The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3761] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Lady Charlotte Hay (Hay) (Patient), Lady Henrietta Jane Hay (Harriet) (Patient) / 28 July 1774 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For the Right Honble. Lady Charlotte Hay'. Also contains a recipe for her sister Henrietta.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3761 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/5/24 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 28 July 1774 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Scribal copy ( includes Casebook Entry) |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For the Right Honble. Lady Charlotte Hay'. Also contains a recipe for her sister Henrietta. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:8] |
Case of Lady Charlotte Hay who suffers from rheumatism in her head and arm, and other symptoms over many years while Cullen serves as family physician. |
16 |
| [Case ID:1919] |
Case of Lady Henrietta Hay who is prescribed cooling medicines. |
2 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:420] | Patient | Lady Charlotte Hay |
| [PERS ID:869] | Patient | Lady Henrietta Jane Hay (Harriet) |
| [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 |
| Destination of Letter | Slains Castle | Cruden Bay | East Highlands | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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For The Right Honorable Lady Charlote Hay
Let her take every morning a table spoonfull of
the laxative solution ordered below It is to be
mixed with half a pint of Spring Water and this is
to be taken at two or three Draughts of the inter¬
val of a quarter an half an hour between each [bat?] so
the whole may be finished an hour or more before
Breakfast This Dose is intended to open the belly
but it must be very gently and never more than one
a Day if the Dose does either more or less it is
to be Diminished or increased accordingly If the
Dose is to be increased it may also be proper to encrease
the quantity of Spring Water. This Medicine is to be
taken every Day for a fortnight together, but after
that it may be enough to take it every second or third
Day as the state of the Belly may seem to require
for the first week this Medicine is employed it will
be proper to avoid Garden things but after that these
things may be introduced into her Ladyships diet
but gradually and never to freely as to the other
young Ladies.
Every day at Dinner Lady Ch. should
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take some plain soup but not very strong
and may have a bit of any light meat but the meal
should be made up with pudding or vegetables
avoiding the Colder kinds as Lettuce or Cucumber and
the more flattulent as Cabbage. A bit of any of the
light whole fishes boiled and served with a light
sauce is very allowable. Her Ladyships breakfast
may be Cocoa tea with an equal part of fresh
Cows milk and the mixture to be pretty well
sweetened with sugar. At supper She may
have the Cows Milk with an equal part of water
Gruel and sweetened in the manner with these
liquids either at Breakfast or Supper
My Lady may have wheat flour bread if she
pleases.
The ordinary Drink may be boiled Water
without any toast but with a little white wine
in it. If besides this Her Ladyship chuses a little Wine
She may have a little Madeira or good Sherry
With an equal part of water.
It will be very proper to keep the feet
always warm and Dry and if at any time pains
of the Stomach come on it will be proper
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to have the feet warmed with flannel
cloths or chaffed a little before the fire and
this with a spoonfull or two of peppermint
water will I hope always discuss the pains
Nothing will be of more Service to Lady C. than
being much in the fresh air and frequently
on horse back
1774
Take an ounce of soluble tartar, half an ounce of polychrest salt, [one?] drachm of Spanish sea-salt, five ounces of rum, an ounce, or as needed, of cinnamon. Dissolve and mix everything. Label it: Laxative Solution
Take an ounce of soluble tartar, two drachms of polychrest salt, rum, and an ounce, or as needed, of cinnamon. Dissolve and mix. Label it: Cooling solution
Diplomatic Text
For The Right Honble Lady Charlote Hay
Let her take every morning a table spoonfull of
the laxative solution ordered below It is to be
mixed with half a pint of Spring Water and this is
to be taken at two or three Draughts of the inter¬
val of a quarter an half an hour between each [bat?] so
the whole may be finished an hour or more before
Breakfast This Dose is intended to open the belly
but it must be very gently and never more than one
a Day if the Dose does either more or less it is
to be Diminished or increased accordingly If the
Dose is to be increased it may also be proper to encrease
the quantity of Spring Water. This Medicine is to be
taken every Day for a fortnight together, but after
that it may be enough to take it every second or third
Day as the state of the Belly may seem to require
for the first week this Medicine is employed it will
be proper to avoid Garden things but after that these
things may be introduced into her Ladyships diet
but gradually and never to freely as to the other
young Ladies.
Every day at Dinner L. Ch. should
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take some plain soup but not very strong
and may have a bit of any light meat but the meal
should be made up with pudding or vegetables
avoiding the Colder kinds as Lettuce or Cucumber and
the more flattulent as Cabbage. A bit of any of the
light whole fishes boiled and served with a light
sauce is very allowable. Her Ladyships breakfast
may be Cocoa tea with an equal part of fresh
Cows milk and the mixture to be pretty well
sweetened with sugar. At supper She may
have the Cows Milk with an equal part of water
Gruel and sweetened in the manner with these
liquids either at Breakfast or Supper
My Lady may have wheat flour bread if she
pleases.
The ordinary Drink may be boiled Water
without any toast but with a little white wine
in it. If besides this Her Lap chuses a little Wine
She may have a little Madeira or good Sherry
With an equal part of water.
It will be very proper to keep the feet
always warm and Dry and if at any time pains
of the Stomach come on it will be proper
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to have the feet warmed with flannel
cloths or chaffed a little before the fire and
this with a spoonfull or two of peppermint
water will I hope always discuss the pains
Nothing will be of more Service to L. C. than
being much in the fresh air and frequently
on horse back
1774
℞ Tartar Solubil ℥j
Sal polychrest ℥ſs
Marin Hispan ʒ[j?]
Aq fort ℥v
-Cinnam s.v. ℥j
Solve et cola
Signa Laxative Solution
℞ Tartar Solubil ℥j
Sal polychrest ʒij
aq. fort.
Cinnam s.v. ℥j
Solve et cola
Signa cooling solution
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