The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3287] From: Mr Alexander Dirom (of Muiresk) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Alexander Dirom (of Muiresk) (Patient) / 31 December 1787 / (Incoming)
Letter from Mr Dirom, concerning his own case. He informs Cullen that he moved from his country home in Muiresk to Banff about ten days previously. He enquires whether the apparatus to make the mephitic alkaline water is the same as that used to make seltzer water: if so, there are several available in Banff.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3287 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/2184 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Incoming |
| Date | 31 December 1787 |
| 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 Dirom, concerning his own case. He informs Cullen that he moved from his country home in Muiresk to Banff about ten days previously. He enquires whether the apparatus to make the mephitic alkaline water is the same as that used to make seltzer water: if so, there are several available in Banff. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | Yes |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:787] |
Case of Alexander Dirom, who has a urinary tract ailment. |
16 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:5422] | Author | Mr Alexander Dirom (of Muiresk) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Addressee | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5422] | Patient | Mr Alexander Dirom (of Muiresk) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5425] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mr Fotheringham (Fothringham) |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Banff (Bamf) | East Highlands | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Destination of Letter | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
| Mentioned / Other | Muiresk House | Turriff | East Highlands | Scotland | Europe | certain |
| Place of Handstamp | Banff (Bamf) | East Highlands | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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Mr Dirom offers his best compliments to Dr. Cullen, and
is much obliged to him for his particular attention to
his case. --
Mr Dirom removed from Muiresk to Banff ten days ago
in a chaise when the roads were very rough and hard with
frost, and felt no inconvenience. Next day however some
blood came off with his urine in the forenoon, but it
soon disappeared, and there has been no blood in the
urine since -- the discharge of the Slimy stuff also
seems to be lessen -- but he has almost a constant
irritation or desire to make water, and a violent pain
for sometime after it is made, which for two months past
has cut up his nights rest into hours, and sometimes
into half hours and quarters, and he must fall to the
violence of that excruciating pain, if nothing can be
done to alleviate it.
As to the Instrument for making the mephytic
Alkaline water, which has been sent by the carrier, it
is very uncertain when it may get this length in the
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present stormy weather, or of it shall come safe, when
it does arrive. -- If it is the same sort of Instrument
with which they make Seltzer Water, there are several of
these in this Town, of which Mr Dirom can get the use;
but the means and method of obtaining this water, being
referred to books, of which no copy is here, we remain
in total ignorance about it.
As Mr Fothringham is in the country at present, Mr
Dirom has used the freedom to address this to the Doctor
himself
Banff 31st. December
1787/
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post paid
For
Dr. William Cullen
Physician in
Edinburgh
Mr. Dirom
January 1788
V. XIX. P.382
Diplomatic Text
Mr Dirom offers his best compliments to Dr. Cullen, and
is much obliged to him for his particular attention to
his case. --
Mr Dirom removed from Muiresk to Banff ten days ago
in a chaise when the roads were very rough and hard with
frost, and felt no inconvenience. Next day however some
blood came off with his urine in the forenoon, but it
soon disappeared, and there has been no blood in the
urine since -- the discharge of the Slimy stuff also
seems to be lessen -- but he has almost a constant
irritation or desire to make water, and a violent pain
for sometime after it is made, which for two months past
has cut up his nights rest into hours, and sometimes
into half hours and quarters, and he must fall to the
violence of that excruciating pain, if nothing can be
done to alleviate it.
As to the Instrument for making the mephytic
Alkaline water, which has been sent by the carrier, it
is very uncertain when it may get this length in the
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present stormy weather, or of it shall come safe, when
it does arrive. -- If it is the same sort of Instrument
with which they make Seltzer Water, there are several of
these in this Town, of which Mr Dirom can get the use;
but the means and method of obtaining this water, being
referred to books, of which no copy is here, we remain
in total ignorance about it.
As Mr Fothringham is in the country at present, Mr
Dirom has used the freedom to address this to the Doctor
himself
Banff 31st. Decemr
1787/
[Page 3]
post paid
For
Dr. William Cullen
Physician in
Edinburgh
Mr. Dirom
Jany. 1788
V. XIX. P.382
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