The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:3950] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Adams (of Pembroke) / Regarding: Mr Adams (of Pembroke) (Patient) / 5 November 1776 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Mr Adams' discussing the need to keep to a regimen if his night fever is to subside and including a recipe.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 3950 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/8/62 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 5 November 1776 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply 'For Mr Adams' discussing the need to keep to a regimen if his night fever is to subside and including a recipe. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:757] |
Case of Mr Adams of Pembroke who is feverish and advised to travel. |
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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:1783] | Addressee | Mr Adams (of Pembroke) |
| [PERS ID:1783] | Patient | Mr Adams (of Pembroke) |
| [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 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
| Destination of Letter | Pembroke | South Wales | Wales | Europe | inferred |
Normalized Text
Glad I was not mistaken in urging your journey which I hope has done
your constitution much good. Not surprised at your being still affected
with the little night fever. but am persuaded that by this time
you will be free from it. If not, take down your diet, little animal
food, & what milk you can, mixing it with equal part of water gruel
& sweetening well with sugar. -- Keep belly regular. --ride out every
forenoon in permitting weather. -- & every night before going to bed bathe
feet & hands in warm water. -- with all this, a saline draught when
the fever is more urgent. -- from your recovery upon the journey I
have a more favourable view than before. Hoewer if your stomach
discover weakness, & you find other marks of feebleness of constitution,
moderate living, fresh air & exercise, & perhaps cold bathing are the
best means for supporting you, & medicines to be trusted as little as
possible; but if business, indolence, & bad weather prevent ex¬
ercise, & social pleasancies encroach on temperance, you may be o¬
bliged to have recourse to medicines. When free of fever, you may at
times take some bark; but not continue it long, & the prescription
below is I think safer & a better strengthener but even this do not
continue more than 3 weeks at one time.
Take Mineral Water and prepare with five grains of ground Cinnamon and ten grains of pure White Sugar. Mix with the powders, and make six doses in case of emergency. Every fourth day can be increased by adding to the individual quarter dose of Mineral water, a dose of five grains of steel until [the dose reaches?] twenty grains. Label: Strengthening Powders, one in a little currant jelly thrice a day. Edinburgh November. 5. 1776 W.C.
Diplomatic Text
Glad I was not mistaken in urging your journey wc I hope has done
your constitution mc good. Not surprised at your being still affected
w the little night fever. but am persuaded that by this time
you will be free from it. If not, take down yr diet, little animal
food, & what milk you can, mixing it with equal part of water gruel
& sweeteng well w sugar. -- Keep belly reg.r. --ride out every
forenoon in permittg weather. -- & every nt before going to bed bathe
feet & hands in warm water. -- w all this, a saline draught when
the fever is more urgent. -- from your recovery upon the journey I
have a more favourable view than before. Hoewer if yr stomach
discover weakness, & you find other marks of feebleness of constitution,
moderate living, fresh air & exercise, & perhaps cold bathing are the
best means for supporting you, & medicines to be trusted as little as
possible; but if business, indolence, & bad weather prevent ex¬
ercise, & social pleasancies encroach on temperance, you may be o¬
bliged to have recourse to meds. When free of fever, you may at
times take some bark; but not continue it long, & the prescription
below is I think safer & a better strengthener but even this do not
continue more tn 3 weeks at one time.
℞ Rubig. chalyb. pp.tt gr. v. Cinnam. pulv. Sacch. alb. duriss. @ gr. x
M. f. Pulv. et f. h: m. dos. № vi. Quavis quarta die rubig in.. dos. augeri
potest addendo singulis, rubig. gr. v. donne [dos. peruent?] ad gr. XX.
S. Strengthg Powd. one in a little currant jelly thrice aday.
Ed.r Nov.r. 5. 1776 W.C.
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