The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:904] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Lady Charlotte Hay (Hay) (Patient), Lady Henrietta Jane Hay (Harriet) (Patient) / 26 July 1774 / (Outgoing)
Reply, in form of directions for the Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Hay and with recipes, one for Lady Henrietta Hay.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 904 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/168 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 26 July 1774 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | Yes |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, in form of directions for the Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Hay and with recipes, one for Lady Henrietta Hay. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:8] |
Case of Lady Charlotte Hay who suffers from rheumatism in her head and arm, and other symptoms over many years while Cullen serves as family physician. |
16 |
| [Case ID:1919] |
Case of Lady Henrietta Hay who is prescribed cooling medicines. |
2 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:420] | Patient | Lady Charlotte Hay |
| [PERS ID:869] | Patient | Lady Henrietta Jane Hay (Harriet) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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For the Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Hay
Let her take every morning a table
spoon full of the laxative solution
ordered below. It is to be mixed
with half a pint of spring water
and this is to be taken at two or three
draughts at the interval of a
quarter or half an hour between
each but so as the whole may be
finished half an hour or more
before breakfast.
This dose is intended to open
the belly but it must be very gently
and never more than once a day.
If it does either more or less the dose
is accordingly to be diminished or
increased. If the dose is to be {illeg}
increased it may be proper also
to increase a little the quantity of
spring water.
This medecine is to be taken
every day for a fortnight together
but after that it may be enough
to take it every second or third day
as the state of the belly may seem
to require:
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For the first week that this medicine
is employed it will be proper to
avoid garden things but after that
these things may be introduced into
her Ladyships diet but gradually &
never so freely as to the other young
Ladies
Every day at dinner Lady Charlotte
should have some plain soup not
very strong, and may have a bit of
any light meal but the meal should
be made up with pudding and
vegetables avoiding the the colder kinds
as lettuce and Cucumber and the
more flatulent as Cabbage.
A bit of any of the light white
fishes boiled & served with a light
sauce is very allowable.
Her Ladyship's breakfast may be
Cocoa tea with an equal part
of fresh cows milk & the mixture to
be pretty well sweetened with muscovado
sugar. At supper she may have
the cows milk with an equal
part of water gruel & sweetened in
the same manner. With these liquids
either at breakfast or supper
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my Lady may have what plain bread
she pleases.
The ordinary drink may be boild
water without any toast, but with
a little white wine in it. If besides
this her Ladyship chuses a little
wine she may have a little Madeira
or a good sherry with an equal part
of water.
It will be very proper to keep the
feet always warm & dry and if
at any time pains of the stomach
come on it will be proper to have
the feet warmed with flannel cloths
or chafed a little before the fire &
this with a spoonfull or two of peppermint
water will I hope always discuss the
pains.
Nothing will be of more service to
Lady Charlotte than being much in the
fresh air & frequently on horseback.
1774
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For the Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Hay
Take one ounce of Soluble Tartar, half an ounce of Polychrest Salts, one-and-a-half drachms of Spanish sea salt, five ounces of spring water, one ounce of Ardent Spirit of Cinnamon. Dissolve and strain. Label: Laxative solution
Take one ounce of Soluble Tartar, two drachms of Polychrest Salts, half a drachm of Spanish sea salt, five ounces of spring water, one ounce of Ardent Spirit of Cinnamon Dissolve and strain. Label: Cooling solution
1774
For the Right Honourable
Lady Charlotte Hay
24th July 1774
Vol. II p. 45
Diplomatic Text
For the Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Hay
Let her take every morning a table
spoon full of the laxative solution
ordered below. It is to be mixed
with half a pint of spring water
and this is to be taken at two or three
draughts at the interval of a
quarter or half an hour between
each but so as the whole may be
finished half an hour or more
before breakfast.
This dose is intended to open
the belly but it must be very gently
and never more than once a day.
If it does either more or less the dose
is accordingly to be diminished or
increased. If the dose is to be {illeg}
increased it may be proper also
to increase a little the quantity of
spring water.
This medecine is to be taken
every day for a fortnight together
but after that it may be enough
to take it every second or third day
as the state of the belly may seem
to require:
[Page 2]
For the first week that this medicine
is employed it will be proper to
avoid garden things but after that
these things may be introduced into
her Ladyships diet but gradually &
never so freely as to the other young
Ladies
Every day at dinner Lady Charlotte
should have some plain soup not
very strong, and may have a bit of
any light meal but the meal should
be made up with pudding and
vegetables avoiding the the colder kinds
as lettuce and Cucumber and the
more flatulent as Cabbage.
A bit of any of the light white
fishes boiled & served with a light
sauce is very allowable.
Her Ladyship's breakfast may be
Cocoa tea with an equal part
of fresh cows milk & the mixture to
be pretty well sweetened wt muscovado
sugar. At supper she may have
the cows milk with an equal
part of water gruel & sweetened in
the same manner. With these liquids
either at breakfast or supper
[Page 3]
my Lady may have what plain bread
she pleases.
The ordinary drink may be boild
water without any toast, but with
a little white wine in it. If besides
this her Ladyship chuses a little
wine she may have a little Madeira
or a good sherry with an equal part
of water.
It will be very proper to keep the
feet always warm & dry and if
at any time pains of the stomach
come on it will be proper to have
the feet warmed wt flannel cloths
or chafed a little before the fire &
this wt a spoonfull or two of peppermint
water will I hope always discuss the
pains.
Nothing will be of more service to
Lady Charlotte than being much in the
fresh air & frequently on horseback.
1774
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For the Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Hay
℞ Tartar. Solubil ℥i
Sal. polychrest ℥ſs
- marin Hispan. ʒjſs
Aq. font. ℥v
- Cinnam s. v. ℥i
Solve et cola
Sig. Laxative solution
℞ Tartar. Solubil ℥i
Sal. polychrest ʒij
Aq. font. ℥v
- Cinnam s. v. ℥i
Solve et cola
Sig. Cooling solution
1774
For the R. Honble
Lady Charlotte Hay
24th July 1774
Vol. II p. 45
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