
The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:1982] From: [AUTHOR UNKNOWN] / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Robertson (Patient) / February 1781 / (Incoming)
Letter from Mr Robertson, concerning his own case. Possibly incomplete; unsigned and undated. Date inferred from Cullen's reply (letter 6001).
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 1982 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/1060 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Incoming |
Date | February 1781 |
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 Mr Robertson, concerning his own case. Possibly incomplete; unsigned and undated. Date inferred from Cullen's reply (letter 6001). |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:1325] |
Case of Mr Robertson whose current illness began with a fever and severe headache. |
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People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:2813] | Patient | Mr Robertson |
[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 |
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Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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About five months ago I was attacked with a vio¬
lent Headach attended with a considerable degree of
fever - an Acute pain also lodged in my left Eye¬
brow - After two or three days the violence of the
Headach somewhat abated - tho' it has never been
entirely removed - In two or three weeks after
went to the Country for some days, where was
often disagreeably cold & sometimes hot. My head
frequently confused - feeling somewhat as if in a
sultry summer's day - Appetite then not good -
soon after returning my Stomach gave a good
deal of pain - it seem'd to sink or as if I had not
the power to retain it in it's place - felt as if
partly excoriated, or acted upon by small prickles -
with Excessive anxiety, considerable difficulty in breathing
& languor --- A very great degree of Cold at the lower
part of the Stomach, seemingly external - Wind -
eructation not easily obtained -- Sometimes
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the pain of the Stomach hardly tolerable when
on horseback -- A very Offensive Smell in
the Nose generally most so in the morning &
when happening to stoop - Expectorations pretty
copious - of a light yellow & sometimes bluish
colour - Sometimes a very great weight upon
my Stomach - frequently a pain below the
Stomach - and after walking anything hard there
is a considerable pain in the lower part of
the Belly sometimes on the right sometimes
on the left side - In different parts of
the Back frequently pains, sometimes exten¬
ding to the neck & Hind head - little or no Ap¬
petite - rather costive & droughty - sometimes
a disagreeable heat, tho not very great, in my
head, shoulders - Breast & Arms - Any serious
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Application to Study tho' never so short renders
the Head giddy & painful - and any mental
distress occasioned by reality or fiction renew
all my Complaints --
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Mr Robertson
February 1781
XI. p.149. 154.
Diplomatic Text
About five months ago I was attacked with a vio¬
lent Headach attended with a considerable degree of
fever - an Acute pain also lodged in my left Eye¬
brow - After two or three days the violence of the
Headach somewhat abated - tho' it has never been
entirely removed - In two or three weeks after
went to the Country for some days, where was
often disagreeably cold & sometimes hot. My head
frequently confused - feeling somewhat as if in a
sultry summer's day - Appetite then not good -
soon after returning my Stomach gave a good
deal of pain - it seem'd to sink or as if I had not
the power to retain it in it's place - felt as if
partly excoriated, or acted upon by small prickles -
wt Excessive anxiety, considerable difficulty in breathing
& languor --- A very great degree of Cold at the lower
part of the Stomach, seemingly external - Wind -
eructation not easily obtained -- Sometimes
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the pain of the Stomach hardly tolerable when
on horseback -- A very Offensive Smell in
the Nose generally most so in the morning &
when happening to stoop - Expectorations pretty
copious - of a light yellow & sometimes bluish
colour - Sometimes a very great weight upon
my Stomach - frequently a pain below the
Stomach - and after walking anything hard there
is a considerable pain in the lower part of
the Belly sometimes on the right sometimes
on the left side - In different parts of
the Back frequently pains, sometimes exten¬
ding to the neck & Hind head - little or no Ap¬
petite - rather costive & droughty - sometimes
a disagreeable heat, tho not very great, in my
head, shoulders - Breast & Arms - Any serious
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Application to Study tho' never so short renders
the Head giddy & painful - and any mental
distress occasioned by reality or fiction renew
all my Complaints --
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✍
Mr Robertson
Febry. 1781
XI. p.149. 154.
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