The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4245] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Addison (Patient) / 20 May 1778 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed 'For Miss Addison'.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4245 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/10/102 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 20 May 1778 |
| 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 headed 'For Miss Addison'. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1008] |
Case of Mr Charles Addison (patient of John Short), whose various chest, bladder, and other complaints may or may not be gouty. |
11 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:3748] | Patient | Miss Addison |
| [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 | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
| Destination of Letter | Bo'ness (Borness / Borrowstouneness) | Mid Scotland | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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For Miss Addison
Her ailments not considerable but require precautions.
Go to the country & be on horseback as much as possible es¬
pecially in the forenoons. At other times be as much as possible
in the fresh air, but never walk long at a time or fast, &
always on level ground.
Always guard against colder wet. - warm clothing &
never change on account of warm weather __ If cold
weather come on towards autumn, put on a flannel shirt
next her skin & wear it all the winter. Keep her feet &
legs always warm & dry - worsted understockings - thicker shoes
& even [botes?] 1 frequently ---
Go to bed & rise betimes & take fresh air before
breakfast -
Milk at breakfast & supper; but she may take with
it bread, rice, barley, sage or oatmeal. At dinner, broth
& a little, but very little, of any light meat & make up
with puddings & vegetables.
Drink plain or toast water. No wine, malt or
spirit --- If she please, she may take fresh drawn
whey of cow milk for drink at dinner or any other time.
No tea or coffee - but a weak milk chocolate or cocoa tea
at breakfast if agreeable but if fond of take a little, weak,
& well qualified
with Cinnamon.
Take dried scilla root and dice ten grams into a Balsam Solution with two scruples of crushed Millepede. Then boil and mix carefully, then add an ounce apiece of Balsam of Sulphur and elderberry Rob, and gum arabic to taste, then divide into [labelled?] pills of four grammer apiece. Label: Pectoral pills three to be taken every night at bed time.
Take half an ounce of crushed Crystal Tartar and Flowers of Sulphur, and a drachm of powdered jallop. Then stir the mixture until well combined. Label: Laxative powder, a teaspoonfull or two to be taken for a dose in the morn in a lyttle sirrup. The syrup to be made by dropping a little boiling water upon a bit of tea sugar in the bottom of a cup.
Notes:
1: Reading is obscure. 'Boxes', but makes little sense in the context. Possibly phonetic spelling of 'boots'.
Diplomatic Text
For Miss Addison
Her ailmts not considerable but require precautions.
Go to the country & be on horseback as much as possible es¬
pecially in the forenoons. At other times be as mc as possible
in the fresh air, but never walk long at a time or fast, &
always on level ground.
Always guard against colder wet. - warm clothing &
never change on account of warm weather __ If cold
weather come on towards autumn, put on a flannel shirt
next her skin & wear it all the winter. Keep her feet &
legs always warm & dry - worsted understockings - thicker shoes
& even [botes?] 1 freqn ---
Go to bed & rise betimes & take fresh air before
breakfast -
Milk at breakfast & supper; but she may take with
it bread, rice, barley, sage or oatmeal. At dinner, broth
& a little, but very little, of any light meat & make up
w- pudds & vegetables.
Drink plain or toast water. No wine, malt or
spirit --- If she please, she may take fresh drawn
whey of cow milk for drink at dinner or any other time.
No tea or coffee - but a weak milk chocolate or cocoa tea
at breakfast if agreeable but if fond of take a little, weak,
& well qualified
w- Cinnamon.
℞ Rad. scill. sicct. & pulv gr. X Millepied. prep. Foule ʒſs
Bals. Solut. @ gr. x Millep. ppt pulv. ℈ij Terito simme di
ligentor ↑ut accurato misceantur↑ dein adde Bals. sulph. [craſs?]. Rob. samb. @ gr. ʒi
Mucil. g. Arab. q.s. ut f. ,. divid. in pil [sig.?] gr. iv
S. Pectoral pills three to be taken every night at bed time.
℞ Cryst. tart. pulv. Flor. sulph @ ℥ſs Pulv. e jalapp concſs ʒi
Terito simmil ut accurate misceantur S. Laxat. Powd te a tea¬
spoonfull or two to be taken for a dose in the morn in a lyttle
sirrup. The syrup to be made by dropping a little boiling water upon
a bit of tea sugar in the bottom of a cup.
Notes:
1: Reading is obscure. 'Boxes', but makes little sense in the context. Possibly phonetic spelling of 'boots'.
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