The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:566]

People [PERS ID:566]

Field	Data
ID	566
Title	Mr
First Name	Alexander
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Copland
Maiden Name
AKA	Coupland; of King's Grange
Gender	Male
Occupation	Surgeon
Medical Professional?	Medical Professional

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)
Date of death (year)	1801

Notes


Surgeon active in Dumfries where he was a professional associate of the physician John Gilchrist, whom he helped in founding Dumfries Infirmary in 1776.

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 4	Case of Mr Alexander Spalding Gordon who has a venereal infection in 1775; in 1776 he has a swollen ankle and toe assumed to be gouty; and in 1784 he is suffering from the after-effects of an accidental pistol wound.
2	Case 9	Case of Dr Thomas Mutter who has suffered 'a palsy' (stroke).
3	Case 174	Case of Mrs Blackstock who has various symptoms including painful legs and 'glandular' eruptions for which she has been given mercury. She is diagnosed as having 'dropsy' on the brain.
4	Case 684	Case of Miss Jean ["Jeanie"] McMurdo [MacMurdo] who in 1775 has a fever, in 1778 has a bad chest condition with feverish symptoms, and then develops severe bouts of colic.
5	Case 686	Case of Mrs Hamilton of Aldershaw who is in the last stages of consumption.
6	Case 695	Case of the Reverend Marshall concerning his death and post-mortem.
7	Case 696	Case of Miss Marshall who has a stomach disorder.
8	Case 785	Case of Mrs Bushby who has a bad chest, vomiting and various other complaints generally associated with multiple child-bearing.
9	Case 965	Case of the Reverend Burnside who is left weak from a history of headaches and attacks of sweating.
10	Case 1080	Case of Mr Glassel whose baffling feverish condition may stem from his former rheumatic complaint; he develops painful ankles, headaches and a bad stomach.
11	Case 1107	Case of Mr William McDowal [McDowall, McDouall], who has a chest complaint and spits blood.
12	Case 1699	Case of Mr Blair, Provost of Dumfries, with a history of ailments, whose current weak state is attributed by Cullen to hypochondriasis.
13	Case 1732	Case of young Mr McMurdo of Drumlanrig who has a fever.
14	Case 1780	Case of Mr Darrell who has various symptoms including a skin complaint, a cold, feverishness and a nephritic condition.
15	Case 1797	Case of Captain Craick whose constitution was weakened while on campaign in America and who has since suffered from loss of appetite, lassitude, pains and an eruption.
16	Case 2218	Case of Sir Thomas Hay whose withdrawn, antisocial, erratic, sometimes wholly insensible moods and behaviour have become a cause for concern.
17	Case 2536	Case of Captain William Graham, of Tynemouth Barracks, who has had a venereal disease and is now passing 'sand' in his urine, a sample of which he encloses with his first enquiry.