The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:2837]

People [PERS ID:2837]

Field	Data
ID	2837
Title	Mr
First Name	William
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Turnbull
Maiden Name
AKA
Gender	Male
Occupation	Surgeon-apothecary at Wooler
Medical Professional?	Medical Professional

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)	1729
Date of death (year)	1796

Notes


Surgeon-apothecary in Wooler, before William Cockayne. Born in Hawick. Studied at Edinburgh and Glasgow. 1757 he settled at Wooler in Northumberland, and was chosen physician of the Bamburgh infirmary. On Sir John Pringle's advice, went to London in 1777, and was appointed physician to the Eastern dispensary. Died London 2 May 1796 in his 67th year.

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 1	Case of the Reverend Mr Cuthbert Allen of Wooler, suffering from consumption, and later anasarca and a hernia to his scrotum.
2	Case 26	Case of Mrs Younghusband with complications during pregnancy.
3	Case 178	Case of Mr Smith who has competed a month-long mercurial course.
4	Case 494	Case of Henry Elliot who has a skin eruption. Consults Cullen on other matters in later years.
5	Case 514	Case of the Reverend Mr Crichton [Crieghton] who has consulted Culler earlier for his gout, gravel and rheumatism but no letter traced.
6	Case 540	Case of Mr Crawfurd [Crawford] whose health went into decline after the heavy drinking undertaken while contesting the last election at Morpeth which left him vulnerable to catching a cold and he is left with a persistent cough.
7	Case 548	Case of Robert Chisholm who travels to Bath for an unstated condition.
8	Case 856	Case of Mrs Elliot who has a chronic catarrhal cough, diarrhÅ“a and menstrual problems.
9	Case 857	Case of the Reverend Mr Henry Elliot of Fowberry who suffers from a bad stoamch, 'heats' and other 'nervous' symptoms which are exaccerbated by the loss of his wife.
10	Case 973	Case of Mrs Cockayne [Cocayne] who consults Cullen over several years regarding a painful abdominal condition.
11	Case 1119	Case of Miss Orde of Weetwood who has a rheumatic knee.