The Cullen Project | [Case ID:704]: Case of "A. B.", the four-year-old son of Mr Samuel Thomson on the island of St Croix who has lost his speech and developed a 'spasmodic' condition in his arm since being inoculated against smallpox.

[Case ID:704]: Case of "A. B.", the four-year-old son of Mr Samuel Thomson on the island of St Croix who has lost his speech and developed a 'spasmodic' condition in his arm since being inoculated against smallpox.

Documents in this case

6 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:2525]	Unsigned case note describing the case of 'A. B.', the four-year-old son of Mr Thomson on the island of St Croix. The child was healthy until being inoculated for smallpox, after recovering from which 'his speech left him [...] and that he was afflicted with a spasmodic affection in his right hand and arm'.	9 June 1784

[DOC ID:2524]	Letter from Alexander Tower, serving as a covering letter for the case of 'A. B.', the four-year-old son of a friend of his [identified as Mr Thomson in another letter] on the island of St Croix, 'which place I left June last'. The addressee is unnamed, but Tower hopes to have both his and Cullen's advice (and inferred to be Munro, Secundus).	26 September 1784

[DOC ID:2635]	Letter from Samuel Thompson, concerning the case of his son. He mentions that Dr Alexander Towers had contacted Cullen and Dr Munro last autumn on the same case.	12 June 1785

[DOC ID:5080]	Reply, 'Mr Saml. Thompson C[oncerning] his Son'	20 June 1785

[DOC ID:2657]	Letter from John Gordon to Dr Monro, concerning the enqury of Samuel Thomson concerning a 'dumb' child. He copies 'the paragraph of a letter I received from my Friend in London last Post, trusting you will favor me with an answere to the same'. Legible handstamp.	6 July 1785

[DOC ID:5098]	Reply, 'Saml. Thompson Esqr.'	8 July 1785

People involved in this case

11 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 3401]	Mr B. Burton
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 3399]	Mr John Forbes
[PERS ID: 3403]	Mr John Gordon
[PERS ID: 3400]	Mr Daniel Gregory
[PERS ID: 89]	Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro )
[PERS ID: 3404]	Mr Robert Morris (Morrice/Maurice)
[PERS ID: 3398]	Mr Samuel Thompson
[PERS ID: 3395]	Mr Thomson (A. B.)
[PERS ID: 3396]	Dr Alexander Tower (Towers)
[PERS ID: 531]	Dr Richard? Warren

Unique Places linked to this Case

12 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		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Aberdeen	East Highlands	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		London	London and South-East	England	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Country				Scotland	Europe	certain
Continent					West Indies	certain
Country				England	Europe	certain
Country				Britain	Europe	certain
Country				India	Asia	certain
Country				St. Croix (Virgin Islands)	West Indies	certain
Continent					East Indies	certain

Places and role of place

19 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		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Writing		Aberdeen	East Highlands	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Writing		London	London and South-East	England	Europe	certain
Country	Place of Writing				St. Croix (Virgin Islands)	West Indies	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Destination of Letter		London	London and South-East	England	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		London	London and South-East	England	Europe	certain
Country	Mentioned / Other				Scotland	Europe	certain
Continent	Mentioned / Other					West Indies	certain
Country	Mentioned / Other				England	Europe	certain
Country	Mentioned / Other				Britain	Europe	certain
Country	Mentioned / Other				India	Asia	certain
Country	Mentioned / Other				St. Croix (Virgin Islands)	West Indies	certain
Continent	Mentioned / Other					East Indies	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		London	London and South-East	England	Europe	certain