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The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

[ID:1632] From: Colonel George Clerk (Clarke, Clark) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Colonel George Clerk (Clarke, Clark) (Patient) / February? 1779? / (Incoming)

Copy of a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Clerk, in New York, concerning his own case. This copy of the Colonel's original letter is in the hand of his brother, Robert Clerk of Mavisbank. He is being attended by Dr Blagden who studied at Edinburgh. Undated, but probably from February 1779.

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FieldData
DOC ID 1632
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/721
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
DateFebruary? 1779?
Annotation None
TypeScribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry)
Enclosure(s) No enclosure(s)
Autopsy No
Recipe No
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Copy of a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Clerk, in New York, concerning his own case. This copy of the Colonel's original letter is in the hand of his brother, Robert Clerk of Mavisbank. He is being attended by Dr Blagden who studied at Edinburgh. Undated, but probably from February 1779.
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:1473]
Case of Colonel George Clerk [Clark, Clarke, Clerke] who becomes excessively weak and feeble from chronic costiveness, breathlessness, and other chronic complaints. In New York he has a perpetual fever and stomach complaint and mentions consulting Cullen before but no firm evidence traced unless he is the same patient as Case 283 in 1768.
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Person IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:2507]AuthorColonel George Clerk (Clarke, Clark)
[PERS ID:1]AddresseeDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:3181]ScribeMr Robert Clerk (Clarke; Clerke; of Mavisbank)
[PERS ID:2507]PatientColonel George Clerk (Clarke, Clark)
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:421]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr Charles Blagden

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Place of Writing New York New York USA North America inferred
Destination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred
Mentioned / Other England Europe certain
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Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Clerk
at New York, Concerning the state of his
Health, & on which he wishes to have the
Opinion of Doctor Cullen


He begins with saying that he once had
the advice & Instructions from Dr. Cullen
befor & wou'd like to have it again ~
he wishes to know whither Climate wou'd
make such a Difference as to make it an
object for him to attend to - & proceeds
"In the first place I have a Constant fever
upon me never can get my pulse under
80 in a minute, but more generally from
that to 90 & a 100
, a heaviness & anxiety after
eating with a very Difficult dgestion and
never passage in my Belly but when
forced after which I am always easy, very
feeble & much emaciated of late - no acute
pain, sometimes a headach - I try every
method sometimes a chearfull Glass -
lately it does not answer - my Drink mostly
Madeira - Red wine I like but I fear it
too astringent - I have violent cramps in
my legs & feet in the night - seldom sleep
well
- I am very nervous and find a little



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solid meat agree with me better than
Broths - Milk in general don't agree with
all my Complaints I seldom lose my spirits
I wish to know particularly that about
the Effect of different climates for me
whither on such a Constitution it wou'd
be of Consequence or make any Difference
England Scotland France or Italy or any
other - a very sensible clever Young
Man mostly attend me he studied at
Edinburgh Doctor Blagden he is one of the
Physicians to our General Hospital 1
by his advice I am now taking Bark
in Extract & in Tincture and an a--
Tincture for the Opening me, this I am
Oblig'd to take every second day ---




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Colonel Clark
February 1779.
9. p.132.

Notes:

1: New York hospital was founded with a Royal charter in 1771 but was not fully established until the 1790s due to the Revolutionary War & a fire. Until then the building merely served as an interim military hospital and a teaching laboratory.

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Copy of a Letter from Lieutt. Coll. Clerk
at New York, Concerning the state of his
Health, & on which he wishes to have the
Opinion of Doctr. Cullen


He begins with saying that he once had
the advice & Instructions from Dr. Cullen
befor & wou'd like to have it again ~
he wishes to know whither Climate wou'd
make such a Difference as to make it an
object for him to attend to - & proceeds
"In the first place I have a Constant fever
upon me never can get my pulse under
80 in a minute, but more generally from
that to 90 & a 100
, a heaviness & anxiety after
eating with a very Difficult dgestion and
never passage in my Belly but when
forced after which I am always easy, very
feeble & much emaciated of late - no acute
pain, sometimes a headach - I try every
method sometimes a chearfull Glass -
lately it does not answer - my Drink mostly
Madeira - Red wine I like but I fear it
too astringent - I have violent cramps in
my legs & feet in the night - seldom sleep
well
- I am very nervous and find a little



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solid meat agree with me better than
Broths - Milk in general don't agree with
all my Complaints I seldom lose my spirits
I wish to know particularly that about
the Effect of different climates for me
whither on such a Constitution it wou'd
be of Consequence or make any Difference
England Scotland France or Italy or any
other - a very sensible clever Young
Man mostly attend me he studied at
Edr. Doctr. Blagden he is one of the
Physicians to our General Hospital 1
by his advice I am now taking Bark
in Extract & in Tincture and an a--
Tincture for the Opening me, this I am
Oblig'd to take every second day ---




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Colonel Clark
Febry. 1779.
9. p.132.

Notes:

1: New York hospital was founded with a Royal charter in 1771 but was not fully established until the 1790s due to the Revolutionary War & a fire. Until then the building merely served as an interim military hospital and a teaching laboratory.

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