The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1912] From: Reverend William Donaldson (of Ballantrae) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mrs McKessock (Mackessock) (Patient) / 10 September 1780 / (Incoming)
Letter from an unnamed correspondent (identified from handwriting and related letter as William Donaldson) concerning the case of Mrs McKessock, a woman of 40, who has sunk into a delirious state after a prolonged bout of fever, contracted some 3 months after her last childbed.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 1912 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/992 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 10 September 1780 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Letter from an unnamed correspondent (identified from handwriting and related letter as William Donaldson) concerning the case of Mrs McKessock, a woman of 40, who has sunk into a delirious state after a prolonged bout of fever, contracted some 3 months after her last childbed. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1249] |
Case of Mrs McKessock, who has sunk into a delerium after weeks of listless fever. |
5 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:864] | Author | Reverend William Donaldson (of Ballantrae) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:863] | Patient | Mrs McKessock (Mackessock) |
| [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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Ballantrae | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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About the middle of Aprile last Mrs McKessock, having rode
about six miles and returned in a very cold wet day was immediately
afterwards seized with a fever of the slow lingering kind which conti¬
nued with no very material alteration in the symptoms for near
six weeks, during that time, by advice, she took some quantities of the
Peruvian bark & port – at this time her fever greatly encreased, attended
with a very high delirium, by [n?] & almost total want of sleep, by means
of excessive & repeated blistering of the head, back, arms & legs the violence
of the fever abated, but the delirium & want of sleep still continued
for near the space of two months, she was not during all that time
perfectly free of sickness so that she had no inclination for food.
–– by means of some medicines she has been brought to sleep very
well for near two months past, but her health notwithstanding is
not restored, she has no appetite almost whatever, she has no thirst
& her senses are not returned, her delirium is of the gloomy, whining
melancholy kind, with a listless insipidity to everything almost
whatever –– she was not bled at the beginning of the fever, but sometime
after the blistering her head was twice bled with a number of leeches
but without any great effect
10th. September 1780
Mrs McKessack is about forty years of age, has born ten
or twelve children, & was about three months recovered from Childbed
when the fever seized her
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Mrs McKessock
September 1780 ––
XI. p. 60 ––
The information incom¬
plete & requiring answer
to certain Queries necessary.
Diplomatic Text
About the middle of Aprile last Mrs McKessock, having rode
about six miles and returned in a very cold wet day was immediately
afterwards seized with a fever of the slow lingering kind which conti¬
nued with no very material alteration in the symptoms for near
six weeks, during that time, by advice, she took some quantities of the
Peruv. bark & port – at this time her fever greatly encreased, attended
with a very high delirium, by [n?] & almost total want of sleep, by means
of excessive & repeated blistering of the head, back, arms & legs the violence
of the fever abated, but the delirium & want of sleep still continued
for near the space of two months, she was not during all that time
perfectly free of sickness so that she had no inclination for food.
–– by means of some medicines she has been brought to sleep very
well for near two months past, but her health notwithstanding is
not restored, she has no appetite almost whatever, she has no thirst
& her senses are not returned, her delirium is of the gloomy, whining
melancholy kind, with a listless insipidity to everything almost
whatever –– she was not bled at the beginning of the fever, but sometime
after the blistering her head was twice bled with a number of leeches
but without any great effect
10th. Septr. 1780
Mrs McKessack is about forty years of age, has born ten
or twelve children, & was about three months recovered from Childbed
when the fever seized her
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Mrs McKessock
Septr. 1780 ––
XI. p. 60 ––
The information incom¬
plete & requiring answer
to certain Queries necessary.
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