The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:2524] From: Dr Alexander Tower (Towers) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Thomson (A. B.) (Patient) / 26 September 1784 / (Incoming)
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).
- Facsimile
- Normalized Text
- Diplomatic Text
- Metadata
- Case
- People
- Places
Facsimile
There are 2 images for this document.

[Page 1]

[Page 2]
Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 2524 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/1575a |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 26 September 1784 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | 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). |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [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. |
6 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:3396] | Author | Dr Alexander Tower (Towers) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:3395] | Patient | Mr Thomson (A. B.) |
| [PERS ID:3396] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr Alexander Tower (Towers) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:89] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro ) |
| [PERS ID:3398] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mr Samuel Thompson |
| [PERS ID:89] | Supplemental Addressee | Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro ) |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Aberdeen | East Highlands | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Mentioned / Other | England | Europe | certain | |||
| Mentioned / Other | Scotland | Europe | certain | |||
| Mentioned / Other | St. Croix (Virgin Islands) | West Indies | certain | |||
| Mentioned / Other | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
Normalized Text
Diplomatic Text
XML
XML file not yet available.
Feedback
Send us specfic feeback about this document [DOC ID:2524]
Please note that the Cullen Project team have now disbanded but your comments will be logged in our system and we will look at them one day...


