The Cullen Project | [Case ID:554]: Case of William Orr who has an eye condition.

[Case ID:554]: Case of William Orr who has an eye condition.

Documents in this case

13 document(s) found in this case.

DOC ID	Summary	Date
[DOC ID:2133]	Letter from Alexander Taylor concerning the case of a Paisley merchant, William Orr, whose eyes have become very sensitive to the light, and has also had a skin rash. He is a thin, delicate young man of 32, and has had a badly sprained ankle, severe toothache, requiring extraction, and problems with digestion after eating a lobster.	14 January 1782

[DOC ID:250]	Reply, [to Alexander Taylor] with directions for 'Mr Orr' (indexed as William Orr), who Cullen believes to have 'a peculiar sensibility of the Retina'. He advises bathing the eye and the head, and says that, whether it has any connection with his previous toothache or food-poisoning from lobster, this does not affect treatment. He adds: 'Your not saying a word about Mr Neilson makes me conclude that he is gone tho I had not heard of it otherwise'.	16 January 1782

[DOC ID:2136]	Letter from Alexander Taylor, concerning the case of Mr Orr, who is undergoing treatment for his sensitive and sore eyes. He mentions that there is a hereditary disposition towards scrofula in the family. He also reports on Mr Neilson's post-mortem, on the econdition of the stomach, heart and blood-vessels: 'Can grief be supposed to have been a remote Cause here?' on account of his daughter, he asks.	23 January 1782

[DOC ID:258]	Reply to Alexander Taylor about Mr William Orr's case: 'Your account of M^r Orrs hereditary disposition gives me a worse opinion of his ailment and makes me fear it may be of difficult cure'. He also briefly mentions the post mortem examination of Mr Neilson.	25 January 1782

[DOC ID:268]	Reply regarding Mr Hamilton's illness. Cullen also makes brief reference to the case of Mr Orr and suggests that bathing once a day will be suitable.	February 1782

[DOC ID:2159]	Letter from Alexander Taylor, concerning the case of Rev. Mr. Hamilton. In addition, Taylor advises Cullen that Mr Orr will visit him.	22 February 1782

[DOC ID:280]	Reply, 'Mr Orr'. Cullen has met Mr Orr and members of his family. He gives advice on bathing the patient's eye, and an aperient solution. He also advises on the pregnant Mrs Orr, who may have a degree of uterine prolapse, and on several patients of Mr Stuart to whom Taylor is to forward the advice: Mrs Orr's mother, and her grandson.	27 February 1782

[DOC ID:2176]	Letter from Alexander Taylor, concerning the case of James Orr, writer, and brother of William. He is suffering pain in the side, and has had ulceration of the tongue and throat: 'I am much afraid that his liver is affected; but there has been no appearance of Jaundice' . Given lack of address and annotation, possibly originally enclosed with Docs ID 2166 and 2167?]	3? March 1782

[DOC ID:2174]	Letter from Alexander Taylor, concerning the cases of the brothers James and William Orr. James has pain in the side, and has been coughing up bloody pus: 'I see it mentioned in your Practice that abcesses of the liver are sometimes expectorated but I do not understand this'. William's eyes are improving. He reports on the post-mortem dissection of the minister, Mr Hamilton. He also notes that 'After you left Paisley I found you had not been paid your fee', and discussed this with the Hamiltons and with Cullen's old friend Rev. Davidson of Inchinnan, whose father Cullen had attended.	16 March 1782

[DOC ID:291]	Reply to Alexander Taylor concerning directions for James Orr, and the absence of jaundice: 'there can be no doubt that an abcess has existed somewhere but whether in the liver or lungs is not easily determined and the discussion is not fit for my time or this letter'. He also refers briefly to James' brother William Orr's eye condition. Cullen also mentions Taylor's recent report on the post-mortem examination of the body of their mutual patient, the Rev. James Hamilton.	19 March 1782

[DOC ID:2187]	Letter from Alexander Taylor, concerning the case of James Orr and reporting on the progress of William Orr. James has recovered, and William is improving, though not yet fully well. Taylor says he had not previously understood how pus from the liver could be expectorated.	8 April 1782

[DOC ID:526]	Reply to Mr Taylor regarding Mr James Orr and his recovery. Cullen recommends measures for 'averting Pneumonic complaints' and suggests that if Taylor requires further detail, 'I can give you very full instruction by sending you a Dissertation produced by one of my sons' (Archibald Cullen's dissertation De Frigore, Ejusque Vi Et Effectibus in Corpus Humanum (1780) (For Taylor passing on information in the the dissertation to James Orr see his response in Doc ID 2211). William Orr is also mentioned briefly.	10 April 1782

[DOC ID:2211]	Letter from Alexander Taylor, concerning the case of Mr Gillies, a minister, who 'was a quarter of a year ago suddenly seized with a severe faint which lasted for more than ten minutes', and then with a second attack when in Port Glasgow for a preaching engagement. He was treated there by Alexander Mollison. He has also been subject to cold-related eruptions on the nose, ear and mouth. Taylor also reports on the progress of the Orr brothers and mentions reading Archibald Cullen's medical dissertation De Frigore, Ejusque Vi Et Effectibus in Corpus Humanum (see Doc ID 526).	21 May 1782

People involved in this case

19 found.

PERS ID	Full Name
[PERS ID: 1]	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID: 545]	Dr Archibald Cullen (Ar or Arch)
[PERS ID: 1055]	Reverend Archibald Davidson (Davieson; of Inchinnan)
[PERS ID: 2696]	Mr Davidson (Davieson)
[PERS ID: 1424]	Mrs Isabella Gillies
[PERS ID: 1465]	Reverend Colin Gillies (of Paisley)
[PERS ID: 804]	Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton
[PERS ID: 2236]	Reverend James Hamilton (of Paisley)
[PERS ID: 2695]	Miss Hamilton
[PERS ID: 2271]	Mrs Kibble (of Whiteford)
[PERS ID: 2234]	Mr Kibble?
[PERS ID: 121]	Mr Alexander Mollison (Molison, Molyson)
[PERS ID: 206]	Mr Robert Neilson (Nielson, of Paisley)
[PERS ID: 2092]	Miss Margaret Neilson (Peggy)
[PERS ID: 210]	Mr James Orr
[PERS ID: 211]	Mr William Orr ((later) of Ingliston, then Ralston)
[PERS ID: 1962]	Mrs Margaret? Orr
[PERS ID: 1089]	Mr William Stewart (Stuart)
[PERS ID: 207]	Dr Alexander Taylor (Sanders)

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		Paisley	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Port Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Inchinnan	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	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		Paisley	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Specific	Destination of Letter	Cullen's House / Mint Close	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Destination of Letter		Paisley	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Place	Mentioned / Other		Port Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Paisley	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Mentioned / Other		Inchinnan	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Glasgow	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain
Place	Place of Handstamp		Paisley	Glasgow and West	Scotland	Europe	certain