The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4357] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: (Lady at Hamburgh) (Patient) / 1 January 1779 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed 'For a Lady at Hamburgh', signed by Cullen and his colleague Alexander Monr. They request more information concerning symptoms and Cullen is keen that the answers are elicited and sent from Hamburgh by his former pupil Colin Ross.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4357 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/11/95 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 1 January 1779 |
| 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 'For a Lady at Hamburgh', signed by Cullen and his colleague Alexander Monr. They request more information concerning symptoms and Cullen is keen that the answers are elicited and sent from Hamburgh by his former pupil Colin Ross. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1188] |
Case of 'a lady' at Hamburg with an 'hysteric' or 'spasmodic' condition but, needing more information, Cullen sends queries. |
1 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2969] | Patient | (Lady at Hamburgh) |
| [PERS ID:2968] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr Colin Ross |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:89] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro ) |
| [PERS ID:89] | Supplemental Author | Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro ) |
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 | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Hamburg | Germany | Germany | Europe | inferred |
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For a Lady at Hamburgh.
The information incompleat.
Try the flowers of Zinc beginning with
one grain for a dose taken in the form of a
pill or Bolus & repeated two or three times a
day. If these give any degree of sickness or
nausea they are enough but if they noways
affect the stomach, increase them by half a
grain or a grain at each time till they are so
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much so to affect the Stomach with a slight nausea &
at such a dose continues, for two or three weeks or longer
if they seem to prevent the recurrence of fits.
Keep the belly regular. & continue her present
low diet, which we suppose her former Physicians
had good reasons for prescribing.
Issues have been (we learn) employed we think
them a probable remedy. If any of them are now
open continue them. or if they have been dried up
unless it can be confidently said that they were of no
service, we think one should be opened again.
When the following Queries are answered we shall
be able to advise farther.
Tho it be of little consequence to determine pre¬
cisely whether the disease be hysteric or Epilep¬
tic & it be enough to know that it is a Spasmodic
nervous affection, yet we wish for a more particu¬
lar account of the form in which it commonly
appears?
How long is it since the disease first began?
What has been its progress with respect to the
frequency of its recurrence?
What change did the fall mentioned occasion in
the form of the disease.
What is exactly the lady's time of life & what
the state, former & present, of her menses?
What are the ordinary exciting causes of fits?
Has the lady been in any course of exercise
& with what effects?
What have been the effects of different seasons
& weather?
What remedies have been employed and
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with what effects?
Has cold bathing been employed & with what effects?
If in answering these questions our quondam 1
Pupil & judicious friend Doctor Ross shall be
employed it will be more satisfying.
Notes:
1: "Former or one-time" pupil (Latin).
Diplomatic Text
For a Lady at Hamburgh.
The information incompleat.
Try the flowers of Zinc beginning with
one grain for a dose taken in the form of a
pill or Bolus & repeated two or three times a
day. If these give any degree of sickness or
nausea they are enough but if they noways
affect the stomach, increase them by half a
grain or a grain at each time till they are so
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much so to affect the Stomach with a slight nausea &
at such a dose continues, for two or three weeks or longer
if they seem to prevent the recurrence of fits.
Keep the belly regular. & continue her present
low diet, which we suppose her former Physicians
had good reasons for prescribing.
Issues have been (we learn) employed we think
them a probable remedy. If any of them are now
open continue them. or if they have been dried up
unless it can be confidently said that they were of no
service, we think one should be opened again.
When the follog Queries are answered we shall
be able to advise farther.
Tho it be of little consequence to determine pre¬
cisely whether the disease be hysteric or Epilep¬
tic & it be enough to know that it is a Spasmodic
nervous affection, yet we wish for a more particu¬
lar account of the form in which it commonly
appears?
How long is it since the disease first began?
What has been its progress with respect to the
frequency of its recurrence?
What change did the fall mentioned occasion in
the form of the disease.
What is exactly the lady's time of life & what
the state, former & present, of her menses?
What are the ordinary exciting causes of fits?
Has the lady been in any course of exercise
& with what effects?
What have been the effects of different seasons
& weather?
What remedies have been employed and
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with what effects?
Has cold bathing been employed & with what effects?
If in answering these questions our quondam 1
Pupil & judicious friend Doctor Ross shall be
employed it will be more satisfying.
Notes:
1: "Former or one-time" pupil (Latin).
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