | Patient | Mrs Mary Leith (of Leith Hall) |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:64] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr George Skene |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Aberdeen | East Highlands | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Case of Mrs Leith
Mrs Leith aged 26 -- of a healthy constitution
[florid?] Complexion & remarkably active -- the
Mother of four Children & formerly recovered
from inlying very sick -- The Third time She lay in
She recovered as usual for some weeks, after
which she contracted a great degree of nervous
debility, became very costive, lost her Appetite
& flesh -- She used different medicines occasionally
to remove the Costiveness & sometimes these had
too powerful effects & griped her much -- During
the last pregnancy she was rather better but
when it was far advanced she was siezed twice
with fainting fits, attended once with a difficulty
of moving her jaw or using the organs of
Speech for a short time -- These did not return -
She went to her full time & had a natural
labour without fainting, altho the former
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time before the placenta came off She had a
very alarming faint of long duration - She re¬
covered very well for three weeks, after which
her weakness returned with its usual attendent
costiveness &c & the fluor albus to a considerable
degree -- The Oleum Ricini has been ordered for her
of which she has taken but one Spoonfull & it
proved too strong for her, operating four times
with gripes - The Peruvian bark always disa¬
greed with her Stomach & increased the Costive¬
ness -
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Mrs. Leith
Diplomatic Text
Case of Mrs Leith
Mrs Leith aged 26 -- of a healthy constitution
[florid?] Complexion & remarkably active -- the
Mother of four Children & formerly recovered
from inlying very sick -- The Third time She lay in
She recovered as usual for some weeks, after
which she contracted a great degree of nervous
debility, became very costive, lost her Appetite
& flesh -- She used different medicines occasionally
to remove the Costiveness & sometimes these had
too powerful effects & griped her much -- During
the last pregnancy she was rather better but
when it was far advanced she was siezed twice
with fainting fits, attended once with a difficulty
of moving her jaw or using the organs of
Speech for a short time -- These did not return -
She went to her full time & had a natural
labour without fainting, altho the former
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time before the placenta came off She had a
very alarming faint of long duration - She re¬
covered very well for three weeks, after which
her weakness returned with its usual attendent
costiveness &c & the fluor albus to a considerable
degree -- The Ol. Ricini has been ordered for her
of which she has taken but one Spoonfull & it
proved too strong for her, operating four times
with gripes - The Peruvian bark always disa¬
greed with her Stomach & increased the Costive¬
ness -
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Mrs. Leith
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