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

 

[ID:1875] From: [AUTHOR UNKNOWN] / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Dr Thomas Mutter (Reverend) (Patient) / June 1780 / (Incoming)

Letter from John Gilchrist concerning the case of Dr Mutter of Dumfries, delivered 'by Mr McDowall formerly your patient'. Gilchrist informs Cullen that since their associate the Dumfries surgeon Alexander Copland is soon to be in Edinburgh he can more fully inform Cullen of Mutter's condition following his stroke (palsy).

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DOC ID 1875
RCPE Catalogue Number CUL/1/2/954
Main Language English
Document Direction Incoming
DateJune 1780
Annotation None
TypeAuthorial original
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Letter of Introduction No
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Summary Letter from John Gilchrist concerning the case of Dr Mutter of Dumfries, delivered 'by Mr McDowall formerly your patient'. Gilchrist informs Cullen that since their associate the Dumfries surgeon Alexander Copland is soon to be in Edinburgh he can more fully inform Cullen of Mutter's condition following his stroke (palsy).
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Case

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Case ID Description Num Docs
[Case ID:9]
Case of Dr Thomas Mutter who has suffered 'a palsy' (stroke).
14


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Person IDRole in documentPerson
[PERS ID:1]AddresseeDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:472]PatientDr Thomas Mutter (Reverend)
[PERS ID:115]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch)
[PERS ID:566]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryMr Alexander Copland (Coupland; of King's Grange)
[PERS ID:1]Patient's Physician / Surgeon / ApothecaryDr William Cullen (Professor Cullen)
[PERS ID:1080]OtherMr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall)

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Place of Writing Dumfries Borders Scotland Europe certain
Destination of Letter Edinburgh Edinburgh and East Scotland Europe certain

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Dumfries June 1780
Dear Sir


I drop you a short line by Mr McDowall
formerly your patient, a very deserving young man
and a great sufferer for want of health, who has lately
been under my care on account of a slow fever, from
which perhaps he is not yet so entirely recovered as
to make a journey to Edinburgh advisable, - but his affairs
oblige him to go there.


I was favoured with yours of the 11th concerning
Dr Mutter. -- Mr Copland is just now gone to Edinburgh, and will
inform you fully of his situation, which, notwithstanding
some circumstances of amendment, continues, I think,
materially, the same as at first; although last night
he articulated two or three different enough syllables
better than I had heard from him do at any time before
. - But
what I have to mention at present is that for these
two or three days, we have been distressed with the
return of his diarrhœa, which, though the discharge is
not very considerable, yet is very troublesome & fatiguing,
& has obliged me to think of some method of [reapraising?]
it. -- I did not choose to give opiates, but have prescribed
for him a common decoction of Bark, with the [astringe¬
cy?] of the medicine increased by boiling half the quantity
of pomegranate rind to (↑ in↑) it, &, towards the end, a small propor¬



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tion of red rose leaves; - & something for flavour &c -
Today the complaint is moderate; but if it should increase,
or if this medicine should not answer, or be found improper,
what shall we do. -- As Mr Copland will call on you,
it will save you the trouble of writing.


I am always
Dear Sir
Affectionately yours
John Gilchrist



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To
Dr Cullen


Dr Gilchrist Concerning
Dr Mutter
June 1780. -
XI p. 14.25.89

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Dumfries June 1780
Dear Sir


I drop you a short line by Mr McDowall
formerly your patient, a very deserving young man
and a great sufferer for want of health, who has lately
been under my care on account of a slow fever, from
which perhaps he is not yet so entirely recovered as
to make a journey to Edinr advisable, - but his affairs
oblige him to go there.


I was favoured with yours of the 11th concerning
Dr Mutter. -- Mr Copland is just now gone to Edinr, and will
inform you fully of his situation, which, notwithstanding
some circumstances of amendment, continues, I think,
materially, the same as at first; although last night
he articulated two or three different enough syllables
better than I had heard from him do at any time before
. - But
what I have to mention at present is that for these
two or three days, we have been distressed with the
return of his diarrhœa, which, though the discharge is
not very considerable, yet is very troublesome & fatiguing,
& has obliged me to think of some method of [reapraising?]
it. -- I did not choose to give opiates, but have prescribed
for him a common decoction of Bark, with the [astringe¬
cy?] of the medicine increased by boiling half the quantity
of pomegranate rind to (↑ in↑) it, &, towards the end, a small propor¬



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tion of red rose leaves; - & something for flavour &c -
Today the complaint is moderate; but if it should increase,
or if this medicine should not answer, or be found improper,
what shall we do. -- As Mr Copland will call on you,
it will save you the trouble of writing.


I am always
Dear Sir
Affectionately yours
John Gilchrist



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To
Dr Cullen


Dr Gilchrist C.
Dr Mutter
June 1780. -
XI p. 14.25.89

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