The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4243] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mrs Elizabeth Cunnison (Burrell or Birrell) (Cunison ) (Patient) / 17 May 1778 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mrs Cunnison'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4243 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/10/100 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 17 May 1778 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For Mrs Cunnison' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:934] |
Case of Mrs Cunnison who suffers menstrual pains and colic. |
4 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2158] | Patient | Mrs Elizabeth Cunnison (Cunison ) |
| [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 | Jerviston | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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For Mrs Cunnison.
She should try the shower bath - but should bring it on by
degrees in the following manner.
At first, put into the cylinder, only eight Scotch pints of water-
six of these should be taken from a spring or well; & neither from
a river, nor water which has been kept within doors - Imme¬
diately before she is to take the bath, two pints of boiling wa¬
ter are to be added & mixed by stirring it with the six pints
which had been put in before. Should take this every
morning soon after coming out of bed, & for the first two
days she should take it tempered as above. but on the
third day to the six pints of cold water she should add only
seven muchkins of the boiling & every third day she should then
subtract a muchkin of the boiling water and add an additio¬
nal muchkin of cold - so that in the course of a fortnight
she will come to use cold water alone, & after this she may
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every day add a pint of cold water till the cyliner is as full
as it can hold which should be about twenty Scotch pints.
Every time she takes the bath, a servant ready with towels,
should as the water is all run down, dry her skin very quick¬
ly & rub it pretty briskly - after which she is to put on her
ordinary cloaths.
This bathing would be safer if she had no hair on her
head so that the water might first fall upon it naked;
but if she is averse to part with her hair, she must pre¬
vent its being wet, by covering it with an oiled silk cap.
This Bath should be used, only in the intervals of her al¬
tering & let alone when she does alter; but if she is liable
in this to much irregularity, she should not interrupt the
bath of account of little appearances at unusual times.
Mrs Cunnison should still carefully observe the directions
I formerly gave with respect to diet, exercise, & the state of her
belly.
If her symptoms be urgent & especially if they do not allow
her to enter upon the use of the bath, she may be give again the
strengthening medicines formerly ordered, but if there be no such ur¬
gency I would not have her enter upon those medicines till
the bathing has been tried for some time.
Diplomatic Text
For Mrs Cunnison.
She should try the shower bath - but should bring it on by
degrees in the following manner.
At first, put into the cylinder, only eight Scotch pints of water-
six of these should be taken from a spring or well; & neither from
a river, nor water which has been kept within doors - Imme¬
diately before she is to take the bath, two pints of boiling wa¬
ter are to be added & mixed by stirring it with the six pints
which had been put in before. Should take this every
morning soon after coming out of bed, & for the first two
days she should take it tempered as above. but on the
third day to the six pints of cold water she should add only
seven muchkins of the boiling & every third day she should then
subtract a muchkin of the boiling water and add an additio¬
nal muchkin of cold - so that in the course of a fortnight
she will come to use cold water alone, & after this she may
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every day add a pint of cold water till the cyliner is as full
as it can hold which should be about twenty Scotch pints.
Every time she takes the bath, a servant ready with towels,
should as the water is all run down, dry her skin very quick¬
ly & rub it pretty briskly - after which she is to put on her
ordinary cloaths.
This bathing would be safer if she had no hair on her
head so that the water might first fall upon it naked;
but if she is averse to part with her hair, she must pre¬
vent its being wet, by covering it with an oiled silk cap.
This Bath should be used, only in the intervals of her al¬
tering & let alone when she does alter; but if she is liable
in this to much irregularity, she should not interrupt the
bath of account of little appearances at unusual times.
Mrs Cunnison should still carefully observe the directions
I formerly gave with respect to diet, exercise, & the state of her
belly.
If her symptoms be urgent & especially if they do not allow
her to enter upon the use of the bath, she may be give again the
strengthening meds formerly ordered, but if there be no such ur¬
gency I would not have her enter upon those medicines till
the bathing has been tried for some time.
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