The Cullen Project | [Case ID:470]: Case of Mr John Hunter who is being advised over a discharge on his leg and for dropsy jointly by Cullen and Dr Monro.

[Case ID:470]: Case of Mr John Hunter who is being advised over a discharge on his leg and for dropsy jointly by Cullen and Dr Monro.

Documents in this case

10 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:4049]	Reply 'For Mr Hunter', signed by Cullen and Monro. Advice and recipes, possibly to Mr Lawder [Lauder], for John Hunter of Crooks, near Coldstream, who has symptoms of dropsy, which are ascribed to 'want of Gout'.	4 May 1777

[DOC ID:4088]	Reply, 'Mr Murray of Kircaldy C. Mrs B.'	June 1777

[DOC ID:1425]	Letter from John Hunter at Crooks's regarding his own case.	7 July 1777

[DOC ID:1430]	Letter from John Hunter to Doctor Monro, regarding his own case.	28 July 1777

[DOC ID:4113]	Reply headed 'Mr Hunter of Crooks', [Crooks's] also written on behalf of Dr Monro to express relief that Mr Hunter is responding to a powder prescribed by Mr Lauder; includes recipe for a laxative electuary.	20 August 1777

[DOC ID:4137]	Reply to 'Mr John Hunter at Crooks', [Crooks's] concerning his continued treatment of running wounds on his legs.	15 September 1777?

[DOC ID:4174]	Reply 'Mr Hunter at Crooks'. Short recipe and directions in Latin. Hunter is to persevere in using the diuretic infusion, increasing either the quantity or the frequency.	19? October? 1777?

[DOC ID:4187]	Reply, in the form of a short note to 'Dr Douglas - Kelso'. concerning John Hunter, whose dropsical condition is now 'desperate', but no case is to be 'deserted'.	6 November 1777?

[DOC ID:1476]	Letter from William Johnstone, surgeon in Coldstream, regarding the case of John Hunter of Crooks, whom he has visited. Hunter's dropsical legs are leaking, and 'The sharpness of the discharge has Excoriate his Legs from the ancle joint up almost to his knee'. He asks Cullen's advice. Hunter attributes his condition to a 'scorbutic humour'.	24 January 1778

[DOC ID:4207]	Reply to 'Mr W Johnstone Surgeon at Coldstream by Berwick', concerning 'Hunter of Crooks'.	29 January 1778

People involved in this case

9 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 1944]	Mrs B.
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 571]	Dr Christopher Douglas (of Kelso)
[PERS ID: 1891]	Mr John Hunter (of Crook(s))
[PERS ID: 2175]	Mr William Johnstone (Johnston, at Coldstream)
[PERS ID: 1892]	Mr Lawder (Lauder)
[PERS ID: 89]	Professor Alexander Monro (secundus; Munro )
[PERS ID: 1942]	Mr Archibald Murray (in Kirkcaldy)
[PERS ID: 2017]	Mr Wood (in Kirkcaldy)

Unique Places linked to this Case

6 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		Coldstream	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Specific	Crooks House	Coldstream	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place		Kelso	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick)	North-East	England	Europe	certain

Places and role of place

10 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		Coldstream	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Specific	Place of Writing	Crooks House	Coldstream	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Destination of Letter		Kelso	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Coldstream	Borders	Scotland	Europe	certain
Specific	Destination of Letter	Crooks House	Coldstream	Borders	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Mentioned / Other		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick)	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick)	North-East	England	Europe	certain