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The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

[ID:830] From: William Laing / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Malcolm Laing (Patient) / 8 July 1772 / (Incoming)

Letter from William Laing about the treatment of his son’s tumour with plaisters and different pills, in joint consultation with the addressee an unnamed practitioner. Mention is also made of the Edinburgh surgeon Wood. Place of writing is probably Jedburgh, but this and a place where some medicine is to be brought from are both hard to read.

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Metadata

FieldData
DOC ID 830
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/97
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
Date8 July 1772
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial original
Enclosure(s) No enclosure(s)
Autopsy No
Recipe No
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Letter from William Laing about the treatment of his son’s tumour with plaisters and different pills, in joint consultation with the addressee an unnamed practitioner. Mention is also made of the Edinburgh surgeon Wood. Place of writing is probably Jedburgh, but this and a place where some medicine is to be brought from are both hard to read.
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:18]
 Case of Malcolm Laing of Strinzia (in Orkney), who has a scrophulous complaint.
 5


People linked to this document

Person IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:353]Author William Laing
[PERS ID:1756]PatientMr Malcolm Laing
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:353]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary William Laing
[PERS ID:1039]Patient's Relative / Spouse / FriendProfessor Stuart
[PERS ID:1041]OtherMr Douglas
[PERS ID:1043]OtherMr Wood

Places linked to this document

Role in document Specific Place Settlements / Areas Region Country Global Region Confidence
Place of Writing Jedburgh Borders Scotland Europe certain
Destination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred

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Dear Sir,


My friend Professor Stuart's
Son was here yesterday, & brought with him the
joint Consultation of you & Dr Cullen. I observe
you do me the honour to approve of the external
part of my prescription, which consisted of the
Minderin thro the day, & a plaister of equal quanti¬
tys of ther Gum & mercurial, & morning & Evening
the Hemlock formentation. I have now to acquaint you
that the internal part consisted of the pil. merc. lax.
washed over with a draught of the Decoct. Lignor.
and a strict mild, cooling Regimen. I intended the
pills should give him two or three loose stools twice
a week, & be less laxative the intervening days, but
he did not take a sufficient number for that purpose
tho' I told him to encrease or diminish the dose ac¬
cording to their operation. I was going to add Sal. Polychr.
to the Decoction, but postponed it, to give way for
better advice. The tumor is remarkably diminished,
& yet there is as much pain felt as when I first saw it.
I had no Sal. marin. Hispan. but have wrote to Mr A Douglas
for some of it, and our patient is to come over from [Middleside?] 1
Sunday next for the aperient Solution.

I beg my Compliments to
Dr Cullen & my friend Mr Wood, & am, with sincere regard,
my Dear Sir Your most obedient humble Servant
//m
Laing
Jedr. 2 8th July 1772 -


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1772

Notes:

1: This place name is difficult to decipher so no place-name has been linked.

2: Almost certainly a contraction for Jedburgh, a town in the Scottish Border region

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[Page 1]
Dr Sir,


My friend Professor Stuart's
Son was here yesterday, & brought with him the
joint Consultation of you & Dr Cullen. I observe
you do me the honour to approve of the external
part of my prescription, which consisted of the
Minderin thro the day, & a plaister of equal quanti¬
tys of ther Gum & mercurial, & morning & Evening
the Hemlock formentation. I have now to acquaint you
that the internal part consisted of the pil. merc. lax.
washed over with a draught of the Decoct. Lignor.
and a strict mild, cooling Regimen. I intended the
pills should give him two or three loose stools twice
a week, & be less laxative the intervening days, but
he did not take a sufficient number for that purpose
tho' I told him to encrease or diminish the dose ac¬
cording to their operation. I was going to add Sal. Polychr.
to the Decoction, but postponed it, to give way for
better advice. The tumor is remarkably diminished,
& yet there is as much pain felt as when I first saw it.
I had no Sal. marin. Hispan. but have wrote to Mr A Douglas
for some of it, and our patient is to come over from [Middleside?] 1
Sunday next for the aperient Solution.

I beg my Compls to
Dr Cullen & my friend Mr Wood, & am, with sincere regard,
my Dr Sr. Yr most obd hble Sert
//m
Laing
Jedr. 2 8th July 1772 -


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1772

Notes:

1: This place name is difficult to decipher so no place-name has been linked.

2: Almost certainly a contraction for Jedburgh, a town in the Scottish Border region

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