The Cullen Project | [ID:724] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Aiken / Regarding: Mr Aiken (Patient) / 5 March 1783 / (Outgoing)

[ID:724] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Aiken / Regarding: Mr Aiken (Patient) / 5 March 1783 / (Outgoing)

Reply to Mr Aiken, whose condition Cullen believes is 'entirely a Nervous Ailment, giving a weakness to your stomach which occasions some indigestion and a great collection of wind in your Bowels'. Recipe is in Cullen's hand.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	724
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/15/211
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	5 March 1783
Annotation	None
Type	Machine scribal copy
Enclosure(s)	Enclosure(s) present
Autopsy	No
Recipe	Yes
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Reply to Mr Aiken, whose condition Cullen believes is 'entirely a Nervous Ailment, giving a weakness to your stomach which occasions some indigestion and a great collection of wind in your Bowels'. Recipe is in Cullen's hand.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

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Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1646]	Case of Mr Aiken whose stomach complaints are considered entirely 'nervous'.	1

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Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Author	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:3571]	Addressee	Mr Aiken
[PERS ID:3571]	Patient	Mr Aiken
[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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Mr Aiken

Sir

I received yours in course but as the advice
I formerly gave you had either not been Copied or had since
fallen by I delayed Answering you in hopes of recovering
the Copy of my former advice as it might enable me
to be more exact in what I should say now. But though
I have not recovered that Copy I recollect pretty well what
you formerly told me and I have considered carefully the
Additional information you give me in your letter and
upon the whole I am of the same opinion I was of before.
I think your complaint is entirely a Nervous Ailment, gi¬
ving a weakness to your stomach which occasions some
indigestion and a great collection of wind in your Bowels.
At the same time the weakness occasions the (↑a↑) Costiveness
which prevents the proper discharge of the wind. You
are right in thinking that the obviating or removing Costive¬
ness will be of service to you and, I hope you find the pills
I ordered before are suited to that purpose and you must

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therefore employ them diligently so far as may be necessary.
But besides removing Costiveness it is proper to employ
some medicines for the weakness of Nerves and stomach
that is at the bottom of all your ailments and for this purp¬
pose I am afraid the Powders I advised before have not
done so much as I expected and therefore you will be
pleased to lay them aside for a week or two and in place
of them to take the Strengthening tincture prescribed on
other pages. You are to take a table spoonful of it mixed
with two table spoonfuls of water and this dose two or
three times a day an hour before every meal. Along with
this you are to observe the same regimen in Diet and
exercise I advised before and after you have taken
this medicine for two weeks let me have your report
by letter or what will be better by coming here yourself

I am Sir
Your most Obedient Servant

William Cullen

Edinburgh 5th. March
1783

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✍ For Mr Aiken

Take 4 ounces of Peruvian Bark Tincture, 2 ounces of Bitter Tincture, and an ounce of Aromatic Tincture. Mix. Label: Strengthening Tincture

W.C.

5th. March
1783.