
The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:271] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Walter Stirling / Regarding: Miss Anne Gascoigne (Hamilton, Countess of Haddington or Lady Haddington (1786-96)) (Patient) / 17 February 1782 / (Outgoing)
Reply, with further discussion of Miss [Anne] Gascoigne's case with Dr Walter Stirling, whose initial is given incorrectly in the header; includes some suggested directions. The last few lines on the first page are illegible because of problems in the mechanical copying process. Anne Gascoigne was subsequently Countess of Haddington.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 271 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/14/160 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 17 February 1782 |
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, with further discussion of Miss [Anne] Gascoigne's case with Dr Walter Stirling, whose initial is given incorrectly in the header; includes some suggested directions. The last few lines on the first page are illegible because of problems in the mechanical copying process. Anne Gascoigne was subsequently Countess of Haddington. |
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:10] |
Case of Miss Anne Gascoigne (Hamilton, later Countess of Haddington), who has chest and 'rheumatic' complaints. |
5 |
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:2153] | Addressee | Dr Walter Stirling |
[PERS ID:2594] | Patient | Miss Anne Gascoigne (Hamilton, Countess of Haddington or Lady Haddington (1786-96)) |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:2153] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr Walter Stirling |
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 | Stirling | Mid Scotland | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Dr A Stirling Concerning Miss Gascoigne
It was certainly proper in you who
had seen Miss Gascoignes ailments from the beginning
to think them of the rheumatic kind and I have no doubt
of their being so still tho by some further application ↑of cold↑ the
cough is ↑now↑ joined to the former rheumatism. However as I said
in my last the remedies and regimen to be employed are much
the same in both views but I think it seems necessary now
to employ them very seriously. The bleeding you proposed for
yesterday is certainly proper and I hope you have executed it
with some benefit to her. If the pains continue to affect the
right Shoulder and arm and especially if they happen to fix
any where about the chest I would think a blister extremely
[proper?]. [Tho she does not {illeg} I would then be
{illeg} to {illeg} draught {illeg}
{illeg} doses?] {illeg}
{illeg}
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obstinacy of the disease to try a dose of Dovers powder. In
the same case of obstinacy I must leave it to your discretion
to repeat the bleeding and blistering and only with respect to
the latter I must give you my opinion that one fresh blister
will go much farther than a long time of an Issue. With respect
to regimen I need say nothing more than I have said before, only
I would say ↑now↑ that I would not soon advise her going abroad.
I am with the utmost regard
your most obedient servant
1782.
Diplomatic Text
Dr A Stirling C Miss Gascoigne
It was certainly proper in you who
had seen Miss Gascoignes ailments from the beginning
to think them of the rheumatic kind and I have no doubt
of their being so still tho by some further application ↑of cold↑ the
cough is ↑now↑ joined to the former rheumatism. However as I said
in my last the remedies and regimen to be employed are much
the same in both views but I think it seems necessary now
to employ them very seriously. The bleeding you proposed for
yesterday is certainly proper and I hope you have executed it
with some benefit to her. If the pains continue to affect the
right Shoulder and arm and especially if they happen to fix
any where about the chest I would think a blister extremely
[proper?]. [Tho she does not {illeg} I would then be
{illeg} to {illeg} draught {illeg}
{illeg} doses?] {illeg}
{illeg}
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obstinacy of the disease to try a dose of Dovers powder. In
the same case of obstinacy I must leave it to your discretion
to repeat the bleeding and blistering and only with respect to
the latter I must give you my opinion that one fresh blister
will go much farther than a long time of an Issue. With respect
to regimen I need say nothing more than I have said before, only
I would say ↑now↑ that I would not soon advise her going abroad.
I am with the utmost regard
your most obedient servant
1782.
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