The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:232] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Richard Harris / Regarding: Anonymous (Patient) / 10 December 1781 / (Outgoing)
Reply in which Cullen is eager to assist 'my old pupil Dr Harris', regarding a case communicated by Mr Dudley of a female patient with a possible disease at the neck of the bladder.
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Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 232 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/14/118 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 10 December 1781 |
Annotation | None |
Type | Machine copy |
Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
Autopsy | No |
Recipe | No |
Regimen | No |
Letter of Introduction | No |
Case Note | No |
Summary | Reply in which Cullen is eager to assist 'my old pupil Dr Harris', regarding a case communicated by Mr Dudley of a female patient with a possible disease at the neck of the bladder. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
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Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:1431] |
Case of an unnamed female patient with a bladder disorder reported by Mr Dudley on behalf of Dr Richard Harris. |
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People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:199] | Addressee | Dr Richard Harris |
[PERS ID:4829] | Patient | |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:199] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr Richard Harris |
[PERS ID:4828] | Other | Mr Dudley |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
Destination of Letter | Clonmel | South Ireland | Ireland | Europe | inferred | |
Mentioned / Other | Ireland | Europe | certain |
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Dr Harris. Ireland.
I have very carefully considered the case com¬
municated by Mr Dudley and most willingly give all the
assistance I can to my old pupil Dr Harris.
I think the disease has been originally an hemorrhoidal
affection at length communicated to the neck of the bladder.
But I cannot at present enter into any particular dis¬
cussion and must confine myself to point out the remedies
which I have found to be singularly usefull in such a
case.
Let the Lady take three doses of Uva Ursi in
powder every day beginning with half a dram for a dose
but increasing it gradually till she can take a dram
and continuing this for two or three weeks.
At the same time let her take every night at
bedtime a dose of Balsam of Capivi beginning with
thirty drops and increasing gradually to sixty. It is
↑best↑ taken dropt on powdered sugar and after being stirred
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that a little water is to be poured on and ↑after↑ stirring that
with the sugar it is to drank off.
With these medicines a cool diet is necessary, and
at least a full diet would be very improper.
The medicines very often keep the belly regular but
if they do not a laxative must be employed and the Oleum
ricini or flores sulphuris are the most proper but neither
Aloes nor Rhubarb are such.
Edinburgh 10th. December
1781
Diplomatic Text
Dr Harris. Ireland.
I have very carefully considered the case com¬
municated by Mr Dudley and most willingly give all the
assistance I can to my old pupil Dr Harris.
I think the disease has been originally an hemorrhoidal
affection at length communicated to the neck of the bladder.
But I cannot at present enter into any particular dis¬
cussion and must confine myself to point out the remedies
which I have found to be singularly usefull in such a
case.
Let the Lady take three doses of Uva Ursi in
powder every day beginning with half a dram for a dose
but increasing it gradually till she can take a dram
and continuing this for two or three weeks.
At the same time let her take every night at
bedtime a dose of Balsam of Capivi beginning with
thirty drops and increasing gradually to sixty. It is
↑best↑ taken dropt on powdered sugar and after being stirred
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that a little water is to be poured on and ↑after↑ stirring that
with the sugar it is to drank off.
With these medicines a cool diet is necessary, and
at least a full diet would be very improper.
The medicines very often keep the belly regular but
if they do not a laxative must be employed and the Oleum
ricini or flores sulphuris are the most proper but neither
Aloes nor Rhubarb are such.
Edinr. 10th. Decr.
1781
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