The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1029] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mrs Close (of Lisborn) (Patient) / 5 October 1780 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mrs Close of Lisborn'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1029 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/13/84 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 5 October 1780 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For Mrs Close of Lisborn' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1284] |
Case of Mrs Close of Lisborn who is prescribed strengthening medicines. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:841] | Patient | Mrs Close (of Lisborn) |
| [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 |
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For Mrs. Close of Lisborn
As Mrs. Close's Ailments have been of pretty long
standing they are now more difficult to be removed but I hope that
with a little attention and pains they may be entirely Cured.
The remedies already employed were the most probable
that could be thought of and if they have not entirely removed
her Complaints they have contributed to her general health and I hope
disposed her Ailments to be more easily mended.
On a paper apart I have prescribed an
Artificial Harrowgate
water of which she should take a Dose twice a week or oftener
if Costiveness requires it. The dose may be a Table Spoonful &
the effect of this should be to give one free stool, but if it does either
more or less, the dose should be diminished or increased. The Dose
must be always taken mixed with half a pint of Spring water
& this taken at two draughts in the Morning before breakfast.
It may be proper to warm so much of the water as to take off the
Coldness of the whole.
For Strengthening the Stomach and
the Nerves in general
I prescribed some powders and an Infusion which as soon as
Mrs. Close is settled at home she may begin to take and may
take them for a fortnight together. After that they are to be laid
aside for a week or two, but a second Course may be again
entered upon sooner or later as the effects of the former Course &
the state of her Symptoms direct.
For relieving the uneasiness which Mrs. Close is affected
with after Dinner let her take 50 or 60 drops of the Stomachic
Elixir also prescribed on the paper apart. They are to be taken
not in any liquid but dropped on a bit of Tea Sugar & washed
down with a mouthful or two of Brandy & water.
When Mrrs. Close happens to be seized with the Spasm
of her stomach, let her in the first place try a dose of the
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same Stomachic Elixir but if that does not give immediate relief
or if the relief obtained by it does not continue, she must have recourse
to the Paregoric Elixir or Laudanum in the manner her former
experience has directed.
It will certainly contribute to Mrs. Closes health
to take a great deal of fresh air & gentle exercise & her late
journey was very properly advised. I hope it has done service &
tho' not so much as was wished, I must advise her to continue
to take some exercise on horseback or in a Carriage as frequently
as the Weather will easily allow.
It is of much consequence for Mrs. Close to attend
to her Diet, but she seems already to have had very proper
advice on this subject, & her own experience must have given
her the best directions, so that it is not necessary for me
to enter upon it here.
Take 2 ounces of Soluble Tartar. Half an ounce each of Sal Polychrest, Marin, Hispanic. 8 ounces of Spring Water. Strain and sieve and Label: aperient solution a table spoonful for a dose to be taken in half a Pint of Spring water in the morning.
Take ten grains each of prepared Iron Filings and White Sugar; with five grains of powdered Cinnamon. Mix. Make into a powder and let this be made into nineteen doses. Label: Strengthening stomachic poweders one to be taken every day an hour before Dinner washing it down with a small cupfull of the following.
Take a drachm each of [triturated?] Columbo Root and bruised orange rind; a pound of boiling water. Macerate for a night and a morning and add two ounces of Tincture of Peruvian Bark; then strain through paper and Label: Strengthening Stomachic Infusion, two or three table spoonfuls to be taken after very powder.
Take two ounces of Elixir Proprietatis Vitriol. Label: Stomachic Elixir
Diplomatic Text
For Mrs. Close of Lisborn
As Mrs. Close's Ailments have been of pretty long
standing they are now more difficult to be removed but I hope that
with a little attention and pains they may be entirely Cured.
The remedies already employed were the most probable
that could be thought of and if they have not entirely removed
her Complaints they have contributed to her general health and I hope
disposed her Ailments to be more easily mended.
On a paper apart I have prescribed an
Artificial Harrowgate
water of which she should take a Dose twice a week or oftener
if Costiveness requires it. The dose may be a Table Spoonful &
the effect of this should be to give one free stool, but if it does either
more or less, the dose should be diminished or increased. The Dose
must be always taken mixed with half a pint of Spring water
& this taken at two draughts in the Morning before breakfast.
It may be proper to warm so much of the water as to take off the
Coldness of the whole.
For Strengthening the Stomach and
the Nerves in general
I prescribed some powders and an Infusion which as soon as
Mrs. Close is settled at home she may begin to take and may
take them for a fortnight together. After that they are to be laid
aside for a week or two, but a second Course may be again
entered upon sooner or later as the effects of the former Course &
the state of her Symptoms direct.
For relieving the uneasiness which Mrs. Close is affected
with after Dinner let her take 50 or 60 drops of the Stomachic
Elixir also prescribed on the paper apart. They are to be taken
not in any liquid but dropped on a bit of Tea Sugar & washed
down with a mouthful or two of Brandy & water.
When Mrrs. Close happens to be seized with the Spasm
of her stomach, let her in the first place try a dose of the
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same Stomachic Elixir but if that does not give immediate relief
or if the relief obtained by it does not continue, she must have recourse
to the Paregoric Elixir or Laudanum in the manner her former
experience has directed.
It will certainly contribute to Mrs. Closes health
to take a great deal of fresh air & gentle exercise & her late
journey was very properly advised. I hope it has done service &
tho' not so much as was wished, I must advise her to continue
to take some exercise on horseback or in a Carriage as frequently
as the Weather will easily allow.
It is of much consequence for Mrs. Close to attend
to her Diet, but she seems already to have had very proper
advice on this subject, & her own experience must have given
her the best directions, so that it is not necessary for me
to enter upon it here.
℞ Tartar Solubil ℥ ij
Sal Polychrest
-- marin. Hispan @℥ſs
Aq: font: ℥viii Salve et cola et Signa aperient solution
a table spoonful for a dose to betaken in half a Pint of Spring water in
the morning.
℞ Limatur: mart pptt
Sacchar. alb. @ Gr:X
Cinnamon: pulv: gr v M. fiat pulvis et f.h.m. Dos: No XIX
Sig: Strengthening stomachic powders one to be taken every day an
hour before Dinner washing it down with a small cupfull of the following
℞ Rad: colomb: [trit?].
Cort: Aurant contus: @ʒi
aq. fervent: lbi Digere per noctem et mane adde
Tinct: cort: Peruv: ℥ii
Dein per Chartam cola et Signa Strengthening Stomachic Infusion
two or three table spoonfuls to be taken after every powder
℞ Elix. proprietat: Vitriol: ℥ij Sig: Stomachic Elixir
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