The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:5618] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Reverend Robert Deans (of Crailing) / Regarding: Mrs Elizabeth Deans (Smith) (Patient) / 22 March 1788 / (Outgoing)
Reply to 'Mr Deans', concerning his wife, Mrs Deans. Cullen apologises for his delay in answering. He is confident that improvements in the season are what will mend her, and thinks that her request for 'a more nourishing diet, particularly of animal food, would be really hurtful'. He advises continuing with the issue.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 5618 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/20/237 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 22 March 1788 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine copy |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply to 'Mr Deans', concerning his wife, Mrs Deans. Cullen apologises for his delay in answering. He is confident that improvements in the season are what will mend her, and thinks that her request for 'a more nourishing diet, particularly of animal food, would be really hurtful'. He advises continuing with the issue. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1121] |
Case of Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Robert Deans of Crailing, who has a chronic sore throat from 1779, and later suffers respiratory ailments. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5026] | Addressee | Reverend Robert Deans (of Crailing) |
| [PERS ID:5027] | Patient | Mrs Elizabeth Deans |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5026] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Reverend Robert Deans (of Crailing) |
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 | Crailing | Borders | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Mr Deans
Your letter of 10th. has lain too long
unanswered, but it has been owing partly to the
hurry in which I have been engaged and partly
to my not seeing any room for prescriptions. I hope
Mrs. Deans will mend every day with the
advance of the season. In the mean time I
cannot find a medicine that promises to be
of service. I depend upon her diet of milk and
farinæcea, and taking the circumstances of
her symptoms to be at present as you describe
them I cannot agree to the change that she
proposes, and while she has so much cough,
spitting and night sweating and thirst I am
persuaded that a more nourishing diet particularly
of animal food, would be really hurtful. Let
the issue continue with her diet as before.
most faithfully Dear Sir yours &c.
Diplomatic Text
Mr Deans
Your letter of 10th. has lain too long
unanswered, but it has been owing partly to the
hurry in which I have been engaged and partly
to my not seeing any room for prescriptions. I hope
Mrs. Deans will mend every day with the
advance of the season. In the mean time I
cannot find a medicine that promises to be
of service. I depend upon her diet of milk and
farinæcea, and taking the circumstances of
her symptoms to be at present as you describe
them I cannot agree to the change that she
proposes, and while she has so much cough,
spitting and night sweating and thirst I am
persuaded that a more nourishing diet particularly
of animal food, would be really hurtful. Let
the issue continue with her diet as before.
most faithfully Dear Sir yours &c.
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