The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4542] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Commissioner James Buchanan (Provost Buchanan; formerly of Drumpellier) (Patient) / 25 November 1779 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed 'For Provost Buchanan', whose Gout has moved since 'an accident at the popery mob',. Probably addressed to Dr Alexander Stevenson in Glasgow (who usually attends Buchanan).
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4542 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/12/109 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 25 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 headed 'For Provost Buchanan', whose Gout has moved since 'an accident at the popery mob',. Probably addressed to Dr Alexander Stevenson in Glasgow (who usually attends Buchanan). |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1376] |
Case of Provost (Commissioner) Buchanan who suffers from weakness and whose gout is exacerbated 'by the popery mob'. |
5 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:84] | Patient | Commissioner James Buchanan (Provost Buchanan; formerly of Drumpellier) |
| [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 |
| Destination of Letter | Glasgow | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
Normalized Text
For Provost Buchanan
From the accident at the Popery mob 1 & his State of Gout
at that time, no doubt the Gout has been expelled from his
feet & all the symptoms since have been consequences of that.
From this & his Piles I judge he has a strong tendency to
a cachectic & hence phlegmatic state. It can be certainly ob¬
viated only by a return of Gout which altho we cannot com¬
mand, yet we may dispose the constitution better for it by
Tonics & Regimen. As to Tonics I prefer Chalybeates
to Bark & bitters; -----
A pea issue in one of his legs; & the use of the fleshbrush.
Diet of a middle kind; but rather light ---
Exercise & fresh air; in day especially, which will do
better than walking, with his Piles. Avoid cold.
Prepare five grammes of each Steel and powdered Cinnamon, and ten grammes of white Sugar. Mix all the powders and make fourteen doses for emergencies. Label: Strengthening Powder, one every day in currant jelly.
When these have been taken for a week, intermit while
he enters upon the following
Take two ounces of Tincture of Mars. Label: Strengthening Drops. twenty in a glass of water, twice before noon; and once an hour before Supper; but after using these for a fortnight return to another course of the Powders above.
Notes:
1: There were Anti-Popery Riots in Glasgow, Edinburgh and other Scottish towns in the January and February of 1779, prompted by an move to extend the terms of the 'Papists Act' passed for England in 1778 and which served to emancipate Catholics from many legal restrictions imposed on them by the Popery Act of 1698, to apply in Scotland. The act had been relatively uncontroversial in England but the move to extend it to Scotland was met with fierce resistance from organised Protestant Associations.
Diplomatic Text
For Provost Buchanan
From the accident at the Popery mob 1 & his State of Gout
at that time, no doubt the Gout has been expelled from his
feet & all the symptoms since have been consequences of that.
From this & his Piles I judge he has a strong tendency to
a cachectic & hence phlegmatic state. It can be certainly ob¬
viated only by a return of Gout which altho we cannot com¬
mand, yet we may dispose the constitution better for it by
Tonics & Regimen. As to Tonics I prefer Chalybeates
to Bark & bitters; -----
A pea issue in one of his legs; & the use of the fleshbrush.
Diet of a middle kind; but rather light ---
Exercise & fresh air; in day especially, which will do
better than walking, with his Piles. Avoid cold.
℞ Limiat. Mart. ppt. Cinnam. pulv. @ gr. v.
Sacch. alb. gr X. ℳ. f. pulv. et. f. hm. dos. № 14.
S. Strengtheng Powd. one every day in currant jelly.
When these have been taken for a week, intermit while
he enters upon the following
℞ Tinct. Mart. ℥ij. S. Strengtheng. Drops. 20 in a
glass of water, twice before noon; and once an hour
before Supper; but after usg these for a fortnight
return to another course of the Powders above.
Notes:
1: There were Anti-Popery Riots in Glasgow, Edinburgh and other Scottish towns in the January and February of 1779, prompted by an move to extend the terms of the 'Papists Act' passed for England in 1778 and which served to emancipate Catholics from many legal restrictions imposed on them by the Popery Act of 1698, to apply in Scotland. The act had been relatively uncontroversial in England but the move to extend it to Scotland was met with fierce resistance from organised Protestant Associations.
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