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

 

[ID:1543] From: Mr Thomas Irwin (Irwine, at Moss Side) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Thomas Irwin (Irwine, at Moss Side) (Patient) / 5 August 1778 / (Incoming)

Letter from Thomas Irwin regarding his own case.

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FieldData
DOC ID 1543
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/634
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
Date5 August 1778
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial original
Enclosure(s) No enclosure(s)
Autopsy No
Recipe No
Regimen No
Letter of Introduction No
Case Note No
Summary Letter from Thomas Irwin regarding his own case.
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting Yes

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:794]
Case of Mr Thomas Irwin [Irwine] who suffers from swollen legs, itchiness and biliousness and which eventually proves fatal.
18


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[PERS ID:889]AuthorMr Thomas Irwin (Irwine, at Moss Side)
[PERS ID:1]AddresseeDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:889]PatientMr Thomas Irwin (Irwine, at Moss Side)
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)

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Place of Writing Moss Side Carlisle North-West England Europe certain
Destination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
Place of Handstamp Carlisle North-West England Europe certain

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Moss Side 5 August 1778

Dr Cullen
Dear Sir


I am very sorry to trouble you, at
least in this manner, however if you will be so good as
to consider my case & give me your advice /by post/ I
shall direct a fee to be given you by Mr. Waite, Our
good & mutual friend Mr. Wm. Miller, or some one there. ----


I am so disturbed night & Day with an Itchiness over
my Body, that I get not an hours sleep without being waked


I have no appetite for any animal food, if I strive to
get a bitt of chicken down, it seems to remain hard, & undig¬
ested in my Stomack; but I can take the broth, with Barly, or any
other sort of Broth; Chocolate, Tea, Barly & Milk or indeed any Spoon-¬
meat, I do not want appetite so much as digestion & that
chiefly for animal food. I have lost in weight, since I had the pleasure
of seeing you at Mr. Millers about 7.8. my shortness of Breath on the
least exercise remains, & only then:-- when am at rest I have no difficulty
in Breathing
--- I have neither Scab or Scurf, except in my posteriors
which have a dry Scurf, & extremely Itchy. -- I am regular in all my
evacuations & very little griped. -- Something to cool & sweeten my
Blood & Juices, are much wanted, I am {illeg} up, & get little rest.


I pray the favour of you to try to help me or I shall be lost.
I have no dependence on any other but you, under providence


I am Dear Sir
your humble Supplicant & welwisher
Thos: Irwin

Thos. Irwin
at Moss-Side
Carlisle



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Doctr: Cullen
Edenburgh


Thos. Irwine
Aug. 5. 1778
Vol. 9. p.33.

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[Page 1]
Moss Side 5 Augt 1778

Dr Cullen
Dear Sir


I am very sorry to trouble you, at
least in this manner, however if you will be so good as
to consider my case & give me your advice /by post/ I
shall direct a fee to be given you by Mr. Waite, Our
good & mutual frd. Mr. Wm. Miller, or some one there. ----


I am so disturbed night & Day with an Itchiness over
my Body, that I get not an hours sleep without being waked


I have no appetite for any animal food, if I strive to
get a bitt of chicken down, it seems to remain hard, & undig¬
ested in my Stomack; but I can take the broth, with Barly, or any
other sort of Broth; Chocolate, Tea, Barly & Milk or indeed any Spoon-¬
meat, I do not want appetite so much as digestion & that
chiefly for animal food. I have lost in weight, since I had the pleasure
of seeing you at Mr. Millers about 7.8. my shortness of Breath on the
least exercise remains, & only then:-- when am at rest I have no difficulty
in Breathing
--- I have neither Scab or Scurf, except in my posteriors
wch. have a dry Scurf, & extremely Itchy. -- I am regular in all my
evacuations & very little griped. -- Something to cool & sweeten my
Blood & Juices, are much wanted, I am {illeg} up, & get little rest.


I pray the favour of you to try to help me or I shall be lost.
I have no dependence on any other but you, under providence


I am Dear Sir
your humble Supplicant & welwisher
Thos: Irwin

Thos. Irwin
at Moss-Side
Carlisle



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Doctr: Cullen
Edenburgh


Thos. Irwine
Aug. 5. 1778
Vol. 9. p.33.

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