The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4331] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Hozier (Patient) / 10 November 1778 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed 'For Mr Hozier' giving summary of regimen to manage his weak lungs.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4331 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/11/69 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 10 November 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 Mr Hozier' giving summary of regimen to manage his weak lungs. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:996] |
Case of Mr Hozier who has weak lungs. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2537] | Patient | Mr Hozier |
| [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 |
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For Mr Hozier.
His ailments depend upon a particular confor¬
mation of his lungs which it is not possible to
change so as entirely to eradicate the disease but
he may be relieved &cc.
Avoid sudden or violent bodily motion. Nothing
more useful than exercise on horseback or in a
carriage which he should take at all seasons.
Twice a year that is in April or May & again
in September take a journey of three weeks.
easy but steady travelling.
Guard against cold by warm cloathing, by
keeping one uniform dress, his chamber of an
equal temperature, & avoiding a stream of air.
Diet of a middle kind. At dinner take a bit
of solid meat but moderate in quantity & of the lighter
kinds. He may fill up his meal with a moderate
quantity of soup, puddings & vegetables. But on the
whole make a moderate meal & avoid every thing
apt to be windy on his stomach.
Drink water with a little white wine or spirits.
After dinner a glass or two of Sherry or good Lisbon.
never to heat or intoxicate. No malt liquor or
red wine.
Little or no supper. not even an egg.
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At breakfast, if in the habit he may take
weak tea with bread & a little butter. If he
digest milk easily, fresh milk with an
equal part water gruel well sweetened with
honey or sugar will make a proper breakfast.
The dose of the laxative should give no
more nor less than one motion & should be in¬
creased or diminished accordingly.
He should use the Pills when his breath
is more than usually uneasy. He should take
them for two or three nights together but never
long at a time.
Put a pea issue behind the shoulder. If he
find benefit from it it should be for life.
A milder climate would be of service.
Take one ounce of Crystal tartar, one of Flowers of sulphur, three drachms of Powdered jallop prepared following the rules of the Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis, half an ounce of lenitive Electuary and simple Syrup in a sufficient quantity in order to make a subtle Electuary. Label: Laxative Electuary. A teaspoon in the morning when occasion requires.
Take ten grains of Camphor and ten grains of Flowers of benzom, adding at the same time, crushing, some drops of rectified alcohol. Then add one drachm of the best Asafoetida, hald a drachm of elecampagne's root Powder, and a sufficient quantity of raw Balsam of sulphur in order to make a mass to be divided into pills, each of them of four grains. Label: Pectoral pills, two or three for a dose at bed time.
Edinburgh November 10th. 1778.
W.C.
Diplomatic Text
For Mr Hozier.
His ailments depend upon a particular confor¬
mation of his lungs which it is not possible to
change so as entirely to eradicate the disease but
he may be relieved &cc.
Avoid sudden or violent bodily motion. Nothing
more useful than exercise on horseback or in a
carriage which he should take at all seasons.
Twice a year that is in April or May & again
in September take a journey of three weeks.
easy but steady travelling.
Guard against cold by warm cloathing, by
keeping one uniform dress, his chamber of an
equal temperature, & avoidg a stream of air.
Diet of a middle kind. At dinner take a bit
of solid meat but moderate in quantity & of the lighter
kinds. He may fill up his meal with a moderate
quantity of soup, pudds & vegetables. But on the
whole make a moderate meal & avoid every thing
apt to be windy on his stomach.
Drink water w a little white wine or spirits.
After dinner a glass or two of Sherry or good Lisbon.
never to heat or intoxicate. No malt liquor or
red wine.
Little or no supper. not even an egg.
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At breakfast, if in the habit he may take
weak tea w bread & a little butter. If he
digest milk easily, fresh milk with an
equal part water gruel well sweetened with
honey or sugar will make a proper breakfast.
The dose of the laxative should give no
more nor less than one motion & should be in¬
creased or diminished accordingly.
He should use the Pills when his breath
is more than usually uneasy. He should take
them for two or three nights together but never
long at a time.
Put a pea issue behind the shoulder. If he
find benefit from it it should be for life.
A milder climate would be of service.
℞ Cryst. tart. Fl. sulph. ad ℥j Pulv. e jal. comp. ad
norm. Ph. Ed. parati ʒiij Elect. lenit. ℥fs. Syr. simpl
q.s. ut f. Elect. tenue. S. Laxat. El. a tea spoonful
in the morning when occasion requires.
℞ Camph. Flor. benzom. @ gr. X. Adjectis Spt.
vin. rectift. guttulis aliquot terito simul dein adde
As. foetid. opt. ʒj Pulv. rad. enul. camp. ʒfs Balsam.
sulph. crass. q. s. ut f. mass. div. in pil. sing. gr. iv
S. Pectoral pills two or three for a dose at bedtime
Edr. Novr. 10th. 1778.
W.C.
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