The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4422] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Brown (Patient) / 4 May 1779 / (Outgoing)
Reply, for 'Mr Somner C[oncerning] Mr Brown'. Richard Somner is a surgeon at Luffness in East Lothian, which confirms this as the Mr Brown who was a former ship's surgeon at Haddington.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4422 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/11/160 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 4 May 1779 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, for 'Mr Somner C[oncerning] Mr Brown'. Richard Somner is a surgeon at Luffness in East Lothian, which confirms this as the Mr Brown who was a former ship's surgeon at Haddington. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1020] |
Case of Mr Brown, a ship's surgeon, who came down with a delerious fever while at sea, was then hospitalised and now suffers from paralytic spasms. |
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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:2359] | Patient | Mr Brown |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2661] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr Richard Somner (Sommers) |
| [PERS ID:2662] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Mr Macconochie |
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 | |
| Destination of Letter | Luffness | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Mr Somner Concerning Mr Brown.
As Mr Macconochie informs me, the disease has attacked his head ↑more severely↑
& with more fever than usual -- With this view I would advise
one two or three Leeches to be applied to his temple on the side
opposite to that most affected with Palsy. - At the same time
I would open his Belly by a Laxative or a pretty sharp
Glyster. -- Also Sinapisms to his feet. & a Blister to each
leg, not upon the Ancles but farther up to the inside of his
Brawn. -- These are the answers likely to relieve his head
under any fresh afflux of blood to it -- But if the circumstan¬
ces are different. & there should not be any new fever or
Symptoms of sanguine congestion, or if these symptoms
should have receded & the disease seems settled into the
ordinary form of cold Palsy. I need not tell you that the
Evacuations of Bleeding & Purging will be improoper.
& that you must employ such Stimulants as you know
to have been formerly of use or as circumstances may direct.
Diplomatic Text
Mr Somner C. Mr Brown.
As Mr Macconochie informs me, the disease has attacked his head ↑more severely↑
& with more fever than usual -- With this view I would advise
one two or three Leeches to be applied to his temple on the side
opposite to that most affected with Palsy. - At the same time
I would open his Belly by a Laxative or a pretty sharp
Glyster. -- Also Sinapisms to his feet. & a Blister to each
leg, not upon the Ancles but farther up to the inside of his
Brawn. -- These are the answers likely to relieve his head
under any fresh afflux of blood to it -- But if the circumstan¬
ces are different. & there should not be any new fever or
Symptoms of sanguine congestion, or if these symptoms
should have receded & the disease seems setld into the
ordinary form of cold Palsy. I need not tell you that the
Evacuations of Bleeding & Purging will be improoper.
& that you must employ such Stimulants as you know
to have been formerly of use or as circumstances may direct.
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