The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:2838] From: Mrs Elizabeth Watt (McCall) (of Stranraer) / To: Mr Robert Brown (Broun) / Regarding: Mrs Elizabeth Watt (McCall) (of Stranraer) (Patient) / 28 June 1786 / (Incoming)
Letter from Elizabeth Watt at Stranraer, concerning her own case (to either Mr or Mrs Brown). She asks the addressee to contact Cullen on her behalf: she is suffering from rheumatism, exacerbated by a fall, and piles, accompanied by heats. She gives instructions for the delivery of her medicines: "Buy a smal box put the medecins in and give them to the Carrier that comes to Ayr to deliver it to Will Steen who will pay him".
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 2838 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/1875 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Incoming |
Date | 28 June 1786 |
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 Elizabeth Watt at Stranraer, concerning her own case (to either Mr or Mrs Brown). She asks the addressee to contact Cullen on her behalf: she is suffering from rheumatism, exacerbated by a fall, and piles, accompanied by heats. She gives instructions for the delivery of her medicines: "Buy a smal box put the medecins in and give them to the Carrier that comes to Ayr to deliver it to Will Steen who will pay him". |
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:1594] |
Case of Mrs Elizabeth Watt of Stranraer, whose various symptoms over the course of ten years include a chest complaint, a sore mouth, and rheumatism. |
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People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:2120] | Author | Mrs Elizabeth Watt (of Stranraer) |
[PERS ID:4171] | Addressee | Mr Robert Brown (Broun) |
[PERS ID:2120] | Patient | Mrs Elizabeth Watt (of Stranraer) |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:4171] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mr Robert Brown (Broun) |
[PERS ID:3011] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mrs Brown (Broun) |
[PERS ID:4174] | Other | Mr William Steen (Will Steen) |
[PERS ID:4175] | Other | Mr |
[PERS ID:3011] | Supplemental Addressee | Mrs Brown (Broun) |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Stranraer | Borders | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Destination of Letter | St Andrews Street | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
Mentioned / Other | Ayr (Air) | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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I am once more going to give you the
troble to wait one Dr Cullin and acquaint him that
I have been bad all last winter and spring with
rhumatick in my right loin and Knee I was so
unlucky as to get a fall one that loin some weeks
ago and give it a sore Bruise it is not discouled
discoulered only a little sueled at both loin & Knee
it hath been Extreamly painful ever since & so
weak that when I try to stand one it one it
I think I have little use of it I can move it
a little I hope the Dr will think of something
that will strenthen it and remove the pain I
wish I had applyd to him sooner it is a llitle shorter
than the other now & I am likewise much distresed
with the piles they are the dry Blind kind they are
larg outwardly & from the pain I feel there is some of
them inwardly I am much trobled with a heat that
sometimes comes over my whole body which makes
me very uneasie and sickly but never inclines
to sueat any it goes af after several hours I
suppose it is the pāiāles that Causes it but am not sure
I have been for ten or twelve days past much
trobled with a laxative disorder and much
pained in my Bowels with a heat and pain about
the low end of the Back bone inwardly
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I am remarkably weak which most be Considered
I can take no medecine but what is rather diuretice
than otherways and would strenthen the stomach
I have so often been the better of Dr Cullins
prescription that I still flatter my self I will
tho never so weak as nou the note is inclosed
I wish it may go safe. Buy a smal box put
the medecins in and give them to the Carrier
that comes to ayr to deliver it to Will Steen
who will pay him I beg you will excuse this
troble
Stranrauer June 28
1786
ps be sure to acquaint the Dr hou much I
am distresed with these heats that frequently
comes on & I feel it in my Bowels some times
with an inclination to go to Stool oftner then
I need I have been Confined either to ly or
sit ever since I got it and long before
which I find hurtful to me but cannot help it
Diplomatic Text
I am once more going to give you the
troble to wait one Dr Cullin and acquaint him that
I have been bad all last winter and spring with
rhumatick in my right loin and Knee I was so
unlucky as to get a fall one that loin some weeks
ago and give it a sore Bruise it is not discouled
discoulered only a little sueled at both loin & Knee
it hath been Extreamly painful ever since & so
weak that when I try to stand one it one it
I think I have little use of it I can move it
a little I hope the Dr will think of something
that will strenthen it and remove the pain I
wish I had applyd to him sooner it is a llitle shorter
than the other now & I am likewise much distresed
with the piles they are the dry Blind kind they are
larg outwardly & from the pain I feel there is some of
them inwardly I am much trobled with a heat that
sometimes comes over my whole body which makes
me very uneasie and sickly but never inclines
to sueat any it goes af after several hours I
suppose it is the pāiāles that Causes it but am not sure
I have been for ten or twelve days past much
trobled with a laxative disorder and much
pained in my Bowels with a heat and pain about
the low end of the Back bone inwardly
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I am remarkably weak which most be Considered
I can take no medecine but what is rather diuretice
than otherways and wd strenthen the stomach
I have so often been the better of Dr Cullins
prescription that I still flatter my self I will
tho never so weak as nou the note is inclosed
I wish it may go safe. Buy a smal box put
the medecins in and give them to the Carrier
that comes to ayr to deliver it to Will Steen
who will pay him I beg you will excuse this
troble
Stranrauer June 28
1786
ps be sure to acquaint the Dr hou much I
am distresed with these heats that frequently
comes on & I feel it in my Bowels some times
with an inclination to go to Stool oftner then
I need I have been Confined either to ly or
sit ever since I got it and long before
which I find hurtful to me but cannot help it
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