The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Influenza
'An acute, highly infectious viral disease of humans, which typically occurs in seasonal (winter) outbreaks or as major epidemics or pandemics, is characterized by the sudden onset of fever and chills, headache, muscle pain, weakness, and cough, and can result in death' (OED, which has first recorded usage as 1743).
Category: Conditions
Sub category: General
[DOC ID:616] Influenza on page (1)
[ID:616] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Lady Helen Douglas (Hamilton) (Lady Selkirk) / Regarding: Lord Basil William Douglas (Lord Daer) (Patient) / 8 August 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:575] the Influenza on page (1)
[ID:575] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr John Short / Regarding: Mr Thomas Smith (Patient) / 12 June 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:2243] has had the InflĀ¬
uenza on page (1)
[ID:2243] From: Mr William Stewart (Stuart) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Robert Orr (Patient) / 27 June 1782 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:571] much distressed with the
Influenza on page (2)
[ID:571] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mrs Agnes Wilson / Regarding: Dr Alexander Wilson (Patient), Mrs Agnes Wilson (Patient) / 8 June 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:579] influenza on page (4)
[ID:579] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr J. Spens / Regarding: Mr J. Spens (Patient) / 19 June 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:591] The Influenza on page (1)
[ID:591] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr George Campbell (Patient) / 27 June 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1246] Influenza on page (1)
[ID:1246] From: Dr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Dickson (Dixon) (Patient) / 26 February 1776 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2228] Influenza on page (1)
[ID:2228] From: Mr J. Spens / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr J. Spens (Patient) / 6 June 1782 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2228] Influenza on page (9)
[ID:2228] From: Mr J. Spens / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr J. Spens (Patient) / 6 June 1782 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2244] Influenza on page (1)
[ID:2244] From: Dr Robert Marshall / To: Mr William Stewart (Stuart) / Regarding: Mr Robert Orr (Patient) / 27 June 1782 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2778] InfluĀ¬
enza on page (9)
[ID:2778] Cover Letter and Case Note / Regarding: Mrs Janet Scott (Sanderson) (Patient), Mr Gilbert Basil Scott (Basil Scott) (Patient) / 25 March 1786 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:590] an Influenza on page (2)
[ID:590] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Macdonald / Regarding: Mr George Campbell (Patient) / 27 June 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:2231] the Influenza on page (1)
[ID:2231] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Lady Helen Douglas (Hamilton) (Lady Selkirk) / Regarding: Lady Mary Douglas (Patient), Helen Douglas (Patient), Elizabeth Douglas (Eliza) (Patient), Katherine Douglas (Patient) / June? 1782? / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:2249] the Influenza is Raging here with
great violence on page (1)
[ID:2249] From: Mr John Goodsir / To: Mr Henry Lindsay (Harry; Lindsay Bethune; Lindsay of Wormiston; after 1789, Bethune of Kilconquhar and Balfour) / Regarding: Mr David Bethune (of Kilconquhar; of Balfour) (Patient) / 8 June 1782 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2230] the Influenza on page (1)
[ID:2230] From: Earl Dunbar Douglas (Hamilton) (Lord Selkirk, 4th Earl of Selkirk) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Lord Basil William Douglas (Lord Daer) (Patient), Lady Mary Douglas (Patient), Helen Douglas (Patient), Elizabeth Douglas (Eliza) (Patient), Katherine Douglas (Patient) / 11 June 1782 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2230] the Influenza on page (3)
[ID:2230] From: Earl Dunbar Douglas (Hamilton) (Lord Selkirk, 4th Earl of Selkirk) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Lord Basil William Douglas (Lord Daer) (Patient), Lady Mary Douglas (Patient), Helen Douglas (Patient), Elizabeth Douglas (Eliza) (Patient), Katherine Douglas (Patient) / 11 June 1782 / (Incoming)