The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4738] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Blain / Regarding: Mr (Henry?) Brown (Browne) (Patient) / 9 November 1783 / (Outgoing)
Reply, for 'Mr Browne'. Cullen requests if Mr Blain write again, he 'may write more distinctly and fully.' He cautions that unless Mr Browne employs cold bathing and exercise, no medicines will do him much service.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4738 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/16/142 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 9 November 1783 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine scribal copy |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, for 'Mr Browne'. Cullen requests if Mr Blain write again, he 'may write more distinctly and fully.' He cautions that unless Mr Browne employs cold bathing and exercise, no medicines will do him much service. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1438] |
Case of Mr Brown [Browne] who has a disorder of the stomach and bowel and who is advised to try frequent cold bathing. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2950] | Addressee | Mr Blain |
| [PERS ID:2948] | Patient | Mr (Henry?) Brown (Browne) |
| [PERS ID:2950] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr Blain |
| [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 | Carlisle | North-West | England | Europe | inferred |
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Mr Browne
Sir
I have the honour of yours the first Current and in
general recollected you and your Complaints but I
had a good deal of difficulty in recovering a Copy of
the notes I had taken before and of the Advice
I had formerly given you which however was
necessary to my advising you now, so that from
this and some other circumstances I have not
been able to answer you till now and I don't
answer you so well as I could wish as you
have not given me any account of the operation
or effects of the medicines I formerly advised and
particularly whether or not you tried the Cold
bathing and exercise I recommended. I see
however the weakness of your stomach still
continues for all the complaints you mention
now depend upon that. On other page I have
prescribed some powders which I would
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have you take regularly for a fortnight but no longer
for one course. If you find their effects very good
you may after some weeks intermission take
another course of them. I expect they will keep
your belly regular but if they do not you must
take a laxative medicine. You tell me that Aloes
does not agree with you and therefore I have
prescribed on other page two different medicines
and you may employ that which you find
answer best. I must not conclude without
telling you that unless you employ Cold bathing
and exercise I am afraid no medicines will
do you much service. If you please to write me
again I beg you may write more distinctly and
fully. I am with great regard
Sir
Your most Obedient Servant
William Cullen
Edinburgh 9th. November
1783
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For Mr Browne
Take half a drachm of powder of chamomile flowers, five grains of powder of columbo root, two grains of cinnamon powder and one grain of Ginger powder. Mix to make a powder, and let there be fourteen doses made in this way. Label: Stomachic Powders; one to be taken in the morning before breakfast and another an hour before dinner. They are to be taken in a little brandy and water.
Take three ounces of rectified castor Oil and one ounce of Daffy's Elixir in accordance with the Pharmacopœia Edinburgensis. Mix. Label:Laxative Oil; a tablespoonful to be taken for a dose in the morning, taking care to shake the phial very well before pouring out the dose. N.B. The dose may be more or less as occasion requires.
Take one ounce of powder of Crystal Tartar, two drachms of compound of Jallop powder in accordance with the Pharmacopœia Edinburgensis, half an ounce of lenitive electuary and enough Simple syrup in order to let there be made a thin electuary, or Linctus. Label as Laxative Electuary; a teaspoon more or less to be taken for a dose in the morning.
W.C.
9th. November
1783
Diplomatic Text
Mr Browne
Sir
I have the honour of yours the first Currt. and in
general recollected you and your Complaints but I
had a good deal of difficulty in recovering a Copy of
the notes I had taken before and of the Advice
I had formerly given you which however was
necessary to my advising you now, so that from
this and some other circumstances I have not
been able to answer you till now and I don't
answer you so well as I could wish as you
have not given me any account of the operation
or effects of the medicines I formerly advised and
particularly whether or not you tried the Cold
bathing and exercise I recommended. I see
however the weakness of your stomach still
continues for all the complaints you mention
now depend upon that. On other page I have
prescribed some powders which I would
[Page 2]
have you take regularly for a fortnight but no longer
for one course. If you find their effects very good
you may after some weeks intermission take
another course of them. I expect they will keep
your belly regular but if they do not you must
take a laxative medicine. You tell me that Aloes
does not agree with you and therefore I have
prescribed on other page two different medicines
and you may employ that which you find
answer best. I must not conclude without
telling you that unless you employ Cold bathing
and exercise I am afraid no medicines will
do you much service. If you please to write me
again I beg you may write more distinctly and
fully. I am with great regard
Sir
Your most Obedient Servant
William Cullen
Edinr. 9th. Novr.
1783
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For Mr Browne
℞ pulv. flor. chamæmel. ʒfs
---- rad. colomb. gr.v
---- cinnamom. gr.ij
---- Zingiber gr.j
ℳ. f. pulvis et f. h. m. dos. №. xiv
Sig. Stomachic Powders one to be taken in the morning
before breakfast and ↑ano↑ther an hour before dinner.
They are to be taken in a little brandy & water.
℞ Ol. ricin. rec. ℥iij
Tinct. Senn. comp. Ph. Edin. ℥j
ℳ. Signa Laxative Oil a tablespoonfull to be taken for a dose
in the morning, taking care to shake the phial very well before
pouring out the dose. N.B. The dose may be more or less as occasion
requires
℞ Crystall. Tartar. pulv. ℥j
pulv. e Jalap. comp. Ph. Edin. ʒij
Elect. lenitiv. ℥fs
Syr. Simpl. q. s. ut f. Electuarium tenue sive Lochoch
Sig. Laxative Electuary a tea Spoonfull more or less to be taken
for a dose in the morning.
W.C.
9th. Novr.
1783
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