The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3707] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Reverend Grant / Regarding: Reverend Grant (Patient) / 6 October 1774 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For the Revd Mr Grant' in Alloa, written to Grant in person, containing advice and recipes for an eye-wash and ointment.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3707 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/4/32 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 6 October 1774 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For the Revd Mr Grant' in Alloa, written to Grant in person, containing advice and recipes for an eye-wash and ointment. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:385] |
Case of Reverend Mr Grant who is prescribed an eye wash. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:1365] | Addressee | Reverend Grant |
| [PERS ID:1365] | Patient | Reverend Grant |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
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 | Alloa | Mid Scotland | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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For the Revd Mr Grant
Your distress gives me a great
deal of concern & I shall be very happy to give
you relief. In one particular I hope I can by
telling you that I am firmly persuadd. you have
no ailment but that of your eyes or what depend
on the same humour which is in them. To discuss this I
do not find so easy but hope it may be done by a
very careful diet, fresh air, frequent Exercise on horseback &
cold bathing. These measures I would trust to for
some time without any medicine & particularly I think you
have taken the Bark too long. For your eyes
the water on the other is the only application I would
make to them. Poultices of all kinds I think
bad for them. If they are apt to be glued together
in the morning you may apply the bigness of
half a pea to the edges of the eyelids of the
ointment prescribed below. After trying this
course for some time if you please to write
to me I shall be glad to advise further as
well as I can. Please tell me that then if at
any time of your life you ever had anything
scrophulous or if ever any of your family
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were affected in that way.
1774.
Take four ounces of Rosewater, a drachm of distilled Acetate and a scruple of Sugar of Lead. Dissolve and strain through paper. Label: Water to be employed cold for washing the eyes two or three times a day.
Take half an ounce of the Lead Ointment from the Pharmacopœia. Label: Cooling Ointment the bigness of ½ a pea to be applied to the edges of the eyelids of each eye every night at bedtime.
1774.
Diplomatic Text
For the Revd Mr Grant
Your distress gives me a great
deal of concern & I shall be very happy to give
you relief. In one particr I hope I can by
telling you that I am firmly persuadd. you have
no ailmt but that of your eyes or what depend
on ye same humr wc is in them. To discuss ys I
do not find so easy but hope it may be done by a
very carl diet, fresh air, freqt Exerc. on horseb. &
cold bathg. These measures I would trust to for
some time wout any med. & particy I think you
have taken ye Bark too long. For your eyes
the water on the other is ye only applicn. I would
make to them. Poultices of all kinds I think
bad for them. If they are apt to be glued togr.
in ye morng. you may apply the bigness of
half a pea to the edges of ye eyelids of ye
ointmt. prescribed below. After trying this
course for some time if you please to write
to me I shall be glad to advise further as
well as I can. Please tell me that then if at
any time of your life you ever had anything
scrophulous or if ever any of your family
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were affected in that way.
1774.
℞ Aq. Ros. ℥iv
Acet. destilat. ʒi Sacch. Sat. ℈i Solve & per
chart. cola.
Sign. Water to be employed cold for washing ye
eyes two or three times a day.
℞ Ung. Saturnin. Pharm. 1774. ℥ſs.
Sign. Cooling Ointm.t ye bignss of ½ a pea to be
applied to the edges of ye eyelids of each eye
every nt. at bedtime.
1774.
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