
The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1204] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Y (Patient) / 1775? / (Outgoing)
Loose reply 'For Mr. Y.', with guidance on exercise and diet, and aperient pill recipe.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 1204 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/304 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 1775? |
Annotation | None |
Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
Autopsy | No |
Recipe | Yes |
Regimen | Yes |
Letter of Introduction | No |
Case Note | No |
Summary | Loose reply 'For Mr. Y.', with guidance on exercise and diet, and aperient pill recipe. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:642] |
Case of Mr. Y. given guidance on exercise and diet, and aperient pill recipe to remove 'foulness' from his 'extremities' (which implies gout). |
1 |
People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:1395] | Patient | Mr Y |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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For Mr Y
All his ailments owing to a foulness not fully
discharged by the extremities, but, I hope &.c
Go to the country where he may get fresh air
& exercise -
Much in the fresh air & c. Exercise
Walking moderate, but - the most beneficial
exercise is on horseback – ride three or 4 hour
every forenoon, if not this a single horsechaise
Every morning before rising a flesh brush –
gentle but long. – feet & legs warm & dry –
Diet of a midling kind neither very high nor
very low – It is hoped that air & exercise will
recover his appetite & in that case, he should
take a bit of solid meat every day at dinner, but
pudding & vegetables. Plain cooking avoiding
all heavy ↑or rich↑ saces – fish sometimes but seldom
& sparingly. Supper light if any, milk meat of
some kind – At Breakfast no Indian Tea or Coffee
Cocoa tea best, dry toast & butter but
no sweets
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Ordinary drink plain water. No malt liquor
at dinner half a pint of Port or a Gill
of spirits in Punch without souring. If at night
he chuses to take a little strong drink, it should
be a Punch of the same kind
This Regimen may do a great deal but
a medicine may assist – Pills keep his belly
regular [at night?] but if purge him diminished
Take 2 drachms of Gum Guaiacum, half a drachm of White Sugar, and a drachm of Tartar Crystals. Rub together well, then add 2 drachms of Gentian Extract and enough Gum Arabic paste to make a mass to be divided into pills of 5 grains each. Label: Aperient Pills three or 4 [h. s.?]
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Diplomatic Text
For Mr Y
All his ailments owing to a foulness not fully
discharged by the extremities, but, I hope &.c
Go to the country where he may get fresh air
& exercise -
Much in the fresh air & c. Exercise
Walking mod, but - the most beneficial
exercise is on h. B. – ride three or 4 hour
every forenoon, if not this a single horsechaise
Every morng. before rising a flesh brush –
gentle but long. – feet & legs warm & dry –
Diet of a midling kind neither very high nor
very low – It is hoped that air & exercise will
recover his appetite & in that case, he should
take a bit of solid meat every day at dinner, but
pudding & vegetables. Plain cooking avoiding
all heavy ↑or rich↑ saces – fish sometimes but seldom
& sparingly. Supper light if any, milk meat of
some kind – At Br. no Ind. Tea or Coffee
Cocoa tea best, dry toast & butter but
no sweets
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Ord drink plain water. No malt liquor
at dinner half a pint of Port or a Gill
of spirits in Punch without souring. If at night
he chuses to take a little strong drink, it should
be a Punch of the same kind
This Regimen may do a great deal but
a med. may assist – Pills keep his belly
reg [at night?] but if purge him diminished
℞ Gum guaiac. ʒii
Al. Sac. ʒſs
Cryst. Tar. ʒi
Terito simul probe, dein adde
Extract gent. ʒii
Muc. g. Ar. q. s. ut f. M. d. in p. d. gr. v.
S. Ap. Pills three or 4 h. s.
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