The Cullen Project | [ID:601] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Peter Wright / Regarding: Mr Matthie (Patient) / 12 July 1782 / (Outgoing)

[ID:601] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Peter Wright / Regarding: Mr Matthie (Patient) / 12 July 1782 / (Outgoing)

Reply, for 'Dr Wright C[oncerning] Mr Matthie'.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	601
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/1/15/86
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Outgoing
Date	12 July 1782
Annotation	None
Type	Machine copy
Enclosure(s)	No enclosure(s)
Autopsy	No
Recipe	No
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Reply, for 'Dr Wright C[oncerning] Mr Matthie'.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:1480]	Case of Mr Matthie, a young man with a nephritic complaint who is too attached to the pursuit of pleasure to give Cullen's treatments time to take effect.	8

People linked to this document

Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Author	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:2830]	Addressee	Dr Peter Wright
[PERS ID:2831]	Patient	Mr Matthie
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:2830]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr Peter Wright

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		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Mentioned / Other		Arran	Western Isles	Scotland	Europe	certain

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Dr Wright Concerning Mr Matthie

Dear Sir

I am obliged to you for your account
of Mr. Matthie. Some of his friends here were very an¬
xious for my giving him advice but I told them I could not
without more particular information of his present state
and that I find has procured your letter. I am heartily
sorry to find his ailments so frequently recurring and
that perhaps may be from the nature of them but I am
the same time positive he does not give his disease or
our remedies fair play. He may find punch diuretic
and sometimes seemingly relieving but I am certain that
Acids never did agree with such ailments and I have
a hundred times found them manifestly hurtfull I am
certain also that a hearty glass of any strong drink what¬
ever is no less so. I am sorry to find a worthy usefull
man attached so much to his pleasure. I have no ob¬
jection to his going to Arran nor to his drinking goat
whey there and if he will lay aside his punch which is

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as improper with goat whey as it is bad for the gravel he
will probably be the better for his expedition to Arran.
I should like very much his trying the Uva Ursi but
I would wish to let it alone till he returns from Arran.

With best wishes to him I am

Dear Doctor
Your most obedient servant

William Cullen

Edinburgh 12 July
1782