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The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

[ID:4679] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mrs Elizabeth Watt (McCall) (of Stranraer) / Regarding: Mrs Elizabeth Watt (McCall) (of Stranraer) (Patient) / 2 August 1783 / (Outgoing)

Reply, 'Directions for Mrs Watt'. Directions for preparing diuretic, pectoral and stomachic medicines, and use of anodyne oil. Prescriptions and directions for making up gargles are also included. The final paragraph and closer of the leter are in a scribe's hand.

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DOC ID 4679
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/1/16/83
Main Language English
Document Direction Outgoing
Date2 August 1783
Annotation None
TypeMachine copy
Enclosure(s) No enclosure(s)
Autopsy No
Recipe Yes
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Reply, 'Directions for Mrs Watt'. Directions for preparing diuretic, pectoral and stomachic medicines, and use of anodyne oil. Prescriptions and directions for making up gargles are also included. The final paragraph and closer of the leter are in a scribe's hand.
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting No

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Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:1594]
Case of Mrs Elizabeth Watt of Stranraer, whose various symptoms over the course of ten years include a chest complaint, a sore mouth, and rheumatism.
18


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[PERS ID:1]AuthorDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:2120]AddresseeMrs Elizabeth Watt (of Stranraer)
[PERS ID:2120]PatientMrs Elizabeth Watt (of Stranraer)
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)

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Destination of Letter Stranraer Borders Scotland Europe inferred

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Directions for Mrs Watt


1. I have sent you a Phial of solution which
is to supply the Diuretic Mixture. You are
to take two tea spoonfulls of it in a small cup
full of water two or three times a day adding
to the cupfull of water half a table spoon full
of brandy
and a bit of sugar. This you are
to continue to take till your strangury is very
much relieved, but when that is the case you
should lay aside the Medicine till the strangu¬
ry
returns


2. To supply the place of the pectoral draughts
I have sent you a phial of Drops of which
you are to take thirty five drops for a dose
at bedtime every second or third night when
the cough is troublesome
but when the cough
is gone you need ↑not↑ take this medicine. ––
It is to be taken in a little water with a bit of sugar.




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3. I have sent you a phial of stomachic Tincture
both for your stomach and blood. It is the same
as before only in larger quantity and you are
to employ it as before by taking a tea spoonfull
in a little water several times a day.


4. I have sent you an anodyne oil for anointing
your back every night at bedtime keeping it
always covered with a piece of flannel.


With the same oil you may anoint your
knee
or any other part that happens to be
pained. ––––


5. I have sent materials for a Gargle partly
in papers, partly in a Phial. A paper
of the materials is to be put into a Tea pot
and a mutckin of boiling water poured upon
it. Let it stand near the fire for ten or
twelve hours, then strain off the liquor
and put to it a table spoonful of what



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is in the Phial and then it may be employ¬
ed as a gargle
. When this is done another is
to be made in the same manner.


Edinburgh 2d. August
1783



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For Mrs Watt

Take one drachm of dried red Roses, half a drachm of Pomegranate, and one scruple each of oak Bark and Peruvian Bark. Mix to make the Materials and in this way make up four papers. Label: Materials for a Gargle

Take 2 ounces of Syrup of dried roses and half an ounce of Spiritus vitrioli tenuis. Mix. Label: Syrup for a Gargle

W.C.

2d August
1783

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[Page 1]
Directions for Mrs Watt


1. I have sent you a Phial of solution which
is to supply the Diuretic Mixture. You are
to take two tea spoonfulls of it in a small cup
full of water two or three times a day adding
to the cupfull of water half a table spoon full
of brandy
and a bit of sugar. This you are
to continue to take till your strangury is very
much relieved, but when that is the case you
should lay aside the Medicine till the strangu¬
ry
returns


2. To supply the place of the pectoral draughts
I have sent you a phial of Drops of which
you are to take thirty five drops for a dose
at bedtime every second or third night when
the cough is troublesome
but when the cough
is gone you need ↑not↑ take this medicine. ––
It is to be taken in a little water with a bit of sugar.




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3. I have sent you a phial of stomachic Tincture
both for your stomach and blood. It is the same
as before only in larger quantity and you are
to employ it as before by taking a tea spoonfull
in a little water several times a day.


4. I have sent you an anodyne oil for anointing
your back every night at bedtime keeping it
always covered with a piece of flannel.


With the same oil you may anoint your
knee
or any other part that happens to be
pained. ––––


5. I have sent materials for a Gargle partly
in papers, partly in a Phial. A paper
of the materials is to be put into a Tea pot
and a mutckin of boiling water poured upon
it. Let it stand near the fire for ten or
twelve hours, then strain off the liquor
and put to it a table spoonful of what



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is in the Phial and then it may be employ¬
ed as a gargle
. When this is done another is
to be made in the same manner.


Edinr. 2d. August
1783



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For Mrs Watt


Ros. rubr. siccat. ʒj
Balaust. ʒſs
Cort. quercin.
–– Peruvian @ ℈j
ℳ. f. Ma#alia et f. h. m. chart.
№ iv.
Signa Materials for a Gargle

W.C.

2d August
1783

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