The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:5976] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Agnes Eleonora Dunlop (Patient) / February? 1776? / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Miss Dunlop', consisting of a series of recipes. These are not the recipes enclosed with letter 350, although they are for the same patient.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 5976 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/6/86 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | February? 1776? |
| 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 'For Miss Dunlop', consisting of a series of recipes. These are not the recipes enclosed with letter 350, although they are for the same patient. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:636] |
Case of Miss Dunlop whose obstinate complaint requires a diaphoretic. May relate to Case 721. |
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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:1477] | Patient | Miss Agnes Eleonora Dunlop |
| [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 |
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For Miss Dunlop.
Take one ounce of Sarsaparilla Root. In an emergency, let fourteen papers be made. Label: Materials for Decoction Number one.
Take one drachm of the Bark of Mezereon root, a drachm and a half of grated sassafras, and one ounce of grated liquorice Root. Mix. In an emergency, let fourteen papers be made. Label: Materials etc. Number two.
Take half a drachm of the Bark of Mezereon root. In an emergency, let fourteen papers be made. Label: Materials etc. Number three. Let the Pharmacist carefully undertake that the bark of the Mezereon root alone without wood be added and that it be fresh and intensely bitter.
Take one of the papers of the parcel № 1. put in (t) into a Scotch pint
of water. Set it over the fire, & boild it till one mutckin is boiled away.
then put in one of the № 2. & boil the whole, till a chopin. Then strain
it thro a pretty close table napkin. Put in a bottle & set it by in a
cool place. Of this you must take at first every day a mutckin divided
into small draughts at such intervals as to avoid the time of meals. If it
agree with your stomach, may increase by degrees till a chopin every day.
If it prove too warm on the Stomach you must continue to prepare
it of the parcels of № 1. & 2. but if no uneasy warmth &c You should
add to every paper of № 2. one of № 3. & if that does make it not
too warm you may add 2 papers to every paper of № 2 one of №. 3.
2 papers of № 3. to every bottle of Decoction.
Diplomatic Text
For Miss Dunlop.
℞. Rad. Sars. ℥j Fiant h. m. chart. № xiv.
Sig. Materials for Decoction № 1.
℞. Cort. rad. Mezer. ʒj Rasur. sassafras. ʒjſs
Rad. glycirzh. ras. ℥j ℳ. f. h. m. chart. №. xiv
Sign. Materials &c. №. 2.
℞ Cort. rad. Mezer. ʒſs F. h. m. chart. № xiv.
Sign. Materials &c. № 3.
Curet sedulo Pharmacopæus ut cort. rad. mez. sola sing (e) ligno adhi¬
beatur et ut illa recens et summe acris sit.
Take one of ye papers of ye parcel № 1. put in (t) into a Scotch pint
of water. Set it over ye fire, & boild it till one mutckin is boiled away.
then put in one of ye № 2. & boil ye whole, till a chopin. Then strain
it thro a pretty close table napkin. Put in a bottle & set it by in a
cool place. Of this you must take at first every day a mutckin divided
into small draughts at sc intervals as to avoid ye time of meals. If it
agree w your stom., may increase by degrees till a chopin every day.
If it prove too warm on ye Stomach you must continue to prepare
it of ye parcels of № 1. & 2. but if no uneasy warmth &c You should
add to every paper of № 2. one of № 3. & if that does make it not
too warm you may add 2 papers to every paper of № 2 one of №. 3.
2 papers of № 3. to every bottle of Decoction.
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