The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4808] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr E Pringle (of Belford) / Regarding: Mr Worge (Patient) / 3 April 1784 / (Outgoing)
Reply, 'Mr Worge'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4808 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/17/4 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 3 April 1784 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine scribal copy |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, 'Mr Worge' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1636] |
Case of Mr Worge who has been 'seized with a Cholera Morbus' which Cullen attributes to gout. |
2 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2217] | Addressee | Mr E Pringle (of Belford) |
| [PERS ID:3474] | Patient | Mr Worge |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2217] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr E Pringle (of Belford) |
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 | Belford | North-East | England | Europe | inferred |
Normalized Text
Mr. Worge
Dear Sir
I am favoured with yours concerning Mr.
Worge and believe you are very well founded in
suspecting something Gouty at the bottom of his
complaints and I expected by the medicine I
proposed to palliate them till nature should do
something for him and discover his ailment
more clearly. The Cholera I consider as an accident
owing to some error in diet or to cold and by your
help I hope he has now recovered it entirely.
When his bowels shall have recovered any tolerable
firmness let him begin the medicine prescribed
on other page. I have ordered but a small dose
to begin with but you may increase the strength
of the solution as you shall see it necessary
both for keeping his stomach easy and his
Belly regular {illeg}
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continue the stomachic drops I have prescribed for
him and in spite of what sometimes happened to
him from hard riding I still think his being
much on horseback, going only at a fast pace may
be of much service. I am with great regard
Dear Sir
your most obedient Servant
William Cullen
Edinburgh 3d. April
1784
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For Mr. Worge
Take one drachm of Gum Guaiacum and two drachms of very hard white sugar. You crush them together until you obtain a fine powder, and add one ounce of Mucilage of raw Gum Arabic. Crush it once again diligently, and cover little by little with two ounces of seneka Tincture as described in the Pharmacopœia Edinburgensis, two and a half ounces of simple cinnamon Water and two and a half ounces of rose Water. Mix and label as Stomachic Solution; a tablespoon to be taken in the forenoon about an hour or two before dinner and again between seven and eight of the evening, taking care always to shake the phial very well before pouring out the dose.
W.C.
3d. April
1784
Diplomatic Text
Mr. Worge
Dear Sir
I am favoured with yours concerning Mr.
Worge and believe you are very well founded in
suspecting something Gouty at the bottom of his
complaints and I expected by the medicine I
proposed to palliate them till nature should do
something for him and discover his ailment
more clearly. The Cholera I consider as an accident
owing to some error in diet or to cold and by your
help I hope he has now recovered it entirely.
When his bowels shall have recovered any tolerable
firmness let him begin the medicine prescribed
on other page. I have ordered but a small dose
to begin with but you may increase the strength
of the solution as you shall see it necessary
both for keeping his stomach easy and his
Belly regular {illeg}
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continue the stomachic drops I have prescribed for
him and in spite of what sometimes happened to
him from hard riding I still think his being
much on horseback, going only at a fast pace may
be of much service. I am with great regard
Dear Sir
your most obedient Servant
William Cullen
Edinr. 3d. April
1784
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For Mr. Worge
℞ Gum. guajac. ʒj
Sacchar. alb. duriss. ʒij
Terito Simul in pulverem tenuem et adde
Mucilag. G. Arab. crass. ℥j
Terito iterum diligenter et paulatim affunde
Tinct. senn. comp. Ph. Ed. ℥ij
Aq. cinnam. Simpl-
--- rosar. @ ℥ijβ
ℳ. Sig. Stomachic Solution a tablespoonfull
to be taken in the forenoon about an hour or
two before dinner and again between Seven
and eight of the evening, taking care always
to Shake the phial very well before pouring
out the dose.
W.C.
3d. April
1784
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