Cullen

The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

[ID:1539] From: Mr John Love / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr John Love (Patient) / July? 1778? / (Incoming)

Unsigned letter from J. Love, in Paisley, describing his own case. Undated, but annotated as July 1778. Begins with symptoms and the becomes a series of questions, as suggesting this is a note Love sent to Cullen in advance of the personal meeting he mentions elsewhere. Love's faded handwriting and erratic spelling renders some words difficult to decipher.

Facsimile

There are 2 images for this document.

[Page 1]


 

[Page 2]


 
 

Metadata

FieldData
DOC ID 1539
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/630
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
DateJuly? 1778?
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial original
Enclosure(s) No enclosure(s)
Autopsy No
Recipe No
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Unsigned letter from J. Love, in Paisley, describing his own case. Undated, but annotated as July 1778. Begins with symptoms and the becomes a series of questions, as suggesting this is a note Love sent to Cullen in advance of the personal meeting he mentions elsewhere. Love's faded handwriting and erratic spelling renders some words difficult to decipher.
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting No

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:786]
Case of John Love, a silk manufacturer, who suffers from low spirits, costiveness and various other symptoms, including sexual related anxieties, which he discusses with Cullen in person.
3


People linked to this document

Person IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:2357]AuthorMr John Love
[PERS ID:2357]PatientMr John Love
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)

Places linked to this document

Role in document Specific Place Settlements / Areas Region Country Global Region Confidence
Place of Writing Paisley Glasgow and West Scotland Europe inferred
Destination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe inferred
Mentioned / Other North America certain
Mentioned / Other Pennsylvania USA North America certain
Mentioned / Other New York New York USA North America certain

Normalized Text

[Page 1]


Bad digiestion
Short & languid [Hexpiry?]
Great pains in the Bowels and Back especially
about the >left pap, where I am the least warmly
and a Breath of Wind fans on me, wou'd a flan¬
ning shirt next my skin be of advantage. --
A most moderate costiveness attends me, I
use every method in my power to prevent it such
a Cold Bathing, Walking early in the morning
Drinking Beer, Whey, Butter milk, and different
kinds of fruit such as Apples Stew'd prunes, &c
all with very little effect. The bad effects I find
by Costiveness is in a little time a perfect want
of appetite
a most grievous wind and Rum¬
bling in my
Belly and Bowels and if not relie¬
ved by a Gentle purge terminates in a Cholic
some chance times am troubled with a headach
in the General am much affected with Cold and
my whole body in particular my hands and
feet are as cold as a dead man any Color often
Changes from a Reddy to a dismal pale yellow
am often times troubled with a >heartburn but
not of late so affected as formerly for then I
almost never wanted it. Sometimes I am
much troubled with the Water Brash And
at night I pass ✍Semen ✍


Water in the General is of an exceeding high
Color not much unlike Brandy at other
times excessively clean But when clean
or muddy mostly in very small quantities
am sometimes very much pained in the
Stomach but Camomile flowers & a about
twenty drops of the Elixir of Vitriol be a safe & Ef¬
ficatious medicine for the above Complaints




[Page 2]


What sort of victualling is most proper to whether
Animal of Vegetal be good be most proper or [part?]
of both, what sort of liquor whether I should use
any Malt liquor or wine or no kind at all what
sort of vegetables is most proper is not spinage
a proper green for keeping the belly easy and not
windy, whether or not if be not proper to use no
milk till I be dry. Whether I should eat victuals
twice three or four times a day, which of [these Met
hods?] will facilitate digestion most Should I avoid
every kind of diet that has the smallest tendency
to fatness such as a little fat meat with [lean?]
or a little fresh Butter whether or not if sofiry
soft Boiled hens eggs be not a very proper diet.
I find a Clear dry Air agree with me but in
the time of very thick Cold [wile?] weather I am
[prodesgendy?] distress with bad digestion and a
Cruel weight as it were on my Neck and shoul¬
ders
pressing me almost to the ground and {illeg}
despendency and lowness of Spirits, and often at
other times I find this lowness of Spirits attend me
and when I stand & find a sort of dizziness but
this is to no great degree [parden o ?] my head
and body has apropensity to fall backwards &
forwards considerably I notice this frequently
when I make water. Wou'd a sea voage to
N. America be of service to me woud the Climate
of New York or pensilvania be better than this
Country where tis said the Air is amazingly more
Clean wou'd the heat have be dangereus [tendency?]
or wou'd a [Country?] life at home be more Eligible
for one of my Complaints, what sort of purgative
will be most safe to keep my belly open and at
same time not to be flatulent if peruvian bark
and Steell be proper us'd and it I Cant say
with great effect it bound me much whether it
be proper to use the Cold Bath every day, whether
or not much Confining in my house and Reading or [sit?]
ing be not hurtful


am much affected with a sore mouth when my Belly is Costive, what is a proper remedy


Mr J. Love Manufacturer
in Paisley
VIII 16 IX. 16.

Diplomatic Text

[Page 1]


Bad digiestion
Short & languid [Hexpiry?]
Great pains in the Bowels and Back especially
about the >left pap, where I am the least warmly
and a Breath of Wind fans on me, wou'd a flan¬
ning shirt next my skin be of advantage. --
A most moderate costiveness attends me, I
use every method in my power to prevent it such
a Cold Bathing, Walking early in the morning
Drinking Beer, Whey, Butter milk, and different
kinds of fruit such as Apples Stew'd prunes, &c
all with very little effect. The bad effects I find
by Costiveness is in a little time a perfect want
of appetite
a most grievous wind and Rum¬
bling in my
Belly and Bowels and if not relie¬
ved by a Gentle purge terminates in a Cholic
some chance times am troubled with a headach
in the General am much affected with Cold and
my whole body in particular my hands and
feet are as cold as a dead man any Color often
Changes from a Reddy to a dismal pale yellow
am often times troubled with a >heartburn but
not of late so affected as formerly for then I
almost never wanted it. Sometimes I am
much troubled with the Water Brash And
at night I pass ✍Semen ✍


Water in the General is of an exceeding high
Color not much unlike Brandy at other
times excessively clean But when clean
or muddy mostly in very small quantities
am sometimes very much pained in the
Stomach but Camomile flowers & a about
twenty drops of the Elixir of Vitriol be a safe & Ef¬
ficatious medicine for the above Complaints




[Page 2]


What sort of victualling is most proper to whether
Animal of Vegetal be good be most proper or [part?]
of both, what sort of liquor whether I should use
any Malt liquor or wine or no kind at all what
sort of vegetables is most proper is not spinage
a proper green for keeping the belly easy and not
windy, whether or not if be not proper to use no
milk till I be dry. Whether I should eat victuals
twice three or four times a day, which of [these Met
hods?] will facilitate digestion most Should I avoid
every kind of diet that has the smallest tendency
to fatness such as a little fat meat with [lean?]
or a little fresh Butter whether or not if sofiry
soft Boiled hens eggs be not a very proper diet.
I find a Clear dry Air agree with me but in
the time of very thick Cold [wile?] weather I am
[prodesgendy?] distress with bad digestion and a
Cruel weight as it were on my Neck and shoul¬
ders
pressing me almost to the ground and {illeg}
despendency and lowness of Spirits, and often at
other times I find this lowness of Spirits attend me
and when I stand & find a sort of dizziness but
this is to no great degree [parden o ?] my head
and body has apropensity to fall backwards &
forwards considerably I notice this frequently
when I make water. Wou'd a sea voage to
N. America be of service to me woud the Climate
of New York or pensilvania be better than this
Country where tis said the Air is amazingly more
Clean wou'd the heat have be dangereus [tendency?]
or wou'd a [Country?] life at home be more Eligible
for one of my Complaints, what sort of purgative
will be most safe to keep my belly open and at
same time not to be flatulent if peruvian bark
and Steell be proper us'd and it I Cant say
with great effect it bound me much whether it
be proper to use the Cold Bath every day, whether
or not much Confining in my house and Reading or [sit?]
ing be not hurtful


am much affected with a sore mouth when my Belly is Costive, what is a proper remedy


Mr J. Love Manufacturer
in Paisley
VIII 16 IX. 16.

XML

XML file not yet available.

Feedback

Send us specfic feeback about this document [DOC ID:1539]

Type
Comments
 

Please note that the Cullen Project team have now disbanded but your comments will be logged in our system and we will look at them one day...