The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3813] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mrs Anderson (Patient) / 13 May 1776 / (Outgoing)
Reply, 'For Mrs Anderson'
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 3813 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/7/34 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 13 May 1776 |
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 Mrs Anderson' |
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:831] |
Case of Mrs Anderson who is given advice on regimen to manage an unspecified disorder which is not dangerous and appears to come and go. |
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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:2101] | Patient | Mrs Anderson |
[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 Mrs Anderson
Her ailment troublesome, not dangerous. may be altogether
prevented. Therefore
Avoid a full diet of animal food. May take a bit of
meat at dinner. None at supper. At dinner, any
kind of plain meat as beef mutton, veal, lamb, whitefowl,
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but should make up with broth, pudding & vegetables
Avoid Bacon, Pork or any very fat meat, baked or fried
meats, & heavy sauces. Eggs unless as a part of a
pudding are bad for her as also Cheese unless in
very small quantity Fish, seldom & sparingly.
For drink, water with a little of some whitewine.
Avoid all malt liquor. At dinner & supper she
may take 2 or 3 glasses of plain wine, but let
it be whitewine, & avoid Red.
Frequent exercise on horseback or in a carriage, & if
once a year she take some length of journey
it will be of service.
Guard against cold, especially in her feet & legs
If a fit ↑of Illness↑ come on, a little vomitting may be allowed
but not much, & not to be encouraged. The first
thing to be done is to open her by a Laxative
glyster & after that if she haue not much vomiting
she may take 2 of the Anodyne pills below. But
if the vomiting be urgent & the Pills be thrown
up again, take the Anodyne glyster also below.
If the fit of pains [attending it, do not withstanding?]
continue violent, the Pills or Glyster may be repea¬
ted after 4 or 5 hours.
When she is tolerably free from her complaint she
should take 5 of the Aperient pills every night & morning for a fortnight, & this she should do at least every two
months, & particularly if at any time she feel her disor¬
der coming on, she may take these pills for 2 or 3
day in hope she may prevent the fit
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But when the disorder is actually come on, she
must lay aside these pills.
Take one drachm of Soap Pills and divide into twelve pills. Label: Anodyne pills two for a dose.
Take three ounces of spring water and three drachms of Gum Arabic. Dissolve, strain & add one drop of Thebaic Tincture. Label: for the Anod. glyster.
Take two drachms of electuary of powdered rhubarb, three drachms of Spanish Soap and a sufficient quantity of Muscilage Gum Arabic to make a mixture, out of which make six pills of half-a-drachm each. Label: Aperiant Pills N.B If this laxative pills too {illeg} [and?] more than one {illeg} indicated, increase quantity of soap to six drachms
Diplomatic Text
For Mrs Anderson
Her ailmt troublesome, not dangerous. may be altogether
prevented. Therefore
Avoid a full diet of animal food. May take a bit of
meat at dinner. None at supp. At dinner, any
kind of plain meat as beef mutton, veal, lamb, whitefowl,
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but should make up w broth, pudding & vegetables
Avoid Bacon, Pork or any very fat meat, baked or fried
meats, & heavy sauces. Eggs unless as a part of a
pudding are bad for her as also Cheese unless in
very small qty Fish, seldom & sparingly.
For drink, water w a little of some whitewine.
Avoid all malt liquor. At dinner & supper she
may take 2 or 3 glasses of plain wine, but let
it be whitewine, & avoid Red.
Freqt exerc. on horseb. or in a carriage, & if
once a year she take some length of journey
it will be of service.
Guard agst cold, especially in her feet & legs
If a fit ↑of Illness↑ come on, a little vomitting m.b. allowed
but not much, & not to be encouraged. The first
thing to be done is to open her by a Laxative
glyst & after that if she haue not mc vomitg
she may take 2 of ye Anod. pills below. But
if the vomitg be urgent & ye Pills be thrown
up again, take ye Anod. glyst. also below.
If the fit of pains [attendg it, do not withstandg?]
continue violent, the Pills or Glyst m.b. repea¬
ted after 4 or 5 hours.
When she is tolerably free from her complt she
should take 5 of ye Aperient pills ev. nt & morng
for a fortnt, & this she should do at least ev. two
months, & particuly if at any time she feel her disor¬
der coming on, she may take these pills for 2 or 3
day in hope she may prevent the fit
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But when the disorder is actually come on, she
must lay aside these pills.
℞ Pil. sapon. ʒi Divid. in pil. no XII S. Anodyne
pills two for a dose.
℞ Aq font.℥iij G. Arab ʒiij Solve, cola, & adde
Tinct. Theb gtt I. S. for the Anodyne glyster.
℞ Pulv. rhei elect. ʒij Sapon. Hisp. ʒiij
Muc. g. Arab. q.s. ut [f?] M. [ex cujus singulis
ʒſs fermentor Pilulae No vj S. Aperiant Pills
N.B. Si hic pilulae alvum nimis moveunt &
plus quam unam sedem indic augeatur quantitis
saponis ad ʒvj?]
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