Cullen

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

 

Salivation

Spitting. A treatment for syphilis, using carefully measured, accumulative doses of mercurial medicines which induce salivation.

Category: Treatments
Sub category: General

27 documents found with this item tagged. See below for the various ways that this item has been used in the the documents.



[DOC ID:1999] salivated very severly on page (3)
[ID:1999] From: Mr William Duguid / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr William Duguid (Patient) / 7 April 1781 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1977] a repitition of salivation on page (1)
[ID:1977] From: Mr Richard Walker / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Miss Hodgson (Hodgeson) (Patient) / 11 February 1781 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1977] her Salivation on page (3)
[ID:1977] From: Mr Richard Walker / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Miss Hodgson (Hodgeson) (Patient) / 11 February 1781 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:713] it never goes the length of any Salivation on page (5)
[ID:713] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Thomas Stephen / Regarding: Captain Grant (Patient) / 18 February 1783 / (Outgoing)

[DOC ID:1496] mercury was tried to a degree that salivated me on page (1)

[DOC ID:2001] ☿ l mercurial Course on page (5)
[ID:2001] From: Dr Alexander Stevenson (Professor; of Dalgairn ) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Commissioner James Buchanan (Provost Buchanan; formerly of Drumpellier) (Patient) / 20 April 1781 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1757] Gentle Spitting on page (1)
[ID:1757] From: Dr William Wilson / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Donald (Patient) / 21 November 1779 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1137] she spits about a Gill and a half in the 24 hours on page (1)
[ID:1137] From: William Brown / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Anonymous (Patient) / 28 April 1775 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1137] whither she was to have any spitting or not any further on page (1)
[ID:1137] From: William Brown / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Anonymous (Patient) / 28 April 1775 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1644] Salivation on page (2)
[ID:1644] From: Mr Andrew Shennan (of Stranraer) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Andrew Shennan (of Stranraer) (Patient) / 19 March 1779 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1477] a very serious Mercurial course, & was kept spitting on page (1)
[ID:1477] From: Mr Gavin Fullarton / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mrs McDonald (Patient), Mr McDonald (Patient) / 25 January 1778 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1477] a salivation was raised on page (3)
[ID:1477] From: Mr Gavin Fullarton / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mrs McDonald (Patient), Mr McDonald (Patient) / 25 January 1778 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:691] salivation on page (3)
[ID:691] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Sir John Cathcart (Patient) / 28 December 1782 / (Outgoing)

[DOC ID:691] saliva¬ tion on page (3)
[ID:691] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Sir John Cathcart (Patient) / 28 December 1782 / (Outgoing)

[DOC ID:1489] Copious salivation on page (2)
[ID:1489] From: Dr Alexander Taylor (Sanders) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr James Orr (Patient) / 15 February 1778 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1489] salivation on page (2)
[ID:1489] From: Dr Alexander Taylor (Sanders) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr James Orr (Patient) / 15 February 1778 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1489] saliva¬ tion being raised on page (3)
[ID:1489] From: Dr Alexander Taylor (Sanders) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr James Orr (Patient) / 15 February 1778 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1489] salivation on page (4)
[ID:1489] From: Dr Alexander Taylor (Sanders) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr James Orr (Patient) / 15 February 1778 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1461] mercurials, so far urged as to enter into the course of the circulation & affect the salivary glands on page (2)
[ID:1461] From: Dr Matthew Dobson / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: C. (Patient) / October 1777 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:4536] a greater salivation on page (2)
[ID:4536] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr John Walker / Regarding: Miss Mitchell (Patient) / 14 November 1779 / (Outgoing)

[DOC ID:1762] a Salivation carried on as far as Strength would allow on page (1)
[ID:1762] From: Mr Archibald Mitchell / To: Earl Dunbar Douglas (Hamilton) (Lord Selkirk, 4th Earl of Selkirk) / Regarding: Miss Mitchell (Patient) / 1? November 1779 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1159] which sweated me plentyfully at times without affording me any releif on page (1)
[ID:1159] From: Captain Patrick Ferguson (Captain Ferguson, Captain Fergusson (later Major Ferguson)) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Captain Patrick Ferguson (Captain Ferguson, Captain Fergusson (later Major Ferguson)) (Patient) / 26 July 1775 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1159] & begun to spit on page (2)
[ID:1159] From: Captain Patrick Ferguson (Captain Ferguson, Captain Fergusson (later Major Ferguson)) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Captain Patrick Ferguson (Captain Ferguson, Captain Fergusson (later Major Ferguson)) (Patient) / 26 July 1775 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1159] when the salivation increased) on page (2)
[ID:1159] From: Captain Patrick Ferguson (Captain Ferguson, Captain Fergusson (later Major Ferguson)) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Captain Patrick Ferguson (Captain Ferguson, Captain Fergusson (later Major Ferguson)) (Patient) / 26 July 1775 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:3990] salivating on page (2)

[DOC ID:1983] take care that the salivation proceeds to no high degree on page (3)
[ID:1983] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Richard Walker / Regarding: Miss Hodgson (Hodgeson) (Patient) / 19? February 1781 / (Outgoing)

[DOC ID:1983] before the Salivation comes on on page (4)
[ID:1983] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Richard Walker / Regarding: Miss Hodgson (Hodgeson) (Patient) / 19? February 1781 / (Outgoing)