The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3732] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Shaw (Patient) / 24 April 1775 / (Outgoing)
Reply for 'For Miss Shaw'. Advises the surgical removal of a tumour which may have already affected the bone of her finger.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3732 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/4/57 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 24 April 1775 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply for 'For Miss Shaw'. Advises the surgical removal of a tumour which may have already affected the bone of her finger. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:484] |
Case of Miss Shaw who is concerning the surgical removal of a tumour on her finger. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:1320] | Patient | Miss Shaw |
| [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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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We are all of opinion that no medicine external or
internal can discuss this Tumour and tho while the
Tumour neither increased fast or gave much disturbance
the gentlemen you advised with were perhaps right in
disswading from any operation. But it appears to
us that the Tumour at present threatens to become
more troublesome that it can never be cured but by
an Operation, that an operation may become absolutely
necessary and the sooner it is performed it will be more
safe and more effectual than afterwards when the
affectiton may have reached the hand or perhaps the arm.
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We think that the Tumour should be extirpated
and care taken that it is very entirley taken out.
We suspect that the bone is already affected &
if it shall be found to be so, it will be very
necessary to take away as much of the bone
as seems affected. In this way the fingers perhaps
my be safed, but this must be left to the skill
and discretion of your Surgeon; and it must be
left to him too, whether or not to avoid
difficult and tedious sore; it may ↑not↑ be
best at once to take away the whole by
an Operation beyond the Tumour. I am.
&c.
Diplomatic Text
We are all of opinion that no medicine ex or
internal can discuss this Tumour and tho while the
Tumour neither increased fast or gave much disturbance
the gentlemen you advised with were perhaps right in
disswading from any operation. But it appears to
us that the Tumour at present threatens to become
more troublesome that it can never be cured but by
an Operation, that an operation may become absolutely
necessary and the sooner it is performed it will be more
safe and more effectual than afterwards when the
affectiton may have reached the hand or perhaps the arm.
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We think that the Tumour should be extirpated
and care taken that it is very entirley taken out.
We suspect that the bone is already affected &
if it shall be found to be so, it will be very
necessary to take away as much of the bone
as seems affected. In this way the fingers perhaps
my be safed, but this must be left to the skill
and discretion of your Surgeon; and it must be
left to him too, whether or not to avoid
difficult and tedious sore; it may ↑not↑ be
best at once to take away the whole by
an Operation beyond the Tumour. I am.
&c.
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