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

 

[ID:3802] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch) / Regarding: Mr James Hill (Patient) / 21 April 1776 / (Outgoing)

Reply in response to a request for information from Dr John Gilchrist in treating his patient, the surgeon Mr James Hill for calculus, headed 'Management of the Uva Ursi' [Bearberry Leaves], in which Cullen discusses his own use of them in such cases.

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DOC ID 3802
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/1/7/23
Main Language English
Document Direction Outgoing
Date21 April 1776
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TypeScribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry)
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Letter of Introduction No
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Summary Reply in response to a request for information from Dr John Gilchrist in treating his patient, the surgeon Mr James Hill for calculus, headed 'Management of the Uva Ursi' [Bearberry Leaves], in which Cullen discusses his own use of them in such cases.
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Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:732]
Case of the Dumfries surgeon Mr James Hill who has a bladder condition.
3


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[PERS ID:1]AuthorDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:115]AddresseeDr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch)
[PERS ID:589]PatientMr James Hill
[PERS ID:115]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch)

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Place of Writing Cullen's House / Mint Close Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
Destination of Letter Dumfries Borders Scotland Europe inferred

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Management of the Uva Ursi.


I have frequently employed it & several times with manifest
advantage, sometimes without any. I think it succeeds best in
the calculus Vesicæ, not so constantly in the calcus Renalis, & in
ulcerations of the urinary passages I have hardly seen its good
effects: It is best to give it in substance & I begin with ʒſs
of the powder for a dose but gradually increase it to ʒi giving
it 3 times a day & thus continue it for some weeks & it is com¬
monly after 2 or 3 weeks only, that its good effects appear in
relieving the strangurious pains & incontinence of urine. It
commonly agrees well to the stomach, & does not as might be ex¬
pected, bind the belly. It sometimes opens it & I frequently
during its use give an Opiate at bed time. Care must be ta¬
ken that the leaves be in good condition & for this pur¬
pose it is proper, to buy a pound of it from the Druggist,
to pick out the fresh green leaves, & to throw aside the
withered with all the sticks.

W. C.

Edinburgh April 21. 1776.

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Management of the Uva Ursi.


I have frequently employed it & several times with manifest
advantage, sometimes without any. I think it succeeds best in
the calculus Vesicæ, not so constantly in the calcus Renalis, & in
ulcerations of the urinary passages I have hardly seen its good
effects: It is best to give it in substance & I begin with ʒſs
of ye powder for a dose but gradually increase it to ʒi giving
it 3 times a day & thus continue it for some weeks & it is com¬
monly after 2 or 3 weeks only, that its good effects appear in
relieving ye strangurious pains & incontinence of urine. It
commonly agrees well to ye stomach, & does not as mt be ex¬
pected, bind the belly. It sometimes opens it & I frequently
during its use give an Opiate at bed time. Care must be ta¬
ken that the leaves be in good condition & for this pur¬
pose it is proper, to buy a pound of it from the Druggist,
to pick out the fresh green leaves, & to throw aside the
withered with all the sticks.

W. C.

Edinr. April 21. 1776.

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