The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3756] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Captain Garrick (Patient) / 11 April 1774 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mr Garrick'. The initials to this hastily written, heavily contracted case-book transcript looks more like 'W. E.' than 'W. C.', but this is probably just a flourish of the pen.
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Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 3756 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/5/19 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 11 April 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 Mr Garrick'. The initials to this hastily written, heavily contracted case-book transcript looks more like 'W. E.' than 'W. C.', but this is probably just a flourish of the pen. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
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Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:375] |
Case of Captain Garrick who is prescribed a laxative electuary and pectoral mixture. |
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People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:1329] | Patient | Captain Garrick |
[PERS ID:1330] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr Reid |
[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 |
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Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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For Mr Garrick.
Mr Garricks ailment may I hope be very much relieved
but it cannot be entirely removed but in some length of time &
only in consequences of a strict & continued attention to a
proper regimen.
He must abstain very entirely from all kinds of strong drink.
He must also be very abstemious in diet & take very little animal
food. At dinner he may take a little broth & at times a little
of the lighter kinds of meats but it should be a little only &
his meal should be filled up with pudding & vegetables. At
supper should take little of any thing & not at all of meat.
He must particularly take care to guard against cold & for that
purpose wear constantly a flannel shirt next his skin. At
the same time he must take care never to be much heated by
warm chambers by being in much company or many
bedcoaths. The chamber in which he lodges should be free
from all draughts of air & tolerably large.
He will be the better for being much in the open air when
it is neither wet nor cold. Much walking & every kind of bodily
exercise will do much harm & therefore can only go abroad
in a carriage or on horseback. When the weather is such
that he can sit in a carriage with the glasses down it
may answer very well but as soon as he can bear going on
horseback this will be the most proper exercise for him.
Whether he goes in a carriage or on horseback his motion
should for some time be as smooth as possibly.
It will be very necessary for him to keep his belly
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regular & it is hoped that the Squill Mixture which Mr Reid
has advised will answer the purpose but if it does not he must
have recourse to another medecine & it is hoped the Electuary ordered
below will be found to answer well.
Tho the squill Mixture should not in the quantity his Stomach
bear prove laxative it must be continued for the sake of
his breast & it may perhaps be more usefull for this purpose
if a ʒj of the Assa Fœtid be dissolved in every ℥vi of the Mixture.
Besides the medicine taken seveeral times a day he may
take also at bed time a spoonfull of the Pectoral Mixture.
ordered below at bed time. These medecines I hope will be
enough to relieve him at present but if by any accident
he should have more violent asthmatic fits he must
take the same Pectoral Mixture more frequently more or less as he
finds relief from it & that it does not heat him too much.
For Mr. Gs more immediate relief I advise
him as soon as he is settled in quarters to have a
blistering plaister applied between his shoulders & that a small
part of the blistered place be kept open for some time that
in the way of a perpetual blister
Take half an ounce of flowers of sulphur, two ounces of crystal tartar, one ounce of juice of French prunes, and a sufficient quantity of simple syrup, and make a thin electuary or Lochoch. Label: Laxative Electuary, 1, 2 or 3 teaspoonfulls to be taken in the morning.
Take two drachms of asafoetida and four ounces of pennyroyal water. Dissolve and sieve, and add two drachms of tincture of compounded castor, ten grains of salts of hartshorn, and two ounces of Syrup of Balsam, and mix. Label: Pectoral Mixture.
11 April
1774
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For Mr Garrick.
Mr Garricks ailmt may I hope be very mc relieved
bt it cannot be entirely removed bt in some length of time &
only in consequences of a strict & continued attention to a
proper regimen.
He must abstain very entirely fm all kinds of strong drink.
He must also be very abstems in diet & take very little animal
food. At dinner he may take a little broth & at times a little
of ye lighter kinds of meats bt it should be a little only &
his meal should be filled up w pudding & vegetables. At
supper should take little of any yg & not at all of meat.
He must party take care to guard agt cold & for yt
purp wear consty a flannel shirt next his skin. At
ye same time he must take care never to be mc heated by
warm chambers by being in mc company or many
bedcoaths. The chamber in wc he lodges should be free
fm all draughts of air & tolerably large.
He will be ye better for being mc in ye open air wn
it is neither wet nor cold. Mc walkg & every kind of bodily
exercise will do mc harm & yrefore can only go abroad
in a carriage or on horseback. Wn ye weather is such
yt he can sit in a carriage w ye glasses down it
may answer very well bt as soon as he can bear going on
horseback this will be ye most proper exercise for him.
Whether he goes in a carriage or on horseback his motn
should for some time be as smooth as possibly.
It will be very necessy for him to keep his belly
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regr & it is hoped yt ye Squill Mixture wc Mr Reid
has advised will answr ye purp: bt if it does not he must
have recourse to another med & it is hoped ye Elect: ordd
below will be found to answer well.
Tho ye squill ℳ should nt in ye qty his Stom:
bear prove laxative it must be contd for ye sake of
his breast & it may perhaps be more usefull for ys purp.
if a ʒj of ye Assa Fœtid be dissolved in every ℥vi of ye ℳ.
Besides ye med. taken sevl times a d. he may
take also at bed time a spoonfull of ye Pectoral ℳ.
ordd below at bed time. These meds I hope will be
enough to relieve him at prest. bt if by any accidt
he should have more violt asthmatic fits he must
take ye same Pect. ℳ more freqy more or less as he
finds relief fm it & yt it does not heat him too mc.
For Mr. Gs more immediate relief I advise
him as soon as he is settled in quarters to have a
blistg plaist applied betwn his shoulds & yt a small
pt of ye blist place be kept open for some time yt.
in ye way of a perpetual blister
℞ Fl. Sulph. ℥ſs Cryst. Tart. ℥ij. Pulp. prun. Gall. ℥j
syr. simpl. q. s. ut f. Elect. tenue sive Lochoch.
signa. Laxat. Elect. 1 2 or 3 tea sp. fuls to be tn. in ye Morn.
℞ Ass Fœtid ʒij Aq. Puleg. ℥vi Solve et colaturæ
adde Tinct. Cast. comp. ʒij Sal. Corn. Cerv. gr. x
Syr. Balsamic. ℥ij ℳ. Signa Pectoral Mixture
11 April
1774
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