The Cullen Project | [Case ID:1]: Case of the Reverend Mr Cuthbert Allen of Wooler, suffering from consumption, and later anasarca and a hernia to his scrotum.

[Case ID:1]: Case of the Reverend Mr Cuthbert Allen of Wooler, suffering from consumption, and later anasarca and a hernia to his scrotum.

Documents in this case

8 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:1148]	Letter from William Turnbull introducing the letter's bearer, the Rev. Mr. Allen, who 'will inform you himself of his Complaints better than I can describe them'. Turnbull also mentions his son who is a student of Cullen's at Edinburgh and who may be the John Turnbull who published "A Syphilitic Ode" in defence of William Turnbull's surgical ideas in 1784(?).	18 June 1775

[DOC ID:309]	Directions 'For Reverend Allen', whose condition Cullen supposes to result from a blockage in the kidneys. 'To obviate and possibly cure' the patient, he recommends 'caustic' [Lixivium], alongside a diet with no fish or heavy meats. Gentle exercise, including horse-riding, is paramount. Doc:1148 reveals that Allen had visited Cullen in person on the recommendation of his local practitioner, Dr William Turnbull at Wooler. Cullen's typically formal mode of address makes is difficult to ascertain if these directions were being written up for Turnbull or exclusively for Allen (who may have been handed them in person).	21 June 1775

[DOC ID:1342]	Letter from William Turnbull regarding the case of Mr Allen, a vicar with a urinary stoppage.	9 January 1777

[DOC ID:3980]	Reply to Dr Turnbull following-up on the case of Mr Allen which Cullen suspects to be dropsy after all.	12 January 1777

[DOC ID:1359]	Letter from William Turnbull concerning the case of Mr Allen.	3 February 1777

[DOC ID:1361]	Reply (in form of loose retained draft for entering in the 'casebook') from Cullen to Mr Turnbull, concerning the case of Mr Allan. The contents was never transferred to the casebook.	6 February 1777

[DOC ID:1371]	Letter from William Turnbull concerning the case of Mrs Younghusband, who is pregnant but (after narrowly avoiding miscarriage) is confined to her room and has a slight bloody discharge. He refers to her previously consulting Cullen about two years previously over gynaecological problems before a previous pregnancy (see Letter ID:509). He also refers to the continuing treatment of the vicar of Wooler, Rev. Cuthbert Allen, whom he had also referred to Cullen.	24 February 1777

[DOC ID:1415]	Letter from William Turnbull regarding the case of Mrs Eliott, wife of the Curate of Bamburgh, aged 34, a mother of 4. She has chronic catarrh, diarrhœa and menstrual complaints. He also comments on payments being sent from other shared patients, the Rev. Allen and Mrs Younghusband. Letter ID:1416 seems to have been sent along with this giving Rev. Elliott's case.	9 June 1777

People involved in this case

11 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 1310]	Reverend Cuthbert Allen (Allan; of Wooler)
[PERS ID: 1978]	Mr Anderson (Allan; of Wooler)
[PERS ID: 1937]	Mr Armstrong (Allan; of Wooler)
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 1216]	Reverend Henry Elliot (Elliott, of Beadnell and Bamburgh; at Fowberry, nr. Belford (Northumberland))
[PERS ID: 1939]	Mrs Elliott (Elliot)
[PERS ID: 312]	Dr John Hope (Elliot)
[PERS ID: 1311]	Mrs Turnbull (Elliot)
[PERS ID: 1312]	Mr John(?) Turnbull (Elliot)
[PERS ID: 2837]	Mr William Turnbull (Elliot)
[PERS ID: 1419]	Mrs Younghusband (Young husband)

Unique Places linked to this Case

4 found.

Type	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Specific	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place		Wooler	North-East	England	Europe	inferred
Place		Belford	North-East	England	Europe	certain

Places and role of place

8 found.

Type	Role	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Specific	Place of Writing	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Writing		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Writing		Wooler	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Destination of Letter		Wooler	North-East	England	Europe	inferred
Place	Mentioned / Other		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Belford	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Belford	North-East	England	Europe	certain