The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:148] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Balfour (Patient) / 18 June 1781 / (Outgoing)
Reply regarding the younger Miss Balfour, briefly suggesting that her complaints are due to a weakness of the stomach and should be cured primarily by riding and by sea bathing,.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 148 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/14/34 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 18 June 1781 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine copy |
| Enclosure(s) | Enclosure(s) present |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply regarding the younger Miss Balfour, briefly suggesting that her complaints are due to a weakness of the stomach and should be cured primarily by riding and by sea bathing,. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:2549] |
Case of Miss Balfour (the younger), who like her elder sister is suffering a weak stomach. |
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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:112] | Patient | Miss Balfour |
| [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 | Orkneys | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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For Miss Balfour the younger
If Miss Balfour has any ailments or has of late had
any, they seem all to depend upon some weakness of sto¬
mach and this is chiefly to be cured by her being much in
the fresh air by her riding very often and by sea bathing.
If she employs these remedies there will be little occa¬
sion for nicety in her diet, but till her stomach is stronger
she should avoid taking much garden things and ↑on↑ the
other hand she should never load her stomach with a full
meal of any kind and especially of solid animal food.
Her drink should be water and all kind of Malt liquors
avoided.
If it shall happen that when she gets home she shall
have any complaints of her appetite or digestion she may
be much the better for the medicines prescribed on the
paper apart.
Edinburgh 18th. June
1781
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For Miss Balfour the younger
Take half a drachm each of Aloes socotorine and Myrrh and one scruple of Polychrest salts. Grind together into a powder and add two drachms of Gentian extract and with a sufficient quantity of mucilage of Gum Arabic to make a mass to be divided into Single five grain pills. Label: Stomachic Pills two to be taken every day an hour before dinner, washing them down with a Small cupful of the following:
Take half an ounce of powdered Peruvian bark, one drachm each of ground bruised orange peel and bruised cinnamon bark and two pounds of hot water. Let it rest for twelve hours and add two ounces each of Tincture of Peruvian bark and Tincture of Bitters and strain through a paper. Label: Stomachic Infusion, a small cupful to be taken twice a day, once with the pills and again at seven of the evening.
Diplomatic Text
For Miss Balfour the younger
If Miss Balfour has any ailments or has of late had
any, they seem all to depend upon some weakness of sto¬
mach and this is chiefly to be cured by her being much in
the fresh air by her riding very often and by sea bathing.
If she employs these remedies there will be little occa¬
sion for nicety in her diet, but till her stomach is stronger
she should avoid taking much garden things and ↑on↑ the
other hand she should never load her stomach with a full
meal of any kind and especially of solid animal food.
Her drink should be water and all kind of Malt liquors
avoided.
If it shall happen that when she gets home she shall
have any complaints of her appetite or digestion she may
be much the better for the medicines prescribed on the
paper apart.
Edinr. 18th. June
1781
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For Miss Balfour the younger
℞ Aloes socotorin.
Myrrhæ @ ʒſs
Sal. polychrest. ℈j
Terito simul in pulverem et adde Extract. gentian. ʒij
et cum mucilag. G. Arabic. q. s. f.
massa dividenda in pil. Sing. gr. v.
Signa Stomachic Pills two to be taken
every day an hour before dinner washing
them down with a Small cupfull of the
following
℞ pulv. cort. Peruv. ℥ſs
Cort. aurantior. trit cont.
-- cinnam. cont. @ ʒj
Aq. fervent. lbij Digere horas xij
et adde Tinct. cort. Peruv. Tinct. amar. @ ℥ij
et per chartam cola Sig. Stomachic Infusion a
small cupfull to be taken twice a day once with the
pills and again at seven of the evening
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