The Cullen Project | [ID:3995] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr James Ewart / Regarding: Mr (Patient) / 5 February 1777 / (Outgoing)

[ID:3995] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr James Ewart / Regarding: Mr (Patient) / 5 February 1777 / (Outgoing)

Reply, 'Mr Ewart C[oncerning] a Jamaica Man'. Brief draft of advice in Latin for James Ewart's Jamaican patient. Cullen recommends blood-letting, an epispasmodic plaister on the painful part of the side, medicines from Coltsfoot, Elder and Gum Arabic, and the wearing of flannel. He advises the Anodynes to be left off except when needed to aid sleep.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	3995
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/8/107
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	5 February 1777
Annotation	None
Type	Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry)
Enclosure(s)	No enclosure(s)
Autopsy	No
Recipe	No
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Reply, 'Mr Ewart C[oncerning] a Jamaica Man'. Brief draft of advice in Latin for James Ewart's Jamaican patient. Cullen recommends blood-letting, an epispasmodic plaister on the painful part of the side, medicines from Coltsfoot, Elder and Gum Arabic, and the wearing of flannel. He advises the Anodynes to be left off except when needed to aid sleep.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

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Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:567]	Case of an unnamed male patient recently returned from Jamaica with a cough and fever.	3

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Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Author	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:1512]	Addressee	Mr James Ewart
[PERS ID:1684]	Patient	Mr
[PERS ID:1512]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr James Ewart
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)