
The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3905] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Anonymous / Regarding: Mrs Major Sinclair (Patient) / 17 August 1776 / (Outgoing)
Reply for 'Mrs Major Sinclair' who is predisposed to kidney stones .
- Facsimile
- Normalized Text
- Diplomatic Text
- Metadata
- Case
- People
- Places
Facsimile
There is 1 image for this document.

[Page 1]
Metadata
Field | Data |
---|---|
DOC ID | 3905 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/8/17 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 17 August 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 'Mrs Major Sinclair' who is predisposed to kidney stones . |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
---|---|---|
[Case ID:836] |
Case of Mrs [Major] Sinclair who is predisposed to kidney stones. |
1 |
People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
---|---|---|
[PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:1740] | Addressee | |
[PERS ID:1737] | Patient | Mrs Major Sinclair |
[PERS ID:1740] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | |
[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 |
Mentioned / Other | Harrogate | North-East | England | Europe | certain |
Normalized Text
Mrs Major Sinclair
A disposition in her kidneys to bread sand. 1 but as it comes
away in a small hard gritt I hope it will never unite into a stone
How to obtain this I dont know. The only benefit I have
found in such cases is by a plentfull dilution by
mild mucilaginous liquors such as she has been taking
[moderate?] all exercise & avoid costiveness -----
Diet Animal food moderately rather better than much
Vegetable. Much acescents & acids bad for her therefore
no malt Liquors. & wine sparingly. & especially the weaker
a little Madeira or good Sherry well diluted in the water
the most proper. When at Harrawgate she may try the
Waters there. beginning with a quarter of a Pint [&c?]
August 17th 1776
Notes:
1: 'Bread', because the calculus is being passed as grit resembling breadcrumbs.
Diplomatic Text
Mrs Major Sinclair
A disposition in her kidneys to bread sand. 1 but as it comes
away in a small hard gritt I hope it will never unite into a stone
How to obtain this I dont know. The only benefit I have
found in such cases is by a plentfull dilution by
mild mucilaginous liquors such as she has been taking
[moder?] all exercise & avoid costiveness -----
Diet Animal food moderately rather better than much
Vegetable. Much acescents & acids bad for her therefore
no malt Liquors. & wine sparingly. & especially the weaker
a little Madeira or good Sherry well diluted in the water
the most proper. When at Harrawgate she may try the
Waters there. beginning with a quarter of a Pint [&c?]
Augst 17th 1776
Notes:
1: 'Bread', because the calculus is being passed as grit resembling breadcrumbs.
XML
XML file not yet available.
Feedback
Send us specfic feeback about this document [DOC ID:3905]
Please note that the Cullen Project team have now disbanded but your comments will be logged in our system and we will look at them one day...