The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3793] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Reverend William Gordon (of Urquhart ) / Regarding: Reverend Thomas Macfarlane (of Lonbride (Lanbride, Lhanbryd)) (Patient) / 3 April 1776 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mr Macfarlane to Mr Gordon' giving further advice of managing the Revd. Macfarlane's 'Mania'. Cullen considers the case a 'bad one but by no means desperate'.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3793 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/7/14 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 3 April 1776 |
| 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 Mr Macfarlane to Mr Gordon' giving further advice of managing the Revd. Macfarlane's 'Mania'. Cullen considers the case a 'bad one but by no means desperate'. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:738] |
Case of Mr [Thomas] Macfarlane [Minister of Lonbride] who is mentally disordered and eventually has to be restrained with a 'waistcoat'. |
6 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:593] | Addressee | Reverend William Gordon (of Urquhart ) |
| [PERS ID:594] | Patient | Reverend Thomas Macfarlane (of Lonbride (Lanbride, Lhanbryd)) |
| [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 | Urquhart | East Highlands | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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For Mr Macfarlane to Mr Gordon
I wish you had marked his pulse . By the Bleedings which have been
practised I would judge his Pulse had been frequent as it was last year
{illeg} and if it continue to be either fuller or frequent tho with the last
it may be soft and feeble I would still employ more bleeding; for I
would expect that the pulse would become fuller & Stronger upon
it. If the Pulse is tolerably settled & the patient seems to fall into a
Chronical Maniacal State; the bleeding may be omitted & blistering
and purging must be insisted upon. For purging I would employ
only the Solubil Tartar & give that every day to the quantity that may keep
the belly open without much purging- Other internal medicines I have
little faith in; but if Camphire is found to give any quiet, it maybe
employed & should be given very largely. It is probably that he may .
be the better of being some times set into a halfbath or by having
his feet & legs for some time fomented &c------ Continue the thin
& low diet - If necessary a strait waistcoat ------
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The case is a bad one but afterwhat happened in 1774 1
it is not by no means to be considered as desperate - I hope
it will not be necessary to remove him to the Infirmary [and it?]
it is very expensive ---
I omitted to say above that the Tartar Solubil should be taken ↑with↑ as
large a proportion of water as you can easily get him to to take.
Notes:
1: No record of this prior episode traced in the archive.
Diplomatic Text
For Mr Macfarlane to Mr Gordon
I wish you had marked his pulse . By the Bleedings wc have been
practised I would judge his Pulse had been frequent as it was last year
{illeg} and if it continue to be either fuller or frequent tho with the last
it may be soft and feeble I would still employ more bleeding; for I
would expect that the pulse would become fuller & Stronger upon
it. If the Pulse is tolerably settled & the patient seems to fall into a
Chronical Maniacal State; the bleeding may be omitted & blistering
and purging must be insisted upon. For purging I would employ
only the Sol. Tartar & give that every day to the qty that may keep
the belly open without much purging- Other internal medicines I have
little faith in; but if Camphire is found to give any quiet, it maybe
employed & should be given very largely. It is probably that he may .
be the better of being some times set into a halfbath or by having
his feet & legs for some time fomented &c------ Continue the thin
& low diet - If necessary a strait waistcoat ------
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The case is a bad one but afterwhat happened in 1774 1
it is not by no means to be considered as desperate - I hope
it will not be necessary to remove him to the Infirmary [and it?]
it is very expensive ---
I omitted to say above that the Tartar Sol. should be taken ↑with↑ as
large a proportion of water as you can easily get him to to take.
Notes:
1: No record of this prior episode traced in the archive.
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