The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:216]

People [PERS ID:216]

Field	Data
ID	216
Title	Mr
First Name	Robert
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Wallace
Maiden Name
AKA
Gender	Male
Occupation	Surgeon
Medical Professional?	Medical Professional

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)	1731
Date of death (year)	1812

Notes


Glasgow surgeon. Elected member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1751. In partnership with George Cochran as of February 1784.

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 329	Case of Miss Beckie Glassford who is suffering from various weakening symptoms, including a bad cough.
2	Case 330	Case of John Glassford, the 'Tobacco Lord' who suffers from a long-term stomach complaint which eventually proves fatal. Includes post-mortem report. Internal reference implies he was Cullen's patient in 1768, though no letters are extant.
3	Case 585	Case of Mrs Browne with a tumour.
4	Case 727	Case of John Shanks who has a pulmonary condition.
5	Case 863	Case of Cullen's 'old aquaintance' Mr James Fleming who has an obstructed oesophagus which proves fatal. May be same person as Case 276.
6	Case 1191	Case of John Napier of Balikinrain who has suffered from a pervasive inflammatory condition for some time and now has an open sore on his shin requiring the lancet.
7	Case 1218	Case of Mr Arthur Robertson who is passing bloody urine.
8	Case 1329	Case of Edward Brisbane, a merchant returned to Glasgow from America, who has ascites and anasarca (fluid retention) which prove fatal.
9	Case 1342	Case of Thomas Hopkirk who suffers from a severe pain in his right side and a related stomach disorder.
10	Case 1367	Case of Lady Helen Stuart of Castlemilk who reports flying rheumatic pains, a skin eruption and pains in her abdomen.
11	Case 1385	Case of Rev. William Thom, a Cullen family friend, who is weakened by a very severe, persistent cough.
12	Case 1402	Case of Robert Barclay who suffers from bad headaches, especially at night, and swollen ankles.
13	Case 1480	Case of Mr Matthie, a young man with a nephritic complaint who is too attached to the pursuit of pleasure to give Cullen's treatments time to take effect.
14	Case 1660	Case of David Hamilton who has a sore hip and leg which is being treated with fomentations and electricity.
15	Case 1914	Case of Thomas Hamilton who has pains and spasms in the side and trouble walking.
16	Case 2083	Case of George Cochrane whose case is diagnosed as dyspepsia.
17	Case 2105	Case of Samuel Bott from Antigua, who has 'St Anthony's Fire'.