The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4468] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Moyse (Patient) / 29 June 1779 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed 'Miss Moyse'. Cullen agrees that Miss Moyse's condition stems from her stomach and nervous system and recommends chafing, travel and light eating to assist with it, he also provides a prescription for stomachic drops.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 4468 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/12/35 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 29 June 1779 |
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 'Miss Moyse'. Cullen agrees that Miss Moyse's condition stems from her stomach and nervous system and recommends chafing, travel and light eating to assist with it, he also provides a prescription for stomachic drops. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:1192] |
Case of Miss Moyse whose most current complaints are attributed to her stomach and nervous system. |
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People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:3854] | Patient | Miss Moyse |
[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 |
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Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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Miss Moyse
Tho her complaints seem & I think they do depend on her
stomach & Nervous System yet the former complaint of her breast
↑& her time of life↑ ↓&↓may give reason for another attack there. & her time of life
prevent me from advising any thing for her other complaints
that might be unsafe in any unsoundness of her [chest?]
For her present complaints she is employing the best remedy
for them viz a journey of some length & when she goes
home she ought to continue daily exercise on horseback
avoiding the Midday heat & very wet weather
Every morning her limbs from the haunches downwards
to be chafed with flannel or flesh brush [secundum artem?]
In Evening two or three times a week about an hour
before going to bed let her and part of her legs be put into
warm water for half an hour & they may be rubbed
gently by another persons hand while they are under the
water. Upon taking them out let them be well dried
& wrapt in flannel when she lies down a bed, & this kept
about them till they feel quite warm
Diet light. A bit of light meat at Dinner, filling up
her meal with light pudding, pancake in vegetable, of the
last avoiding the cold & flatulent
Ordinary drink water - but if this seems to make her
costive - she may take a good small beer with a fourth
part Porter or if the beer proves windy let her take
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water with a fourth part Porter
a single glass of white wine at dinner or after it is allowable
At Breakfast no Indian Tea nor Coffee, but either Cocoa
Tea or Milk Tea i.e. two parts boiling water one part
new milk sweetened to her taste -
At Supper milk or milk meats - & them only - no
kind of whey at present suitable to her stomach
As to Medicines only
Take two ounces Tincture of Mars and [half-an-ounce?] Aromatics, Mix. Label: Stomachic Drops: twenty in a glass of water not quite cold two or three times a day.
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Miss Moyse
Tho her compts seem & I think they do depend on her
stomach & N.S. yet the former compt of her breast
↑& her time of life↑ ↓&↓may give reason for another attack there. & her time of life
prevent me from advising any thing for her other complaints
that might be unsafe in any unsoundness of her [chest?]
For her present compts she is employing the best remedy
for them viz a journey of some length & when she goes
home she ought to continue daily exercise on horseback
avoiding the Midday heat & very wet weather
Every morning her limbs from the haunches downwards
to be chafed with flannel or flesh brush [s. a.?]
In Evening two or three times a week about an hour
before going to bed let her and part of her legs be put into
warm water for half an hour & they may be rubbed
gently by another persons hand while they are under the
water. Upon taking them out let them be well dried
& wrapt in flannel when she lies down a bed, & this kept
about them till they feel quite warm
Diet light. A bit of light meat at Dinner, filling up
her meal with light pudding, pancake in vegetable, of the
last avoiding the cold & flatulent
Ordinary drink water - but if this seems to make her
costive - she may take a good small beer with a fourth
part Porter or if the beer proves windy let her take
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water with a fourth part Porter
a single glass of white wine at dinner or after it is allowable
At Breakfast no Indian Tea nor Coffee, but either Cocoa
Tea or Milk Tea i.e. two parts boiling water one part
new milk sweetened to her taste -
At Supper milk or milk meats - & them only - no
kind of whey at present suitable to her stomach
As to Meds only
℞ Tinct. Martis ℥ij, Arom. ℥[ſs?] ℳ Signa:
Stomachic Drops 20 in a glass of water not quite cold two or 3 times a day.
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