Letter to Alexander Murray, 7th Baron Elibank, concerning fears about infant health, after Cullen has read Mr Reid's account of the last illnesses and autopsies of his three dead babies (Charles, Clara and Gideon). He tries to reassure him: 'Upon the most anxious enquiry I cannot find that there were any unusual, or any ways faulty circumstances in the Mother that could be suspected to give occasion to the unhappy events which happened to the Children, nor indeed can I find any circumstances in the rearing and management of the Children that could be supposed to have such effect.' He hopes there is no congenital defect, but that 'there are very few instances of the same faults taking place in many Children of the same family', and gives some general advice about medicines for his living children.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	5224
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/19/36
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	16 March 1786
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	Letter to Alexander Murray, 7th Baron Elibank, concerning fears about infant health, after Cullen has read Mr Reid's account of the last illnesses and autopsies of his three dead babies (Charles, Clara and Gideon). He tries to reassure him: 'Upon the most anxious enquiry I cannot find that there were any unusual, or any ways faulty circumstances in the Mother that could be suspected to give occasion to the unhappy events which happened to the Children, nor indeed can I find any circumstances in the rearing and management of the Children that could be supposed to have such effect.' He hopes there is no congenital defect, but that 'there are very few instances of the same faults taking place in many Children of the same family', and gives some general advice about medicines for his living children.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

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Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1977]	Case of Charles, Clara and Gideon, the deceased children of Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank, who all died in infancy and concerning his fears about hereditary weakness and how to prevent premature death.	2

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Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1455]	Addressee	Baron Alexander Murray (of Darnhall or Blackbarony; of Elibank; Lord Elibank; 7th Baron Elibank)
[PERS ID:4401]	Patient	Mr Charles Murray
[PERS ID:4402]	Patient	Miss Clara Murray
[PERS ID:4403]	Patient	Mr Gideon Murray
[PERS ID:2803]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr James Reid
[PERS ID:1287]	Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend	Lady Mary Clara Murray (Lady Elibank)
[PERS ID:1455]	Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend	Baron Alexander Murray (of Darnhall or Blackbarony; of Elibank; Lord Elibank; 7th Baron Elibank)

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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	Blackbarony / Black Barony Castle / Darnhall / Darn Hall	Peebles	Borders	Scotland	Europe	inferred

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