The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4364] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mrs I. Stephenson (Patient) / 20 January 1779 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed For Mrs I. Stephenson,, recommending medecine for further side pain and heat.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4364 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/11/102 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 20 January 1779 |
| 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 headed For Mrs I. Stephenson,, recommending medecine for further side pain and heat. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
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Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1123] |
Case of Miss Stepehenson whose heat and pain her side has abated. |
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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:3284] | Patient | Mrs I. Stephenson |
| [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 |
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For Mrs I Stephenson.
Any inward ailment is now very entirely removed. I cannot
however be positive that she may not have some little
return of the heat & pain in her side & therefore I would
not have her without a medicine that may remove them
in case they should be in any degree troublesome. I have
therefore ordered below a medicine which she may carry to the
country & may take a table spoonful of it at bedtime
when she feels any degree of uneasiness from the heat
or pain of her side. This dose will I think move
her belly a little bit if it do more she may the next
time she is to take it diminish the dose & on the other
hand if a spoonful do not move her at all she may
she should at next taking take a spoonfull & a half or
even two spoonfuls of it shall be necessary.
Though she should be free of complaints in her
stomach or side, costiveness will do her harm and have
a tendency to bring back her complaints & therefore
when ever she happens to be costive future days she
should take a dose of the Laxative powders which
I have ordered also on a paper apart. It will be always
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best taken in the morning. As she is easily
affected with cold which occasions stuffing, uneasei¬
ness or pain of her head & sometimes a little cough.
When such happens she may be relieved by some
doses of a mixture for which I have prescribed below. But it
is a medicine which does not keep long & therefore I
have not caused prepare it now but leave her to
get it from an Apothecary in her neighborhood --
She is now in a condition to bear animal food. So
that she may take a bit of the lighter kinds of
meat or fish every day at dinner & I hope that by
degrees she may come to take a part of whatever is
presented if it is not of the heaviest kinds or such as
not to be digested easily by her even in her former health.
Her ordinary drink may be white wine & water & some¬
times at dinner she may take a glass of plain wine.
She will however do well to proseed in that by de¬
grees and as she feels she can bear it.
Take a drachm of Soluble tartar, about an ounce and a half, or a sufficient amount, of Lemon juice, three ounces of Rose water, one ounce of Peppermint, an ounce and a half of Simple syrup and two drachms of Spirit of lavender. Mix and Label: Diaphoretic mixture
Take a drachm of Volatile salts of Hartshorn, about an ounce and a half, or a sufficient amount, of Lemon juice, two ounces of Cinnamon water, an ounce and a half of spirit of cinnamon, half an ounce of Tartar emetic, six drachms of Dimple syrup, and mix it. Label : aperient mixture a table spoonful to be taken for a dose at bed time when occasion requires.
Take ten grammes of Calcined magnesia. In case of emergency, take 12 as a dose. Label: Laxative powders
Diplomatic Text
For Mrs I Stephenson.
Any inward ailmt is now very entirely removed. I cannot
however be positive that she may not have some little
return of the heat & pain in her side & therefore I would
not have her without a medicine that may remove ym
in case they should be in any degree troublesome. I have
therefore ordered below a med. wc she may carry to the
country & may take a table spoonful of it at bedtime
when she feels any degree of uneasiness from the heat
or pain of her side. This dose will I think move
her belly a little bit if it do more she may the next
time she is to take it diminish the dose & on the other
hand if a spoonful do not move her at all she may
she should at next taking take a spoonfull & a half or
even two spoonfuls of it shall be necessary.
Though she should be free of complaints in her
stomach or side, costiveness will do her harm and have
a tendency to bring back her complaints & therefore
when ever she happens to be costive future days she
should take a dose of the Laxative powders which
I have ordered also on a paper apart. It will be always
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best taken in the morning. As she is easily
affected with cold which occasions stuffing, uneasei¬
ness or pain of her head & sometimes a little cough.
When such happens she may be relieved by some
doses of a mixture for wc I have prescribed below. But it
is a medicine which does not keep long & therefore I
have not caused prepare it now but leave her to
get it from an Apothecary in her neighborhood --
She is now in a condition to bear animal food. So
that she may take a bit of the lighter kinds of
meat or fish every day at dinner & I hope that by
degrees she may come to take a part of whatever is
presented if it is not of the heaviest kinds or such as
not to be digested easily by her even in her former health.
Her ordinary drink may be white wine & water & some¬
times at dinner she may take a glass of plain wine.
She will however do well to proseed in that by de¬
grees and as she feels she can bear it.
℞ Sol. tart. ʒi Suc. limon. ℥iſs vel. q.s.
Aq. rosar. ℥iij -- menth. pipt. ℥j Syr. simpl. ℥ſs
Spt. lavend. comp. ʒij ℳ. S Diaphoretic mixture
a table spoonful or two to be taken in the course
of the Evening & night when the cold in the head is
troublesome.
℞ Sal. vol. corn. cere. ʒj Succ. limon.
℥jſs vel q.s. Aq. cinnam. simpl. ℥ij Aq. cinnam.
spirit. ℥iſs Vin. antimon. ℥ſs Syr. simpl. ʒvj.
ℳ. Signa aperient mixture a table spoonful to be
taken for a dose at bed time when occasion requires.
℞ Magnes. alb. gr. x f. h: m. dos № 12.
S. Laxative powders.
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