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

 

[ID:1687] From: Dr Henry Richardson / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Brougham (Patient) / 13 June 1779 / (Incoming)

Letter from Henry Richardson concerning the case of Mr Brougham, who is still suffering pain. The seton in his side has healed. Mr Gallon is mentioned on the indexing annotation, but not in the letter; his name may have been added in error.

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FieldData
DOC ID 1687
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/774
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
Date13 June 1779
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 Henry Richardson concerning the case of Mr Brougham, who is still suffering pain. The seton in his side has healed. Mr Gallon is mentioned on the indexing annotation, but not in the letter; his name may have been added in error.
Manuscript Incomplete? No
Evidence of Commercial Posting Yes

Case

Cases that this document belongs to:

Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:1113]
Case of Mr Brougham suffering from the painful effects of a fall against a stone three years earlier.
4


People linked to this document

Person IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:4]AuthorDr Henry Richardson
[PERS ID:1]AddresseeDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:3114]PatientMr Brougham
[PERS ID:4]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr Henry Richardson
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)

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Role in document Specific Place Settlements / Areas Region Country Global Region Confidence
Place of Writing Alnwick North-East England Europe certain
Destination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain
Place of Handstamp Alnwick North-East England Europe certain

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Dear Sir


Mr. Brougham a Gentleman who was with
you about a month ago; his complaint is a pain
in his Stomach, & Breast, he has his appetite
tolerably well, & was easy after a meal, until the
evening, then the pain came on: You ordered him
a Stomachic tincture, 2 ounces of Steel Tincture aro¬
matic
one ounce, & a bottle of Stomachic drops, the
Proprietary Elixir of Vitriol
, & a mixture with
Simple Cinnamon Water & c; he has taken the me¬
dicines regularly; after a week he was quite
free from the pain in his Stomach, & Breast, &
continued so for 8 or 10 days, but within this
few days has had a return of the pain, more
violent than ever, & is generally now seized
in the night: The Seton is healed, & the pain
in his sides gone, so that it appears now to proceed
from an indigestion, as he complains much of



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wind in
Stomach. I am with the utmost respect

Dear Sir
your most obedient Servant
Hen: Richardson
Alnwick June 13
1779



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Doctor Cullen
Edinburgh


Dr Richardson Concerning
Mr Brougham x
June 13th. 1779.
V.X. p. 22 –
& Mr Gallon.

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Dear Sir


Mr. Brougham a Gentleman who was wth.
you about a month ago; his complaint is a pain
in his Stomach, & Breast, he has his appetite
tolerably well, & was easy after a meal, until the
evening, then the pain came on: You ordered him
a Stomachic tincture, Tinct. Mart. ℥ij aro¬
matic
℥j, & a bottle of Stomachic drops, the
Elix. proprietat. Vitriol
, & a mixture with
aq. Cinnam. Simp. & c; he has taken the me¬
dicines regularly; after a week he was quite
free from the pain in his Stomach, & Breast, &
continued so for 8 or 10 days, but within this
few days has had a return of the pain, more
violent than ever, & is generally now seized
in the night: The Seton is healed, & the pain
in his sides gone, so yt. it appears now to proceed
from an indigestion, as he complains much of



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wind in
Stomach. I am with the utmost respect

Dear Sir
yr. most obedt. Servant
Hen: Richardson
Alnwick June 13
1779



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Doctor Cullen
Edinburgh


Dr Richardson C.
Mr Brougham x
June 13th. 1779.
V.X. p. 22 –
& Mr Gallon.

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