The Cullen Project | [Case ID:1433]: Case of the anonymised 'Mr. M.' who has long suffered from a 'cuteneous eruption', suspected of being the result of an unresolved 'venereal taint' and who also has anxieties over 'nocturnal emissions'.

[Case ID:1433]: Case of the anonymised 'Mr. M.' who has long suffered from a 'cuteneous eruption', suspected of being the result of an unresolved 'venereal taint' and who also has anxieties over 'nocturnal emissions'.

[DOC-6293-LINK]One letter[/DOC] is tentatively linked to this case based upon circumstantial evidence.

Documents in this case

5 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:2097]	Letter from D. Leslie, concerning the case of Mr. M., who has long suffered from a cutaneous eruption that recurrs every Winter and a nocturnal complaint.	20 November 1781

[DOC ID:223]	Reply, for 'Dr D. Leslie C[oncerning] For Mr. M.'. Mr M. suffers from a recurring skin disorder and a 'nocturnal Complaint'.	27 November 1781

[DOC ID:6293]	An untitled letter, referring to a male patient. Notes that 'Dr Cullen and Monro are of opinion that the venereal virus is not entirely eradicated', and recommend more mercury and use of mezereon, the preparation of which is described. Cicumstantially, but not certainly linked to Case 1433.	30? April? 1782?

[DOC ID:2210]	Letter from P. D. Leslie, concerning the case of an unnamed male patient who 'for many years has laboured under a cutaneous eruption, of a singular appearance, that now extends over the whole of his right cheeck & has hitherto baffled the power of every remedy applied'.	17 May 1782

[DOC ID:550]	Reply to Dr Leslie in response to his of the 17th, and of the 20th of November the previous year. Cullen is sorry to hear that the Mezereon he previously suggested has had no effect, and confesses he is 'truly at a loss' when perusing Leslie's account of the remedies already tried.	23 May 1782

People involved in this case

6 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 3271]	Dr
[PERS ID: 2814]	Sir Joseph Banks (1^st Baronet)
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 2815]	Mr Patrick Duguid Leslie (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 2818]	Mr M. (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 89]	Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro )

Unique Places linked to this Case

7 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	certain
Place		Durham	North-East	England	Europe	inferred
Country				Italy	Europe	certain
Country				England	Europe	certain
Place		Harrogate	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Country				Belgium	Europe	certain

Places and role of place

9 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		Durham	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Durham	North-East	England	Europe	inferred
Country	Mentioned / Other				Italy	Europe	certain
Country	Mentioned / Other				England	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Harrogate	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Country	Mentioned / Other				Belgium	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Durham	North-East	England	Europe	certain