The Cullen Project | [ID:1183] From: [AUTHOR UNKNOWN] / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: I. or John Scott (Patient) / 10 December 1775 / (Incoming)

[ID:1183] From: [AUTHOR UNKNOWN] / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: I. or John Scott (Patient) / 10 December 1775 / (Incoming)

Letter from Dr John Burn at Berwick regarding the case of a 'young Man', who took ill while living in London so consequently 'returned to his Native air' and whose father, Mr Scot(t) is to deliver the letter to Cullen.

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Field	Data
DOC ID	1183
RCPE Catalogue Number	CUL/1/2/283
Main Language	English
Document Direction	Incoming
Date	10 December 1775
Annotation	None
Type	Authorial original
Enclosure(s)	No enclosure(s)
Autopsy	No
Recipe	No
Regimen	No
Letter of Introduction	No
Case Note	No
Summary	Letter from Dr John Burn at Berwick regarding the case of a 'young Man', who took ill while living in London so consequently 'returned to his Native air' and whose father, Mr Scot(t) is to deliver the letter to Cullen.
Manuscript Incomplete?	No
Evidence of Commercial Posting	No

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Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID	Description	Num Docs
[Case ID:492]	Case of young Mr Scott whose fainting episodes are attributed to 'rapid growth'. His father may be case 493.	3

People linked to this document

Person ID	Role in document	Person
[PERS ID:1]	Addressee	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:1221]	Patient	I. or John Scott
[PERS ID:1]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:323]	Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary	Dr John Burn (at Berwick)
[PERS ID:1221]	Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend	I. or John Scott
[PERS ID:1533]	Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend	Mrs Scott

Places linked to this document

Role in document	Settlements / Areas	Region	Country	Global Region	Confidence
Place of Writing	Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick)	North-East	England	Europe	certain
Destination of Letter	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	inferred
Mentioned / Other	Edinburgh	Edinburgh and East	Scotland	Europe	certain
Mentioned / Other	London	London and South-East	England	Europe	certain

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Berwick December : 10-1775

Dear Doctor

The Bearer Mr Scott is
going into Edinburgh to take your Advice
about his Son who has been under
my Care for a Month or five weeks.

The young man had been at
London for above a year but from a
bad State of health and a tendency
to a declining he came here for
the benefit of his Native Air ¹ - A few
days after he came here he was seized
with flatulencys in the Stomach and
Bowels with great [destinsion?] and
great uneasiness and excessively ill at
the time - he got better of this and the
returns were but seldom and less painfull
within this forthnight or three weeks he
has been subject to frequent faintings
with a total prostration of strength but

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nor the least Convulsions - Before I applied
to the Aromatic, Volatile or Cordial Remedies
I have him gentle purgatives (& at proper
intervals) of the Tinctur. Rhej et Infus
Sen &c with a little Syrup Laudanum. [C in?] each
Dose. I ordered him Moderate Excercise a Clear & as dry an Air as the present
season would admit; food of easy Digestion
& for some time he has taken the
Asses Milk in the Morning, and
for a Few days he took a little Milk
& Water with a little Rum & sugar
I desired his Mother Mrs Scott to break an
Issue (within these two or three day) in
Each Arm - I was thinking of a perpetual
Blister upon the Top of the Head and
giving him the Cort. Peru:Radix Valerian
et Serpentiana: Virginiana - with a proper proportion
of Radix Rhej [Opt?] ² 'Best'/unclear> but this I shall refer
'till I hear from you with what Method
you would choose to pursue, in the

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mean time I am

Dear Doctor
your most Obedient Servant

John Burn

He was Bled and took an Emetic.

Doctor Cullen

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Doctor Cullen
Edinburgh

From Dr Burn
about Mr Scott
December 10th. 1775
V. IV. p.96

Notes:

1: A long tradition, going back to ancient Greek medicine, assumed that the 'native air' of one's place of birth was the most therapeutic.

2: The word is probably the contraction "opt" for "optimum", meaning "best'.

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Berw:k Decr : 10-1775

Dear Doctor

The Bearer Mr Scott is
going into Edinburgh to take your Advice
about his Son who has been under
my Care for a Month or five weeks.

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nor the least Convulsions - Before I applied
to the Aromatic, Volatile or Cordial Remedies
I have him gentle purgatives (& at proper
intervals) of the Tinctur. Rhej et Infus
Sen &c with a little Syp Lau. [C in?] each
Dose. I ordered him Moderate Excercise a Clear & as dry an Air as the present
season would admit; food of easy Digestion
& for some time he has taken the
Asses Milk in the Morning, and
for a Few days he took a little Milk
& Water with a little Rum & sugar
I desired his Mother Mrs Scott to break an
Issue (within these two or three day) in
Each Arm - I was thinking of a perpetual
Blister upon the Top of the Head and
giving him the Cort. Peru:Rad Valer
et Serp.: Virg. - with a proper proportion
of Rad Rhej [Opt?] ² 'Best'/unclear> but this I shall refer
'till I hear from you with what Method
you would choose to pursue, in the

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mean time I am

Dear Doctor
your most Obedt S

John Burn

He was Bled and took an Emetic.

Doctor Cullen

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Doctor Cullen
Edinburgh

From Dr Burn
about Mr Scott
Dec.r 10th. 1775
V. IV. p.96