The Cullen Project | [ID:5060] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr John McFarquhar (Farquharson) / Regarding: Miss Henrietta Ross (Henrieta, Henny) (Patient), Miss Mary Baillie (Patient) / 25 May 1785 / (Outgoing)

[ID:5060] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr John McFarquhar (Farquharson) / Regarding: Miss Henrietta Ross (Henrieta, Henny) (Patient), Miss Mary Baillie (Patient) / 25 May 1785 / (Outgoing)

Reply, 'Miss H[enrietta] Ross'. Also mentions Miss Baillie.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	5060
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/18/43
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	25 May 1785
Annotation	None
Type	Machine scribal copy
Enclosure(s)	No enclosure(s)
Autopsy	No
Recipe	No
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Reply, 'Miss H[enrietta] Ross'. Also mentions Miss Baillie.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1778]	Case of Miss Henrietta Ross, aged thirteen, who 'became indolent and discovered an inclination to ly upon her Bed and afterwards began to complain of pain in the right side a little below the Breast' (includes some poor copies).	4
[Case ID:1784]	Case of Miss Mary Baillie at Dunrobin Castle, aged thirteen, who becomes very unwell after passing some worms. Cullen subsequently declares her case 'hysteric'.	8

People linked to this document

Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Author	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:2842]	Addressee	Mr John McFarquhar (Farquharson)
[PERS ID:2847]	Patient	Miss Mary Baillie
[PERS ID:2843]	Patient	Miss Henrietta Ross (Henrieta, Henny)
[PERS ID:2846]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr Wood
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:2842]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr John McFarquhar (Farquharson)

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		Tain	North Highlands	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Mentioned / Other	Balnagown	Kildary	North Highlands	Scotland	Europe	certain

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Miss H. Ross

Dear Sir

I am favoured with yours of the {illeg}
and am very happy in finding ↑that↑ Miss Henrietta Ross
has got the better of {illeg}
I hope in a very good [train?] I have communicated
your information to Mr Wood but either
he nor I have any new Advice to offer. We
approve much of the young Lady's using the
Goat whey and we hope that by the use of that
the contenuance of the Issue and her daily exercise
She will be perfectly recovered. With respectful
Compliments to the family at Balnagown
I am with great regard