Cullen

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

 

Typhus

'An acute infectious fever, characterized by great prostration and a petechial eruption; chiefly occurring in crowded tenements'.

Category: Conditions
Sub category: General

9 documents found with this item tagged. See below for the various ways that this item has been used in the the documents.



[DOC ID:1395] a petechial fever on page (4)
[ID:1395] From: Henry Bruce (Harry ) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Reverend George Munro (of Farr) (Patient), Anonymous (Patient) / 13 April 1777 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:2188] Typhus on page (4)
[ID:2188] From: Dr James Hall / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr John Graham (of Dougalston) (Patient) / 12 April 1782 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1327] Typhus on page (2)
[ID:1327] From: Mr Richard Allan / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: [A matter not directly regarding a patient] / 26 November 1776 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:2368] Typhus on page (1)
[ID:2368] From: William Elliot / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr David Watson (Patient) / 16 November 1783 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:4079] Petechial Fever on page (2)
[ID:4079] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Henry Bruce (Harry ) / Regarding: Reverend George Munro (of Farr) (Patient) / 9 June 1777 / (Outgoing)

[DOC ID:1472] nervous fever on page (1)
[ID:1472] From: Dr Alexander Wemyss (of Pitkenny) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Dr William Wemyss (in Kirkcaldy) (Patient) / 17 January 1778 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:3933] the Typhus kind on page (1)
[ID:3933] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Richard Allan / Regarding: [A matter not directly regarding a patient] / 3 October 1776 / (Outgoing)

[DOC ID:2684] he seems to have more the appearance of Typhus on page (3)
[ID:2684] From: Dr William Hamilton (in Glasgow) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr John Hyndman (Patient) / 11 August 1785 / (Incoming)

[DOC ID:1563] Typhus on page (1)
[ID:1563] From: Dr John Heysham / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Thomas Irwin (Irwine, at Moss Side) (Patient), Anonymous (Patient) / 14 September 1778 / (Incoming)