The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4541] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr John Short / Regarding: Mr John Pearson (Patient) / 23 November 1779 / (Outgoing)
Reply, 'Mr John Short C[oncerning] Mr Pearson'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4541 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/12/108 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 23 November 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, 'Mr John Short C[oncerning] Mr Pearson' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:362] |
Case of Mr Pearson who has a lot of long-term symptoms, including 'low spirits' and 'suppressed urine'. |
7 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:671] | Addressee | Mr John Short |
| [PERS ID:672] | Patient | Mr John Pearson |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:671] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr John Short |
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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Mr John Short Concerning Mr Pearson.
I am persuaded that you judge right of Mr Pearson
complaints that they are chiefly owing to cold & may
↑be↑ in a great measure rheumatic but in his constitution
there must likewise be a mixture of gouty. As his
Pulse has kept so well I think you have done properly
in abstaining from bleeding but if his pains continue ob¬
stinate & interrupt his Sleep very much I think you might
venture to give him an anodyne draught of the twenty drops
of the Tinctura Thebaica & forty of that Vinum Antimonial
& unless you find that it heats him & increases his pains
next day you might repeat such a dose in a day or two after.
In every view & this case the mixture in the other page
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may be of service to him. I expect it may open his
belly & keep it regular but if it do not you Must
take care to do it by another Medicine. By the pains
in the groin shooting to the point of the urethra & the state
of his urine you mentioned, all show that his gravelish
complaints still subsist & mix with his other pains
& therefore I would wish still to continue the use of the
Lixivium. - The mucus which appears in his urine I take
to be a good effect of it.
Edinburgh November 23d.
1779
WC.
Take one drachm of Gum guaiacum and two drachms of raw white sugar. You will crush them together into a fine powder, then add one and a half ounce of Arabic gum Mucilage. You will crush it diligently again and add little by little one ounce of Simple Syrup, three ounces of pennyroyal water, three ounces of water of roses and one drachm of Tartar Ermetic Mix and label as Diaphoretic Mixture; a table spoonfull to be taken Several times a day, shaking the phial very well before pouring it out.
Edinburgh November 23d.
1779
WC.
Diplomatic Text
Mr John Short C. Mr Pearson.
I am persuaded yt you judge right of Mr Pearson
complaints that they are chiefly owing to cold & may
↑be↑ in a great measure rheumatic but in his constitution
there must likewise be a mixture of gouty. As his
Pulse has kept so well I think you have done properly
in abstaining from bleeding but if his pains continue ob¬
stinate & interrupt his Sleep very mc I think you might
venture to give him an anodyne draught of ye twenty drops
of ye Tinctura Thebaica & forty of yt Vinum Antimonial
& unless you find yt it heats him & increases his pains
next day you might repeat such a dose in a day or two after.
In every view & this case ye mixture in ye other page
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may be of service to him. I expect it may open his
belly & keep it regular but if it do not you Must
take care to do it by another Medicine. By ye pains
in ye groin shooting to ye point of ye urethra & ye state
of his urine you mentioned, all show yt his gravelish
complaints still subsist & mix wt his other pains
& therefore I wd wish still to continue ye use of the
Lixivium. - The mucus wc appears in his urine I take
to be a good effect of it.
Edr. Novr. 23d.
1779
WC.
℞ Gumm. guaiac. ʒj
Sacch. alb. duriss. ʒij
Terito simul in pulverem subtilem dein adde
Muci. gumm. Arab. ℥ iss
Terito iterum diligenter et paulatim adde
Syrup. Simpl. ℥j
Aq. puleg.
-- rosar @ ℥iij
Vin. antimon. ʒj
ℳ. Signa Diaphoretic Mixture; a table spoonfull to be
taken Several times a day, Shaking ye Phial very well
before pouring it out --
Edr. Novr. 23d.
1779
WC.
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