The Cullen Project | [ID:4549] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Roger Stevenson (Esq.) / Regarding: Roger Stevenson (Junior) (Roger Stevenson Junior) (Patient) / 7 December 1779 / (Outgoing)

[ID:4549] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Roger Stevenson (Esq.) / Regarding: Roger Stevenson (Junior) (Roger Stevenson Junior) (Patient) / 7 December 1779 / (Outgoing)

Reply 'To Roger Stevenson Esqr', p.130, in response to J. Bowman Junior's enquiry. Cullen leaves the case of Roger Stevenson's son up to Dr Garthshore and Mr Hunter.

Facsimile
Normalized Text
Diplomatic Text
Metadata
Case
People
Places

Facsimile

There is 1 image for this document.

[Page 1]

Metadata

Field	Data
DOC ID	4549
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/12/116
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	7 December 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 'To Roger Stevenson Esqr', p.130, in response to J. Bowman Junior's enquiry. Cullen leaves the case of Roger Stevenson's son up to Dr Garthshore and Mr Hunter.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1118]	Case of Mr Roger Stevenson, nephew of Glasgow Prof. Alexander Stevenson, who has a pulmonary disorder characterised by the spitting up of 'chalky matter'.	3

People linked to this document

Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Author	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:217]	Addressee	Mr Roger Stevenson (Esq.)
[PERS ID:4374]	Patient	Roger Stevenson (Junior) (Roger Stevenson Junior)
[PERS ID:526]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr John Hunter
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:5928]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr Maxwell Garthshore
[PERS ID:217]	Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend	Mr Roger Stevenson (Esq.)
[PERS ID:229]	Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend	Mr John Bowman (Junior)
[PERS ID:367]	Other	William Gordon (of Gordonstoun; later Sir William Gordon, 6th Bt of Gordonstoun.)

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	Mr Durhams (Bootseller), Charing Cross	London	London and South-East	England	Europe	inferred

Normalized Text

[Page 1]
For Roger Stevenson Esqr.

Have received Mr Bowmans letter concerning
your Son -

I have had instances of chalky matter spit up from
the Lungs but hardly in so young a person as your Son.
Some of these when attended with other symptoms of a
phthisical disposition have turned out unfavorably but
I have had also some instances of it which tho not without
phthisicial symptoms have been entirely recovered of.
The present Sir William Gordon of Gordonston who
is now in good health, many years ago spit up a considerable
quantity of chalky matter & frequently with blood. It is to
mention this especially that I now write and am sorry to
add that I have nothing more of consequence to say for I
have found no remedy to prevent the formation of that
matter or to dissolve it when formed. I have in those
cases practised just as for common Phthisis. With res¬
pect to your Son I need offer no advice to such gentle¬
men as Dr Garthshore & Dr (Mr) Hunter; especially as
the distance I am at renders any advice I might offer
very useless in a Case which is daily changing.

Edinburgh 7t December 1779.

W.C.

Diplomatic Text

[Page 1]
For Roger Stevenson Esqr.

Have received Mr Bowmans letter concerning
your Son -

Edinr. 7t Decr. 1779.

W.C.

XML

XML file not yet available.

Feedback

Send us specfic feeback about this document [DOC ID:4549]

Please note that the Cullen Project team have now disbanded but your comments will be logged in our system and we will look at them one day...

Type
Comments