The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4978] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch) / Regarding: Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall) (Patient) / 6 February 1785 / (Outgoing)
Reply, 'Dr Gilchrist C[oncerning] Mr. Mc.Dowal'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4978 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/17/172 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 6 February 1785 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine scribal copy |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | No |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, 'Dr Gilchrist C[oncerning] Mr. Mc.Dowal' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1107] |
Case of Mr William McDowal [McDowall, McDouall], who has a chest complaint and spits blood. |
19 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:115] | Addressee | Dr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch) |
| [PERS ID:1080] | Patient | Mr William McDowall (Macdowall, McDoual, McDowal, McDouall) |
| [PERS ID:115] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr John Gilchrist (of Speddoch) |
| [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 |
| Destination of Letter | Dumfries | Borders | Scotland | Europe | inferred |
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Dr Gilchrist Concerning Mr. Mc.dowal
I received your Parsel relating to Mr. Mc.dowal
and have since had a Conversation with himself. By this
post I send him as full an opinion and advice as
my time [since?] would my ways allow of. I dare say
he will communicate it to you and therefore I
need not repeat any part of it here and Say only
that I hope you will approve of the whole {illeg}
me very much by telling me wherein you do not.
I have given him a favourable opinion
of his Case but it is a Sincere one for I really found
him in a much better condition than I expected.
I cannot indeed Say to you that his Case is not
precarious or that it can be relieved in a short
time but I hope that in due time it may.
You know very well that it is a Case in
which there is not much room for medicine
but it may be very proper to Employ some
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I [see?] that I have formerly prescribed a little {illeg}
but I {illeg} not now so good an opinion {illeg}
as to [inculcate?] the repetition of it and the only other
medicine I have formerly prescribed was a [laxative?]
which you can easily supply when there is any
occasion for it. The only medicine I would think
of at present is in case of any marks of {illeg}
or of threatning Hæmoplysis is is the Vitriolic
Acid to be employed at your discretion. When [the]
Season advances to afford fresh leaves of the [I?]
Tussilago I have a good opinion of the expressed
juice of these leaves and I avoid the flowers
as acrid substances.
I cannot easily join you in proposing Mer¬
cury. I have now seen it frequently employed and
have never found any benefit from it and
sometimes much harm. If in any form it
was to be employed I should certainly adopt
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{illeg} but it is a prepara¬
tion am very little acquainted with.
I should have said above that it is certainly of
consequence to Mr. Macdowal to keep a regular belly
and it may be proper to employ a more cooling
purgative than that I prescribed before. I have
not time to add a word more but that I am
most sincerely
Edinburgh 6th.. February
1785
Diplomatic Text
Dr Gilchrist C. Mr. Mc.dowal
I received your Parsel relating to Mr. Mc.dowal
and have since had a Conversation with himself. By this
post I send him as full an opinion and advice as
my time [since?] would my ways allow of. I dare say
he will communicate it to you and therefore I
need not repeat any part of it here and Say only
that I hope you will approve of the whole {illeg}
me very much by telling me wherein you do not.
I have given him a favourable opinion
of his Case but it is a Sincere one for I really found
him in a much better condition than I expected.
I cannot indeed Say to you that his Case is not
precarious or that it can be relieved in a short
time but I hope that in due time it may.
You know very well that it is a Case in
which there is not much room for medicine
but it may be very proper to Employ some
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I [see?] that I have formerly prescribed a little {illeg}
but I {illeg} not now so good an opinion {illeg}
as to [inculcate?] the repetition of it and the only other
medicine I have formerly prescribed was a [laxative?]
which you can easily supply when there is any
occasion for it. The only medicine I would think
of at present is in case of any marks of {illeg}
or of threatning Hæmoplysis is is the Vitriolic
Acid to be employed at your discretion. When [the]
Season advances to afford fresh leaves of the [I?]
Tussilago I have a good opinion of the expressed
juice of these leaves and I avoid the flowers
as acrid substances.
I cannot easily join you in proposing Mer¬
cury. I have now seen it frequently employed and
have never found any benefit from it and
sometimes much harm. If in any form it
was to be employed I should certainly adopt
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{illeg} but it is a prepara¬
tion am very little acquainted with.
I should have said above that it is certainly of
consequence to Mr. Macdowal to keep a regular belly
and it may be proper to employ a more cooling
purgative than that I prescribed before. I have
not time to add a word more but that I am
most sincerely
Edinr. 6th.. Febry..
1785
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