The Cullen Project | [Case ID:1132]: Case of Mr Low [Law] who has a serious chest complaint.

[Case ID:1132]: Case of Mr Low [Law] who has a serious chest complaint.

Documents in this case

6 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:230]	Reply, 'For Mr [Alexander] Low'. Cullen believes Low's illness 'depends entirely on an afflux of humours to his breast'. Cullen actually mentions cutting off the recipe from his letter to hand to an apothecary. It has been inferred that this was sent to Low at his home of Auchinlee, near Glasgow.	8 December 1781

[DOC ID:283]	Reply, 'For Mr Low'. Cullen gives the addressee (presumed to be a local physician or surgeon attending Low) detailed guidelines on the preparation of the medicines prescribed. Includes one recipe for a cooling mixture and two recipes for materials to make pectoral decoctions. The recipes are not in Cullen's hand.	3 March 1782

[DOC ID:2199]	Letter from James Cleland of Auchenlie, describing the case of James Brounlie and of 'my good son Mr Low'. Brounlie, a mason and 'a veary poor man' left with six small children after his wife's death, has had a sore lip since some 'sparks' of lime fell on it while he was working; Mr Low is 'in a porfect weast of Bodie and decay of strenth'.	2 May 1782

[DOC ID:2218]	Letter from Alexander Low, concerning his own case. He mentions that he has 'rec[eive]d y[ou]r box with Pills & used them as directed' since the earlier letter by 'Auchenlee' (presumably James Cleland of Auchenlie). Low had a rather painful and gruesome experience with the perpetual issue put in by his surgeon, which, upon examination by Mr Meek and Dr wardrop, revealed the 'saw parfitely thick with the flies, which had in this maner been applyed to me for upwards of 2 Months' and occasioned burning hot fever and want of rest.	28 May 1782

[DOC ID:559]	Reply, for 'Mr Low'. As Mr Low appears to be recovering from his ailment, Cullen approves of the mare's milk and prescribes more medicines, along with instructions to have them prepared at Mr Ninian Hill's shop in Glasgow. Cullen includes recipes for a pectoral mixture and a mild issue ointment.	29 May 1782

[DOC ID:5008]	Reply, for 'Mr Low'. Addressed to an unnamed medical professional under whose care Mr Low is shortly to be placed. Cullen believes Mr Low 'labours under a Schirrosity in the bottom of the Stomach or Colon' and considers it 'a very unfavourable, perhaps a desperate Case'. Cullen recommends cicuta to attempt the patient's relief.	17 March 1785

People involved in this case

13 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 4879]	Dr
[PERS ID: 4874]	Mr William Baterson
[PERS ID: 4867]	Mr James Brounlie (Brownlee)
[PERS ID: 4868]	Mrs Brounlie
[PERS ID: 4866]	Mr James Cleland
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 743]	Mrs Anna Cullen
[PERS ID: 4877]	Mr Fortesset
[PERS ID: 4878]	Mr Ninian Hill
[PERS ID: 195]	Mr Alexander Low (Law?)
[PERS ID: 4876]	Mr Meek
[PERS ID: 4869]	Dr Andrew Sherry
[PERS ID: 873]	Dr Wardrop

Unique Places linked to this Case

8 found.

Type	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Place		Auchenlea (Auchenlie)	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Specific	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Hareshaw (Meikle Harshaw)	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Shotts (Shots)	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Watershaw	Western Isles	Scotland	Europe	certain
Specific	Mr Ninian Hill's apothecary shop	Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain

Places and role of place

10 found.

Type	Role	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Specific	Place of Writing	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Writing		Auchenlea (Auchenlie)	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Destination of Letter		Auchenlea (Auchenlie)	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Mentioned / Other		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Watershaw	Western Isles	Scotland	Europe	certain
Specific	Mentioned / Other	Mr Ninian Hill's apothecary shop	Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Shotts (Shots)	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Hareshaw (Meikle Harshaw)	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain