The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1021] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mrs Jane Webster / Regarding: Mrs Jane Webster (Patient) / 16 September 1780 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mrs Jane Webster', advising her to 'make your body still lighter by a stone or more' and giving dietary and cold bathing instructions.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1021 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/13/76 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 16 September 1780 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For Mrs Jane Webster', advising her to 'make your body still lighter by a stone or more' and giving dietary and cold bathing instructions. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:12] |
Case of Mrs Jane Webster at York who is trying to lose weight. |
4 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:476] | Addressee | Mrs Jane Webster |
| [PERS ID:476] | Patient | Mrs Jane Webster |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
| Destination of Letter | York | North-East | England | Europe | inferred |
Normalized Text
For Mrs Jane Webster
Corpulence certainly disposes to violent diseases.
You should persist in your present measures till you
make your body still lighter by two stone or more.
For in a woman of middle size, any thing above 12 stone
is too much ----
The measures proposed & followed hitherto, judicious.
Continue the walking & increase it against the cold
weather come on & even thro the winter you must
take a great deal of bodily exercise, avoiding however
being overheated.
Cold bathing also proper & should be continued
thro the winter. Guard against cold.
Moderation in diet, animal foods
only once a day &
then very moderately. Cheating appetite by bulk
of light things especially vegetables. The changed
diet properly advised to be gradual: but as you are
already advanced in it you may go farther that is
to say you should go on with & exercise & measure
diet till you are reduced to the weight mentioned above.
When this is done the same rigor will not be necess¬
ary, provided only you guard against a relapse into
your former corpulence.
Diplomatic Text
For Mrs Jane Webster
Corpulence certainly disposes to violent diseases.
You should persist in your present measures till you
make your body still lighter by two stone or more.
For in a woman of middle size, any thing above 12 stone
is too much ----
The measures proposed & followed hitherto, judicious.
Continue the walking & increase it against the cold
weather come on & even thro the winter you must
take a great deal of bodily exercise, avoiding however
being overheated.
Cold bathing also proper & should be continued
thro the winter. Guard against cold.
Moderation in diet, animal foods
only once a day &
then very moderately. Cheating appetite by bulk
of light things especially vegetables. The changed
diet properly advised to be gradual: but as you are
already advanced in it you may go farther that is
to say you should go on with & exercise & measure
diet till you are reduced to the weight mentioned above.
When this is done the same rigor will not be necess¬
ary, provided only you guard against a relapse into
your former corpulence.
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