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

 

[ID:5999] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Smith (of Barnard Castle) (Patient), Miss Milbanke (Patient) / 1 February 1781 / (Outgoing)

Reply, 'For Miss Milbanke & Mr Smith'.

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FieldData
DOC ID 5999
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/1/13/160
Main Language English
Document Direction Outgoing
Date1 February 1781
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial original
Enclosure(s) No enclosure(s)
Autopsy No
Recipe Yes
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Reply, 'For Miss Milbanke & Mr Smith'.
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:951]
Case of Mr Smith, a surgeon at Barnard Castle, who has symptoms of palsy and dies of what might be kidney failure.
9
[Case ID:1262]
Case of Miss Milbanke who has water on her lungs.
4


People linked to this document

Person IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:1]AuthorDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:880]PatientMr Smith (of Barnard Castle)
[PERS ID:1182]PatientMiss Milbanke
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr 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 Barnard Castle North-East England Europe inferred
Mentioned / Other Buxton Midlands England Europe certain

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For Miss Milbanke & Mr. Smith


I fear her dropsy increases both in her limbs &
her belly & all we can do I fear is to relieve.
Purgatives & Diuretics are the only remedies.


Let her take the Cream of Tartar with the simple syrup
from half an ounce to one ounce as she bears it; & giving some loose stools
every second day. It may be divided into doses of one ounce each
one every hour with a few grains of ginger or nutmeg to make
it sit better. On the days between the Doses let her take the
following Infusions

Take one drachm each of root of gentian and orange peel pour one pound of Spring Water. Let it rest for four hours and add half an ounce of Soluble tartar after resting strain through a paper and add two drachms of preparation of Juniper water. A table spoonful 4 times a day: and if she bear this easily each dose may be afterwards increased to two spoonfuls or more but if the dose is increased it may be farther diluted with juniper tea to correct its acrimony in the mouth & fauces. When the Cream of tartar is given in divided doses it does not purge so much & has a better chance for going to the kidnies. If it operate at any time smartly by stool you may give Thebaic Tincture at bedtime.


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When the season is a little advanced Mr Smith may
try Buxton but I cannot advise Seabathing. I hope a
warm Season may advance his recovery even from his
Paralytic complaints.

W.C.
Edinburgh 1. Edinburgh 1781 -

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[Page 1]
For Miss Milbanke & Mr. Smith


I fear her dropsy increases both in her limbs &
her belly & all we can do I fear is to relieve.
Purgatives & Diuretics are the only remedies.


Let her take the Cream of Tartar with the simple syrup
from ℥fs to ℥j as she bears it; & giving some loose stools
every second day. It may be divided into doses of ℥j each
one every hour with a few grains of ginger or nutmeg to make
it sit better. On the days between the Doses let her take the
following Infusions


rad. gent. cort. aurant. @ ʒj
contusis affunde Aq. ferv. lbj Digere hor. jv & adde
Sal. tart. ℥fs & postsubsid. p. ch. cola & adde Aq. junip.
comp.
℥ij -- A table spoonful 4 times a day: and if
she bear this easily each dose may be afterwards increased
to two spoonfuls or more but if the dose is increased
it m. b. farther diluted with juniper tea to correct its
acrimony in the mouth & fauces. When the Cream of tart.
is given in divided doses it does not purge so much & has
a better chance for going to the kidnies. If it operate at
any time smartly by stool you may give Tinct. Theb. at bedtime.


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When the season is a little advanced Mr Smith may
try Buxton but I cannot advise Seabathing. I hope a
warm Season may advance his recovery even from his
Paralytic complaints.

W.C.
Edinr. 1. Feby. 1781 -

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