The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1068] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr / Regarding: Mr Forbes (Patient) / 2 January 1781 / (Outgoing)
Reply with Directions for Mr Forbes, who has chest and stomach ailments [Vl 12, pp. 127-8]. The advice is chiefly dietary, although blistering is also mentioned.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1068 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/13/122 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 2 January 1781 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply with Directions for Mr Forbes, who has chest and stomach ailments [Vl 12, pp. 127-8]. The advice is chiefly dietary, although blistering is also mentioned. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1418] |
Case of Mr Forbes who has had stomach ailments. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:3723] | Addressee | Mr |
| [PERS ID:3722] | Patient | Mr Forbes |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:3723] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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For Mr Forbes.
Tho he has stomach ailments his breast complaints are
to be chiefly attended to.
Little or no animal food, chicken, rabbit, tripe, chicken
broth, or weak beef tea. But his Diet should be at most
entirely of vegetables & milk. The milk should be as
fresh as possible & mixed with water gruel &c & used
as plain milk
No tea or coffee; but he may take cocoa or the
mixed milk, with bread at breakfast.
At dinner light bread pudding or rice, millet, or sago
puddings. Sometimes but not often cake or custard
pudding. Apple tart or other preserved fruit are proper.
vegetables: especially a [dry?] mealy potatoes stewed
onions or leeks. The last may make a proper supper.
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His ordinary drink may be plain water not very cold
but he should frequently take boiled water in thin
gruel or barley water. No malt liquor or spirits,
& very sparingly of wine.
Exercise on horseback in good weather without
heat or fatigue, in the forenoon, never after a full meal,
When the season advances he may walk but very
gently, level, & never quick up stairs ––.
Avoid cold & wet, warm cloathing. Early hours at
night & in the morning.
Belly regular –––– without purging.
When settled for a day or two at home a gentle
vomit; & repeat it once a fortnight or three weeks.
An issue is not very necessary unless some pain
fix in his breast or side when he should put a
small blister upon the part & convert a small part
of the blistered place into a perpetual Issue.
Take an ounce of Tartar crystals, half a drachm of Composite Jalop powder, half an ounce of Lenitive Electuary, and enough Simple Syrup to make a thin electuary. Label: Laxative Electuary a teaspoonful or two in the morning.
Take ten grains of dried Squill root, half a drachm of rubbed Myrrh, and four scruples of Liquorice Extract. Having added a little hot water to the extract, {illeg}, crush into a pulp, then add the rest and then hot water to make a mass to be divided into pills of five grains each. Label: Pectoral pills two every night at bed time.
Diplomatic Text
For Mr Forbes.
Tho he has stomach ailments his breast complaints are
to be chiefly attended to.
Little or no animal food, chicken, rabbit, tripe, chicken
broth, or weak beef tea. But his Diet should be at most
entirely of vegetables & milk. The milk should be as
fresh as possible & mixed with water gruel &c & used
as plain milk
No tea or coffee; but he may take cocoa or the
mixed milk, with bread at breakfast.
At dinner light bread pudding or rice, millet, or sago
puddings. Sometimes but not often cake or custard
pudding. Apple tart or other preserved fruit are proper.
vegetables: especially a [dry?] mealy potatoes stewed
onions or leeks. The last may make a proper supper.
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His ordinary drink may be plain water not very cold
but he should frequently take boiled water in thin
gruel or barley water. No malt liquor or spirits,
& very sparingly of wine.
Exercise on horseback in good weather without
heat or fatigue, in the forenoon, never after a full meal,
When the season advances he may walk but very
gently, level, & never quick up stairs ––.
Avoid cold & wet, warm cloathing. Early hours at
night & in the morning.
Belly regular –––– without purging.
When settled for a day or two at home a gentle
vomit; & repeat it once a fortnight or three weeks.
An issue is not vy necessary unless some pain
fix in his breast or side when he should put a
small blister upon the part & convert a small part
of the blistered place into a perpetual Issue.
℞ Cryst. tart. ℥j Pulv. e jal. comp. ʒjſs.
Elect. lenit. ℥ſs Syr. simpl. q. s. ut f. Elect. tenue.
S. Lax. Elect. a teaspoonful or two in the morning.
℞ Rad. scill. siccat. gr. X Myrrh. trit. ʒſs
Extr. glycirrh. ℈jv Extracto, aquæ ferventis paululo,
[{illeg}ectato?] & in pulp. contuso adde cetera et enim
aq. ferv. f. massa div. in Pil. sing. gr. V.
S. Pectoral pills two every night at bed time.
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