The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3896] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr / Regarding: Miss Gwynn (Patient) / 10 August 1776 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Miss Gwynn', whose fits of hysteria and costiveness are associated with menstrual problems.
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Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 3896 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/8/8 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 10 August 1776 |
Annotation | None |
Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
Autopsy | No |
Recipe | Yes |
Regimen | Yes |
Letter of Introduction | No |
Case Note | No |
Summary | Reply 'For Miss Gwynn', whose fits of hysteria and costiveness are associated with menstrual problems. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
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Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:841] |
Case of Miss Gwynn who has a menstrual problem. |
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Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:5879] | Addressee | Mr |
[PERS ID:3426] | Patient | Miss Gwynn |
[PERS ID:5879] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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Miss Gwynn's first care must be to keep her belly regular
For this purpose I have prescribed a medicine on a paper
apart which she must employ as often as necessary, so as never
to be without a stool for more than two days.
This she is especially to attend to towards the end of a month
when it may be proper for her to take a dose every night
Towards the same time time, she should every night set her feet &
Legs in warm water, for half an hour or longer, taking
care however to have them very well dried & rubbed, before
she goes into bed, & when she lies down to have them wrapt
in warm flannel, till they have become sufficiently warm.
At the approach of a period as soon as any of the pains she
has been liable to come on, let her take two of the
Anodyne Pills at bed time, or if does not find that the dose
of the Pills does not quiet the pains intwo hours more, she
may take one or two Pills more. If the Pains continue
to {illeg} she should take a dose of the Pills every night
even after the Period has come on. ––
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This management it is hoped will make her periods much
easier than they have been; but if either then or at any
other time a Hysteric fit should come on she must have
recourse to Laudanum, to be taken & repeated in full
doses as occasion may require taking care at the same time
by Glysters to keep her belly regular. If in case of an
Hysteric fit ye Laudanum should be rejected by vomiting
it must be given by way of Glyster but in a double
dose. The best manner for making Glyster is by diss¬
olving three drams of Gum Arabic in three ounces
water, & after straining & moderately warming, the
Laudanum is to be mixed with it & the whole given by way of
Glyster. –– This is the management of fits, but it will be
much more desirable to prevent them, & this is to be done by
taking great care to avoid cold fatigue & all emotion of mind
& particularly in taking care to avoid all every thing in diet
that may either load her Stomach or raise wind upon it.
1776
Take one ounce each of Socotrine Aloes and Gentian Extract, fifteen grains of Gamboge, and ten grains of Colomel. Rub together the aloes with the Gamboge and calomel, then add the extract and with as much Gum Arabic paste as suffices make a mass to be divided into pills of five grains each. Label: Laxative Pills one or two ↑to↑ be taken for a dose at bedtime.
Take two ounces of Thebaic pill dough. Divide into pills of five grains each. Label: Anodyne Pills two for a Dose.
Diplomatic Text
Miss Gwynn's first care must be to keep her belly regular
For this purpose I have prescribed a medicine on a paper
apart wc she must employ as often as necessary, so as never
to be without a stool for more than two days.
This she is especially to attend to towards ye end of a month
when it may be proper for her to take a dose every night
Towards ye same time time, she should every night set her feet &
Legs in warm water, for half an hour or longer, taking
care however to have them very well dried & rubbed, before
she goes into bed, & when she lies down to have them wrapt
in warm flannel, till they have become sufficiently warm.
At ye approach of a period as soon as any of ye pains she
has been liable to come on, let her take two of ye
Anodyne Pills at bed time, or if does not find yt ye dose
of ye Pills does not quiet ye pains intwo hours more, she
may take one or two Pills more. If ye Pains continue
to {illeg} she should take a dose of ye Pills every night
even after ye Period has come on. ––
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This management it is hoped will make her periods mch
easier than they have been; but if either then or at any
other time a Hysteric fit should come on she must have
recourse to Laudanum, to be taken & repeated in full
doses as occasion may require taking care at ye same time
by Glysters to keep her belly regular. If in case of an
Hysteric fit ye Laudanum should be rejected by vomiting
it must be given by way of Glyster but in a double
dose. The best manner for making Glyster is by diss¬
olving three drams of Gum Arabic in three ounces
water, & after straining & moderately warming, ye
Laudanum is to be mixed wt it & ye whole given by way of
Glyster. –– This is ye management of fits, but it will be
mc more desirable to prevent them, & ys is to be done by
takg. gt care to avoid cold fatigue & all emotion of mind
& particularly in taking care to avoid all every thing in diet
yt may either load her Stomach or raise wind upon it.
1776
℞ Aloes. Socoterin.
Extract. gentian. @ ℥i
Gambog. gr. X V.
Calomel gr. X.
Terito aloes cum gambog. et calomel. dein adde extractum
et cum mucilag. Gum. Arab. g. s. f. Massa divid in pil.sing.
gr. v. Signa Laxative Pills one or two ↑to↑ be taken for a dose
at bed time.
℞ Massa pilul. Thebaic ℥ii
Divide in. pil. sing. gr. V.
Signa Anodyne Pills two for a Dose.
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