Case note describing the case of A. P., a schoolmaster, aged 32, who has suffered from severe fainting fits since he was about 20. Sometimes he falls unconscious; at other times, he remains conscious but cannot speak. When it is passing, he suffers tremors and becomes incoherent. He has tried bleeding, blistering and issues, and attributes the cause to 'grief and anxiety'. There is a faint pencil annotation 'Epilepsy' on the wrapper, also a sum. [MMG] Handwriting may be identifiable.

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DOC ID	3671
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/2/2561
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Incoming
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Type	Authorial original
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Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Case note describing the case of A. P., a schoolmaster, aged 32, who has suffered from severe fainting fits since he was about 20. Sometimes he falls unconscious; at other times, he remains conscious but cannot speak. When it is passing, he suffers tremors and becomes incoherent. He has tried bleeding, blistering and issues, and attributes the cause to 'grief and anxiety'. There is a faint pencil annotation 'Epilepsy' on the wrapper, also a sum. [MMG] Handwriting may be identifiable.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

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[Case ID:2393]	Case of "A. P.", aged thirty-two, a schoolmaster who suffers severe fainting fits in which he remains conscious but cannot speak.	1

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[PERS ID:5217]	Author	Mr
[PERS ID:1]	Addressee	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:5216]	Patient	Mr A P
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:5217]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr

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Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred

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