The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4225] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Alexander (Patient) / February? 1778? / (Outgoing)
Reply, headed 'Miss Alexander' with advice on diet, keeping warm and getting fresh air . Mentions medicines, but no recipes recorded. No incoming letter traced. This may record advice handed over at a personal consultation.
- Facsimile
- Normalized Text
- Diplomatic Text
- Metadata
- Case
- People
- Places
Facsimile
There are 3 images for this document.
[Page 1]
[Page 2]
[Page 3]
Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4225 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/10/82 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | February? 1778? |
| 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, headed 'Miss Alexander' with advice on diet, keeping warm and getting fresh air . Mentions medicines, but no recipes recorded. No incoming letter traced. This may record advice handed over at a personal consultation. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1035] |
Case of Miss Alexander whose pulmonary condition is considered quite serious. |
1 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2219] | Patient | Miss Alexander |
| [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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
Normalized Text
Miss Alexander
Is threatened with a disease of some danger but not
yet proceeded so far as to make me doubt of her recovery
For securing the following measures may answer
Diet entirely Milk & grain, avoiding Roots, Greens, & Gar¬
den stuff & abstaining entirely from Animal food, except
[Page 2]
a little weak broth at Dinner. Drink water or Water
Gruel Barley Water or almond Emulsions - abstaining from
all wines of Malt Liquors. Her chief care to avoid
cold & therefore be always warmly clothed & wear a flan¬
nel shirt next her skin both Day & night; wear flan¬
nel Drawers & worsted under stockings. --- Gentle
exercise serviceable, while the season continues
uncertain she should go abroad only in a carriage
but when further advances & the weather milder
better to go behind a man on horseback. Short air¬
ings are better than staying at home but they will
contribute little to the cure of her disease & for
this, necessary she should make long journies
& to any length that does not fatigue her. The best
measure is to engage in a journey for several days
together & the more the better only taking care to
avoid fatigue & cold. Few Medicines are either
necessary or proper. Proper for the strengthening
Mixture to be always at hand that it may be
taken whenever threatened with looseness & if it
at any time happens from cold or other causes tha[t]
looseness becomes considerable proper to take bes¬
ides some Paregoric Elixir at bed time. The
Pectoral Mixture should be always at hand to be
taken more or less frequently as her cough is trou¬
blesome or dry or as the spitting is more difficult
One of the Medicines is an acid Mixture of which
take a tea spoonful in a wine glass of water
not quite cold 2, 3, or 4 times in the day will
quench the thirst, preserve her appetite & lay
down any degree of fever. The other is to rem¬
ove any obstructions of the breast & render her
spitting more easy. take 3 every night at bedtime
These are proposed for the present but when the
season is somewhat advanced & that she can have
more air & exercise, she would have less occasion
for them. Against the end of May she should go the [Isle?]
[Page 3]
of Arran to drink Goat whey & that time she will
need no other Medicines but the strengthening Mixture
& Paregoric Elixir
Diplomatic Text
Miss Alexander
Is threatened with a disease of some danger but not
yet proceeded so far as to make me doubt of her recovery
For securing the following measures may answer
Diet entirely Milk & grain, avoidg Roots, Greens, & Gar¬
den stuff & abstaing entirely from Animal food, except
[Page 2]
a little weak broth at Dinner. Drink water or Water
Gruel Barley Water or almond Emulss - abstaing from
all wines of Malt Liquors. Her chief care to avoid
cold & therefore be always warmly clothed & wear a flan¬
nel shirt next her skin both Day & night; wear flan¬
nel Drawers & worsted under stockings. --- Gentle
exercise serviceable, while the season continues
uncertain she should go abroad only in a carriage
but when further advances & the weather milder
better to go behind a man on horseback. Short air¬
ings are better than staying at home but they will
contribute little to the cure of her disease & for
this, necessary she should make long journies
& to any length that does not fatigue her. The best
measure is to engage in a journey for sevl. days
together & ye more the better only taking care to
avoid fatigue & cold. Few Medicines are either
necessary or proper. Proper for the strengthg
Mixture to be always at hand that it may be
taken whenever threatened with looseness & if it
at any time happens from cold or other causes tha[t]
looseness becomes considerable proper to take bes¬
ides some Paregoric Elixir at bed time. The
Pectoral Mixture should be always at hand to be
taken more or less frequently as her cough is trou¬
blesome or dry or as the spittg is more difficult
One of the Medicines is an acid Mixture of which
take a tea spoonful in a wine glass of water
not quite cold 2, 3, or 4 times in ye day will
quench the thirst, preserve her appetite & lay
down any degree of fever. The other is to rem¬
ove any obstructions of the breast & render her
spittg more easy. take 3 every night at bedtime
These are proposed for the prest but when the
season is somewhat advanced & that she can have
more air & exercise, she would have less occasion
for them. Against the end of May she should go the [Isle?]
[Page 3]
of Arran to drink Goat whey & that time she will
need no other Medicines but the strengthg Mixture
& Paregoric Elixir
XML
XML file not yet available.
Feedback
Send us specfic feeback about this document [DOC ID:4225]
Please note that the Cullen Project team have now disbanded but your comments will be logged in our system and we will look at them one day...
