The Cullen Project | [Case ID:1572]: Case of Miss Ellison who suffers from a number of conditions including costiveness, a nervous complaint in her head and an inflamed eye.

[Case ID:1572]: Case of Miss Ellison who suffers from a number of conditions including costiveness, a nervous complaint in her head and an inflamed eye.

Documents in this case

12 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:4984]	Reply, 'Miss Ellison and Miss David[son]'. Patient identified as Catherine Davidson of Newcastle from a related letter. Addressee identified as the Newcastle surgeon Mr Ingham in index.	15 February 1783

[DOC ID:2276]	Letter from William Ingham, concerning the cases of Mr Bates and Miss Ellison and reporting on the health of Miss M. Pearith [Peareth]. He mentions inclosing a prescription he has given to Mr Bates, but this is missing.	2 June 1783

[DOC ID:4643]	Reply, 'Mr [Ralph] Bates & Miss Ellison'. Mentions Miss M[ary] Pearith in a postscript.	8 June 1783

[DOC ID:2279]	Letter from William Ingham, concerning the case of Mr Bates, including a brief note on the case of Miss Ellison.	30 June 1783

[DOC ID:4666]	Reply [probably to William Ingham] concerning the case of Miss M[ary] Peariths, who is to take Lixivium for her gravel, a specimen of which has been sent to Cullen {Vol. 16, pp.154-5]. Main body in hand of anamanuensis, recipe inserted in Cullen's hand.	29 July 1783

[DOC ID:2379]	Letter from William Ingham, concerning the case of Miss Ellison, who has 'very regularly pursued your medicines and Directions with manifest advantage'.	8 December 1783

[DOC ID:4756]	Reply, 'Miss Ellison'	11 December 1783

[DOC ID:4796]	Reply, for Miss Ellison. Cullen is glad Miss Ellison has got over a bad season and prescribes a course of stomachic drops, the recipe for which is included here.	15 March 1784

[DOC ID:4849]	Reply, 'Miss Ellison'. The recipe for stomachic drops referred to on page two may be found in doc. 4796.	10 June 1784

[DOC ID:2562]	Letter from William Ingham, concerning the case of Miss Ellison. He also discusses arrangements for an assistant for Mr Watson.	11 February 1785

[DOC ID:2837]	Letter from William Ingham, concerning the case of Miss Ellison. Ingham now consults Cullen for a new complaint: a palpitation of the heart, which he believes arises from her stomach problems and habitual costiveness. Miss Ellison reports on the action of the foetid tincture, stating it conferred no benefit; rather, it occassioned great agitation over her whole frame.	27 June 1786

[DOC ID:5292]	Reply, for 'Miss Ellison'. For Miss Ellison's palpitations, Cullen prescribes a course of carminative drops, for which the recipe is included on page two.	30 June 1786

People involved in this case

11 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 3846]
[PERS ID: 2598]	Mr Ralph Bates
[PERS ID: 2702]	Mrs Bates
[PERS ID: 3019]	Mr R Bates
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 2671]	Miss Catherine Davidson
[PERS ID: 2597]	Miss Ellison (Alison)
[PERS ID: 82]	Mr William Ingham
[PERS ID: 89]	Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro )
[PERS ID: 80]	Miss Mary Peareth (Pearith, Peariths)
[PERS ID: 2670]	Mr Watson

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		Newcastle upon Tyne	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Morpeth	North-East	England	Europe	certain

Places and role of place

6 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		Newcastle upon Tyne	North-East	England	Europe	inferred
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Newcastle upon Tyne	North-East	England	Europe	inferred
Place	Place of Handstamp		Newcastle upon Tyne	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Morpeth	North-East	England	Europe	certain