The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:5599] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Baillie (of Dochfour) / Regarding: Mrs Baillie (of Dochfour) (Patient) / 24 January 1788 / (Outgoing)
Reply to an unnamed recipient, concerning a female patient, who has fits and is being treated with White Vitriol and Laudanum. Internal evidence indicates that it is a response to a journal paper (no longer extant) sent by Mr. Baillie of Dochfour, recording his wife's epileptic fits and response to medication.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 5599 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/20/218 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 24 January 1788 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine scribal copy |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply to an unnamed recipient, concerning a female patient, who has fits and is being treated with White Vitriol and Laudanum. Internal evidence indicates that it is a response to a journal paper (no longer extant) sent by Mr. Baillie of Dochfour, recording his wife's epileptic fits and response to medication. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:2186] |
Case of Mrs Baillie of Dochfour, whose condition is 'very purely Epileptic'. |
5 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5479] | Addressee | Mr Baillie (of Dochfour) |
| [PERS ID:5480] | Patient | Mrs Baillie (of Dochfour) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5479] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mr Baillie (of Dochfour) |
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 | Dochfour House | Inverness | North Highlands | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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I have your Journal continued to the
19th. and I think myself much obliged to you
both for the good judgement ↑with↑ which you execute
my plan, and for the great exactness which you
have favoured me with in the Journal.
I have taken the pains to mark every fit
slight or severe that has happened since the
16th. of last month to the 19th. of this, and the
Ladys state on the 8th. of this month, though
not absolutely free from her complaints, is
however greatly improved from what it was
before. In this I am very happy, and am
clear that you judge right in still conti¬
nuing her medicines, and think they should
be continued till a Menstruation occurrs
and which I suppose will be before or very
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soon after this comes to your hand. I am of the same
opinion as before that the tonic medicine entirely
and at your discretion the Anodyne also should
be interrupted during the whole time of the Men¬
struation, but when that is over I would begin
a course of medicines in the same manner as
you judiciously did the last, by beginning with
three or at most four grains. It appears to me
that the Vitriolum Album operates as I would
wish by giving a little sickness, but never much
I would not however wish to go further than
ten grains as I mentioned in my last. I am
glad to have your observation that Laudanum
always agrees well with this Lady, but at
the same time it makes me a little surprised
at what happened on the 16th. current and makes
me suspect that there was some particular
cause for the severe fit that then occurred. Let
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me observe to you that the state of the mind has
great power in this disease, and I would have you
watch over it in this case, for I think that
bating accidents we are in a fair way for curing
this Lady. Wishing it most earnestly that it
may be so I am
Dear Sir
Your most Obedient Servant
William Cullen
Edinburgh 24th. January
1788
Diplomatic Text
I have your Journal continued to the
19th. and I think myself much obliged to you
both for the good judgement ↑with↑ which you execute
my plan, and for the great exactness which you
have favoured me with in the Journal.
I have taken the pains to mark every fit
slight or severe that has happened since the
16th. of last month to the 19th. of this, and the
Ladys state on the 8th. of this month, though
not absolutely free from her complaints, is
however greatly improved from what it was
before. In this I am very happy, and am
clear that you judge right in still conti¬
nuing her medicines, and think they should
be continued till a Menstruation occurrs
and which I suppose will be before or very
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soon after this comes to your hand. I am of the same
opinion as before that the tonic medicine entirely
and at your discretion the Anodyne also should
be interrupted during the whole time of the Men¬
struation, but when that is over I would begin
a course of medicines in the same manner as
you judiciously did the last, by beginning with
three or at most four grains. It appears to me
that the Vitriolum Album operates as I would
wish by giving a little sickness, but never much
I would not however wish to go further than
ten grains as I mentioned in my last. I am
glad to have your observation that Laudanum
always agrees well with this Lady, but at
the same time it makes me a little surprised
at what happened on the 16th. currt. and makes
me suspect that there was some particular
cause for the severe fit that then occurred. Let
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me observe to you that the state of the mind has
great power in this disease, and I would have you
watch over it in this case, for I think that
bating accidents we are in a fair way for curing
this Lady. Wishing it most earnestly that it
may be so I am
Dear Sir
Your most Obedient Servant
William Cullen
Edr. 24th. Janry.
1788
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