The Cullen Project | [Case ID:1588]: Case of Mr Thomas Mack who is being treated with opiates for what Cullen considers to be gout and which he warns should only be relieved gradually by being driven out to the extremities.

[Case ID:1588]: Case of Mr Thomas Mack who is being treated with opiates for what Cullen considers to be gout and which he warns should only be relieved gradually by being driven out to the extremities.

Documents in this case

2 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:701]	Letter to Mr Thomas Mack who Cullen believes has gout. Cullen had been contacted by a Mr Poll on Mack's behalf but does not have an address for Mr Poll, so writes directly to Mack. This may be the same Thomas Mack, a surgeon, who elsewhere writes to Cullen from Berwickshire but this cannot be verified.	23 January 1783

[DOC ID:705]	Reply to Thomas Mack regarding his ongoing illness. Cullen suggests using opiates only with caution and if necessary, and adds also that 'your ailment is not that of a day or a week but for a long time you must be liable to its happening from time to time at very uncertain intervals'.	28 January 1783

People involved in this case

3 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 197]	Mr Thomas Mack
[PERS ID: 2829]	Mr Poll

Unique Places linked to this Case

3 found.

Type	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Region			Borders	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place		Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick)	North-East	England	Europe	certain

Places and role of place

3 found.

Type	Role	Specific Place	Village/Town/City (aka)	Region	Country	Continent	Confidence
Place	Place of Writing		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Region	Destination of Letter			Borders	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Mentioned / Other		Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick)	North-East	England	Europe	certain