The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3933] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Richard Allan / Regarding: [A matter not directly regarding a patient] / 3 October 1776 / (Outgoing)
Reply for 'Mr Richard Allan. Surgeon to the Dublin Volunteers', offering brief advice for him, and guidance on reading on Yellow Fever and other fevers.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3933 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/8/45 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 3 October 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 Richard Allan. Surgeon to the Dublin Volunteers', offering brief advice for him, and guidance on reading on Yellow Fever and other fevers. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:818] |
Case of Richard Allan, surgeon to the Dublin Volunteers who is given brief advice for himself but who also elicits Cullen's advice on who are the best authorities to read on fevers. |
1 |
| [Case ID:2451] |
Case of a series of reports concerning an outbreak of Typhus on troop ships bound for America. |
3 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:1636] | Addressee | Mr Richard Allan |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5291] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Dr John Lining |
| [PERS ID:5292] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Dr James Mackittrick |
| [PERS ID:5293] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Dr Lind (of Edinburgh) |
| [PERS ID:1626] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Dr George Cleghorn |
| [PERS ID:1633] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Dr Lind (of Hastar) |
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 | Portsmouth | London and South-East | England | Europe | inferred | |
| Mentioned / Other | Dublin | Mid Ireland | Ireland | Europe | certain |
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Mr Richard Allan. Surgeon to the Dublin Volunteers.
Must be satisfied with a few hints.
For yourself, great temperance, in meat & drink, the chief thing.
& for the rest, moderate exercise, & avoid cold & dampness.
For the Yellow fever nothing to add to Linning & Mackittrick.
For the other fevers, I believe they are seldom of the Typhus kind
but very generally malignant remittents. The management is shortly
this. Upon the first attack the bile is to be discharged, both up= & down¬
wards by Tartar Emetic & immediately after throw in the bark in consi¬
derable quantities, You may perhaps learn more, from Lind of Hastar,
diseases of hot Climates (Lind of Edinburgh his dissertation on the remitting of the East Indies)
& particularly you might learn a great deal from Cleghorn on Minorca.
Edinburgh October 3. 1776
Diplomatic Text
Mr Richard Allan. Surgeon to ye Dublin Volunteers.
Must be satisfied w a few hints.
For yourself, great temperance, in meat & drink, the chief thing.
& for the rest, moderate exercise, & avoid cold & dampness.
For ye Yell. fever nothing to add to Linning & Mackittrick.
For ye other fevers, I believe they are seldom of the Typhus kind
but very generally malignant remittents. The management is shortly
this. Upon ye first attack the bile is to be discharged, both up= & down¬
wards by T. Emet. & immediately after throw in the bark in consi¬
derable qties., You may perhaps learn more, from Lind of Hastar,
diseases of hot Clim. (Lind of Edr. his dissertat. on ye remitt. of ye E. Ind.)
& particy you m. learn a great deal from Cleghorn on Minorca.
Edr. Octr. 3. 1776
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