The Cullen Project | [Case ID:343]: Case of Mr Welsh, who has a swollen leg after he injured it in a fall in April 1775.

[Case ID:343]: Case of Mr Welsh, who has a swollen leg after he injured it in a fall in April 1775.

Documents in this case

2 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:1208]	Loose, undated case note of an unnamed patient whose various symptoms appeared after 'a fall upon the Pavement'. Letter found with other 1775 letters, but the symptoms and other internal details closely match those of the Mr Welsh in Cullen's response in document ID:347, so it has been assumed this is the same patient and that Cullen was the addressee.	October? 1775?

[DOC ID:347]	Reply giving directions for Mr Welsh, regarding the swelling of his leg after he injured it in a fall in April (1775). Cullen describes it as becoming a 'receptacle for the humours' since late June, and that this threatens his breast, presumably through dropsy. He recommends that Mr Welsh wear a laced compression stocking, and takes some diaphoretic pills, for which he encloses a recipe.	15 October 1775

People involved in this case

3 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 1639]
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 1602]	Mr Welsh

Unique Places linked to this Case

2 found.

Type	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Specific	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred

Places and role of place

2 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	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred