The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[Case ID:426]: Case of nine children inoculated against small-pox by Greenock surgeon Gavin Fullarton.
Documents in this case
2 document(s) found in this case.
DOC ID | Summary | Date | |||
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[DOC ID:819] |
Letter from the surgeon Gavin Fullarton regarding the case of Miss Forbes, who suffers from a 'White Swelling' of her knee. Also served as cover-letter for an account of inoculating against smallpox (identified as Letter ID:810). Reference to 'Mr Sutton' has been assumed to be the inoculator Daniel Sutton, but might refer to Daniel's father Robert Sutton who had originally devised a safer method of smallpox inoculation. | 14 April 1772 | |||
[DOC ID:810] |
Account (unsigned), of inoculating nine children for smallpox over several weeks from January to February 1771; amongst them are two young male patients of Dr Wilson's and Mr Donald's daughter. Writer identified as the Greenock surgeon Gavin Fullerton from linking this enclosure to his cover-letter (ID:819). | 14 April 1772 | |||
These documents contain one or more that share the same date. We have manually applied an order based on what we know.
People involved in this case
18 found.
PERS ID | Full Name |
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[PERS ID: 944] | |
[PERS ID: 945] | |
[PERS ID: 946] | |
[PERS ID: 947] | |
[PERS ID: 948] | |
[PERS ID: 949] | |
[PERS ID: 950] | |
[PERS ID: 951] | |
[PERS ID: 952] | |
[PERS ID: 86] | Dr David Colquhoun |
[PERS ID: 1] | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID: 914] | Mr William Donald |
[PERS ID: 915] | Miss Donald |
[PERS ID: 338] | Miss Forbes |
[PERS ID: 623] | Mr Gavin Fullarton |
[PERS ID: 970] | Mrs Scott |
[PERS ID: 1178] | Mr Daniel Sutton |
[PERS ID: 132] | Dr William Wilson |
Unique Places linked to this Case
4 found.
Type | Specific Place | Village/Town/City (aka) | Region | Country | Continent | Confidence |
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Place | Greenock | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Place | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Region | North Highlands | Scotland | Europe | certain | ||
Place | Glasgow | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | certain |
Places and role of place
4 found.
Type | Role | Specific Place | Village/Town/City (aka) | Region | Country | Continent | Confidence |
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Place | Place of Writing | Greenock | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
Place | Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
Region | Mentioned / Other | North Highlands | Scotland | Europe | certain | ||
Place | Place of Handstamp | Glasgow | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | certain |