Cullen

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

 

[Case ID:168]: Case of Mr Knox who has an inflamed liver.

Documents in this case

3 document(s) found in this case.

DOC IDSummaryDate
[DOC ID:826]  Linked to other Cases  
Letter from [T.?] Shiels in Dublin, concerning the cases of his friends Mr and Mrs Knox. Mrs Knox suffers from headaches. Mr Knox has been treated with Selters water by somebody else against fits of the gout but still has problems, turning yelloow. Shiels also mentions that he is himself in poor health and announces to give an account of it in 2 or 3 parts. 30 June 1772
 
[DOC ID:828]  Linked to other Cases  
Reply in the form of an incomplete corrected draft by Cullen on the cases of Mr and Mrs Knox answering an enquiry from T. Shiels in Dublin. It is all in Cullen's own hand, but a recipe and editorial corrections have clearly been added with a different pen. The cross and other marks are Cullen's system for marking where amendments are to be integrated into to polished version.July 1772
 
[DOC ID:829]  Linked to other Cases  
Letter, from former Edinburgh student Shiells in Dublin (though no closer as letter is incomplete), concerning the cases of Mr Knox, but most of the letter concerns Shiells' own headaches. July 1772
 

These documents contain one or more that share the same date. We have manually applied an order based on what we know.

People involved in this case

5 found.

PERS IDFull Name
[PERS ID: 1] Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 1036] Dr Hunter
[PERS ID: 350] Mr Knox
[PERS ID: 351] Mrs Knox
[PERS ID: 349] T Shiels

Unique Places linked to this Case

5 found.

TypeSpecific Place Village/Town/City (aka) Region Country Continent Confidence
Place Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
Place Dublin Mid Ireland Ireland Europe certain
Place London London and South-East England Europe certain
Country England Europe certain
Country Ireland Europe certain

Places and role of place

10 found.

TypeRoleSpecific Place Village/Town/City (aka) Region Country Continent Confidence
PlacePlace of Writing Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
PlacePlace of Writing Dublin Mid Ireland Ireland Europe certain
PlaceDestination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred
PlaceDestination of Letter Dublin Mid Ireland Ireland Europe inferred
PlaceTherapeutic Recommendation Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
PlaceMentioned / Other Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
PlaceMentioned / Other London London and South-East England Europe certain
CountryMentioned / Other England Europe certain
CountryMentioned / Other Ireland Europe certain
PlaceMentioned / Other Dublin Mid Ireland Ireland Europe certain