Letter to William Ingham, with a regimen and prescription for John Surtees, whom Cullen has recently seen in person. He writes, 'his ailment is somewhat constitutional and therefore must be of difficult cure'. He is given dietary and exercise advice and guidance on bleeding and blistering, as well as a prescription for pectoral pills. See note to Letter 5732 linked to this case, which implies that this document got left in Edinburgh error.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	5547
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/20/167
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	6 October 1787
Annotation	None
Type	Machine scribal copy
Enclosure(s)	No enclosure(s)
Autopsy	No
Recipe	Yes
Regimen	Yes
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Letter to William Ingham, with a regimen and prescription for John Surtees, whom Cullen has recently seen in person. He writes, 'his ailment is somewhat constitutional and therefore must be of difficult cure'. He is given dietary and exercise advice and guidance on bleeding and blistering, as well as a prescription for pectoral pills. See note to Letter 5732 linked to this case, which implies that this document got left in Edinburgh error.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1272]	Case of Mr John Surtees who has asthma and erysipelas on his hands and face.	11

People linked to this document

Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Author	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:82]	Addressee	Mr William Ingham
[PERS ID:4334]	Patient	Mr John Surtees
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:82]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Mr William Ingham
[PERS ID:5666]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr Stephen Pemberton

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		Newcastle upon Tyne	North-East	England	Europe	inferred

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