The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4531] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Brughan (Patient) / 4 November 1779 / (Outgoing)
Reply headed 'For Mr Brughan' consisting of two recipes.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4531 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/12/98 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 4 November 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 Mr Brughan' consisting of two recipes. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1105] |
Case of Mr Brughan who is prescribed a strengthening powder. |
1 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2858] | Patient | Mr Brughan |
| [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 Mr Brughan
Take five grains of a Steel preparatio, three grains of powdered Cinnamon and ten grains of pure white Sugar. Mix to make a powder and so to make a dose of twenty eight. Label: S. Strengthening Powders; one twice a day in a little currant jelly washing down with the following:
Take one ounce of Peruvian Bark, two drachms of aurant, one drachm of colombo Root and half a drachm of Ginger. Bruise and mix all accurately and make [maa?] Label: Materials, a teaspoonful to be infused for a night in a quarter of a pint of boiling water; one half to be taken after every dose of the Powders.
Diplomatic Text
For Mr Brughan
℞ Limatur. Mart. ppt gr. V. Cinnam. pulv. gr. iij
Sacch. alb. puriss. gr. X ℳ. f. pulv. et f. h: m. dos. No. 28.
S. Strengthening Powders; one twice a day in a little currant jelly
washing down with the followg:
℞ Cort. Peruv. ℥j - aurant ʒij Rad. colomb. ʒj - Zingib. ʒſs
Contunde et ℳ. omnia accurate ut f. [maa?]
S. Materials; a tea spoonful to be infused for a night in a quarter of
a pint of boiling water; one half of it to be taken after every dose
of the Powders.
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