The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3744] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Anonymous / Regarding: Miss Porterfield (Patient) / 16 July 1773 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Miss Porterfield'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3744 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/5/7 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 16 July 1773 |
| 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 Miss Porterfield' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:350] |
Case of Miss Porterfield who has a weak stomach. |
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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:1998] | Addressee | |
| [PERS ID:1997] | Patient | Miss Porterfield |
| [PERS ID:1998] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | |
| [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 |
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For Miss Porterfield
A weakness of the stomach is Difficult to mend
and especially when it has subsisted for a long time
but there is hardly any case of it which by attention
and pains may not be greatly releived.
The attention especially necessary is with res¬
pect to Diet but with respect to this Miss P. has
had so much experience of agrees or disagrees with
her stomach that it is not necessary for me to offer
any particular directions. In general I judge
it necessary for her to abstain entirely from all sort
of fermented liquors, to take vegetables very spa¬
ringly and not at all any fruit and with regard
to animal food to keep the stomach light eating
little and often. The other attentions necessary are
to be much in the fresh air when it is not very hot
walking moderately is good for her but riding
is still better. It should be either in the morning
or forenoon and never after dinner at least for
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several hours. It is necessary to go early to bed
and very proper to get {illeg} up betimes in the morning
Care to avoid cold is to be taken but especially of
the feet and legs and I have often found persons
of weak stomachs much releived by promoting the cir¬
culation in the feet by bathing them in warm
water before going to bed at night and by having
them well rubbed by a flesh brush in the morning
Miss P. knows already how necessary it is to diges¬
tion to keep the bowels regular. A medicine [is?]
commonly necessary and sometimes difficult to find
one that answers properly. I have prescribed
one on a paper apart. Which I expect will be
found convenient. Bark and Bitters are often of
service but by long continuance they lose their ef¬
fect and perhaps do harm. I have on the paper
part ordered a Stomachic powder from which I have
found great benefit in Weakness of the Stomach
A powder is to be taken twice every day in a
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little water about an hour before Dinner and
Supper and it may be washed down with a little
brandy or water. After taking a single powder
for a Dose for several Days together if they are
found to agree very well with the stomach two
papers may be put into one for every dose and
this double Dose may also be taken twice a day
and that continued for a fortnight.
1773
Take Socotrine aloes, up to one drachm of Extract Gentian, 13 grains of Gambogia, 1 scruple of Polychrest Salts,a sufficient quantity of Simple Syrup as that makes a mass to be divided into single pills of four grains. Label: Laxative pills one to be taken for a dose at bedtime
16 July
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For Miss Porterfield
Take 5 grains Root of Columbo powder, 7 grains prepared Crab's Eyes, Mix to make a powder and let there be made in an emergency. Dose number 24 Label: Stomachic Powders one to to be taken twice a Day
1773
Diplomatic Text
For Miss Porterfield
A weakness of the stomach is Difficult to mend
and especially when it has subsisted for a long time
but there is hardly any case of it which by attention
and pains may not be greatly releived.
The attention especially necessary is with res¬
pect to Diet but with respect to this Miss P. has
had so much experience of agrees or disagrees with
her stomach that it is not necessary for me to offer
any particular directions. In general I judge
it necessary for her to abstain entirely from all sort
of fermented liquors, to take vegetables very spa¬
ringly and not at all any fruit and with regard
to animal food to keep the stomach light eating
little and often. The other attentions necessary are
to be much in the fresh air when it is not very hot
walking moderately is good for her but riding
is still better. It should be either in the morning
or forenoon and never after dinner at least for
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several hours. It is necessary to go early to bed
and very proper to get {illeg} up betimes in the morning
Care to avoid cold is to be taken but especially of
the feet and legs and I have often found persons
of weak stomachs much releived by promoting the cir¬
culation in the feet by bathing them in warm
water before going to bed at night and by having
them well rubbed by a flesh brush in the morning
Miss P. knows already how necessary it is to diges¬
tion to keep the bowels regular. A medicine [is?]
commonly necessary and sometimes difficult to find
one that answers properly. I have prescribed
one on a paper apart. Which I expect will be
found convenient. Bark and Bitters are often of
service but by long continuance they lose their ef¬
fect and perhaps do harm. I have on the paper
part ordered a Stomachic powder from which I have
found great benefit in Weakness of the Stomach
A powder is to be taken twice every day in a
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little water about an hour before Dinner and
Supper and it may be washed down with a little
brandy or water. After taking a single powder
for a Dose for several Days together if they are
found to agree very well with the stomach two
papers may be put into one for every dose and
this double Dose may also be taken twice a day
and that continued for a fortnight.
1773
℞ aloes Socotorin
Extract Gentian ad ʒi
Gambog gr. Xij
Sal polychrest ℈i
Syr Commun q.s. ut. f. massa dividenda
in pil sing. gr. IV
Sig. Laxative pills one to be taken for a dose
at bedtime
16 July
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For Miss Porterfield
℞ Rad Columb pulv gr. v
Ocul Cancr pp gr vij
ℳ f. Pulvis et fiant h.m. Dos № XXIV
Sig Stomachic Powders one to be taken twice a
a Day
1773
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