The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3934] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr / Regarding: Mr Hopper (Patient) / October? 1776 / (Outgoing)
Reply, consisting of four prescriptions for sweating powders and electuaries 'For Mr Hopper' , with short note on regimen.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3934 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/8/46 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | October? 1776 |
| 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, consisting of four prescriptions for sweating powders and electuaries 'For Mr Hopper' , with short note on regimen. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:815] |
Case of Mr Hopper who is prescribed medicines to induce sweating. |
1 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:1788] | Addressee | Dr |
| [PERS ID:1787] | Patient | Mr Hopper |
| [PERS ID:1788] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr |
| [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 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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For Mr Hopper
[
J. A. ℥ij
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?] 2
Take Mineral water,
about ten grains of Cinnamon powder and
fifteen grains of the most pure white Sugar. Mix and pulverise to obtain twenty-eight doses to be used in emergency.
Label: Tonic Powders, one to be taken an hour before dinner
and the other an hour before supper in a little currant jelly.
washing them down with a small cupfull of the following.
Take half an ounce of powdered Peruvian bark
Take twenty or twenty-five grains of Dovers powder according to the sweatings [ii?]. Label: Sudorific powder.
Take one ounce of Crystal tartar, two drachms of powdered Jalop, half a drachm of Nutmeg, half an ounce of lenitive Electuary and add as much symple Syrup as it will be sufficient to make a soft Electuary. Take a teaspoonful or two for a dose.
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If at any time costive he is to take a dose of the
Electuary 4.
He should ride as much as possible except on
the sweating days.
Diet: light animal food, broth, pudding; no garden
things -- Drink Water - no Malt liquor. & at
dinner & supper in few two or three glasses of [str.?]
Diplomatic Text
For Mr Hopper
[
J. A. ℥ij
A ℥ij.
?]
[J.?] X. 1 ℞ Rub. chalyb. pptt
Cinn. pulv @ gr x.
Sacch. alb. duriss. gr xv. ℳ. f. Pulv. et f. h. m. dos. No 28.
S. Tonic Powder, One to be taken an hour before supper (↑dinner↑)
& the other an hour before Supper in a little Currant jelly.
Washing them down with a small cupfull of the following
℞ Pulv. cort. Per. ℥ss.
℞ Pulv. Sud. Dover. gr xx vel xxv. cum regimine & (↑ad↑) sudores [ii?]
S. Sud. Powder.
℞ Chryst. tart. ℥i Pulv. e j. compt ʒij Nuc Mosch. ras. ʒss.
Elect. lenitiv. ℥ss. Syr. simpl. q. s. ut f. Elect. tenue.
a tea spfull of or two for a dose
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If at any time costive he is to take a dose of the
Electuary 4.
He should ride as much as possible except on
the sweating days.
Diet: light animal food, broth, pudding; no garden
things -- Drink Water - no Malt liquor. & at
dinner & supper in few two or three glasses of [str.?]
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