The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4565] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Benjamin Steuart (Patient) / 15 January 1780 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed 'For Mr Benjamin Steuart',. Cullen prescribes a stomachic powder and tincture to help what he believes is the patient's weak stomach.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4565 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/12/132 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 15 January 1780 |
| 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 headed 'For Mr Benjamin Steuart',. Cullen prescribes a stomachic powder and tincture to help what he believes is the patient's weak stomach. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1290] |
Case of Mr Benjamin Steuart who suffers palpitations which Cullen attributes to a weak stomach. |
1 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:4008] | Patient | Mr Benjamin Steuart |
| [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 |
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For Mr Benjamin Steuart
From the little you were pleased to tell me it appears to
me that your complaints depend upon a weakness of stomach
which often occasions a palpitation of heart. I think you maybe
relieved by the prescription on 'tother page. When you have tried
it for a fortnight please let me know its effects & the then state of
your complaints & I shall advise farther as well as I can
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While you take the medicine I would have you abstain from all
kinds of malt liquor & for drinks to take water or water with a little
wine or spirit in it. In all kinds of strong drink you should
be exceedingly temperate. In diet avoid roots & greens of all
kinds. You may take solid food at dinner but you might
always to keep your stomach light, particularly at supper.
When the weather allows of it you will be much the better of
being often on horseback -
Take five grains each of preparation of steel and powdered cinnamon ten grains of pure white sugar Mix to make a powder and make in this manner twenty-eight doses Label: Stomachic powders one to be taken twice a day before dinner & supper in a little currant Jelly & to be washed down with a small cupfull of the following Tincture.
Take four ounces Tincture of Peruvian Bark and 6 ounces each of simple Cinnamon Water and Rose Water Mix. Label: Stomachic powder (↑Tincture↑) a small cupfull to be taken after every dose of ye Powders. -
Diplomatic Text
For Mr Benjamin Steuart
From ye little you were pleased to tell me it appears to
me yt your complaints depend upon a weakness of stomach
wc often occasions a palpitation of heart. I think you maybe
relieved by ye prescription on 'tother page. When you have tried
it for a fortnight please let me know its effects & ye then state of
your complaints & I shall advise farther as well as I can
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While you take ye medicine I would have you abstain fm all
kinds of malt liquor & for drinks to take water or water wt a little
wine or spirit in it. In all kinds of strong drink you shd
be exceedingly temperate. In diet avoid roots & greens of all
kinds. You may take solid food at dinner but you might
always to keep your stomach light, particularly at supper.
When ye weather allows of it you will be mc ye better of
being often on horseback -
℞ Limatur Mart. ppt.
Cin↑n↑amon pulv. @ gr. v
Sach. alb. puriss gr. x
ℳ f. Pulvis et f. h. m. dos № XXVIII
Signa Stomachic powders one to be taken twice a day before
dinner & supper in a little currant Jelly & to be washed down wt
a small cupfull of ye following Tincture.
℞ Tinct. cort. Peruv. ℥iv
Aq. Cin↑n↑am simpl.
- rosar @ ℥vj
ℳ S. Stomachic powder (↑Tincture↑) a small cupfull to be taken after
every dose of ye Powders. -
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