The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:5196] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Reverend Ralph Ogle / Regarding: Reverend Ralph Ogle (Patient) / 13 January 1786 / (Outgoing)
Reply, "Mr Ralph Ogle". Cullen recommends persisting with the regimen and treatment already prescribed, and advises on going to Bath, but no sooner than early-mid March.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 5196 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/19/8 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 13 January 1786 |
| 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, "Mr Ralph Ogle". Cullen recommends persisting with the regimen and treatment already prescribed, and advises on going to Bath, but no sooner than early-mid March. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1787] |
Case of Rev. Ralph Ogle who suffers from flatulence and general weakness. |
6 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:5711] | Addressee | Reverend Ralph Ogle |
| [PERS ID:5711] | Patient | Reverend Ralph Ogle |
| [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 | Eglingham | North-East | England | Europe | inferred | |
| Therapeutic Recommendation | Bath | South-West | England | Europe | certain |
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Mr. Ralph Ogle
It gives me a great deal of concern to find
that your health is not yet established so well as
I could wish, but at the same time I can perceive
no particular disease affecting you but all
your complaints proceeding from general weakness.
I took this opinion from the first time I saw
you; and there was nothing in the letter you
wrote in July, nor is there in that, I have the
honour of just now to make me change my
opinion. To mend your constitution I proposed
the measures that I thought would be most
effectual, and I still think they were the
most proper and might be all of them re¬
peated except the Cold bathing which the
season does not admitt of. I must however
observe that a general weakness, especially
at a certain period of life is difficultly mended
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and commonly requires a continued and constant
attention to Exercise and diet for alleviating it
as much as possible. All this applies especially
to the chief circumstances of your Complaints
that is, in the stomach and bowels a disposition
to flatulence. It may sometimes be relieved
by medicine, but seldom entirely, and medicines
by repetition become of less and less effect, and
though I think the medicines I advised have been
of service, they have not been of so much that
I can advise a frequent repetition of them. I
think that it is possible you may be the
better for Bath waters, but I cannot advise
your going to Bath before the beginning or middle
of March, and in the mean time you may
trust to your regimen, and Exercise so far as
the weather will allow, and the repetition
↑for at least one course↑ of the strengthening Powders bitters & tincture
I prescribed in my first advice.
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When you go to Bath you should try in the
first place the moderate drinking of the water
with daily exercise on horseback, and should for
eight or ten days feel how that agrees with you
before you venture on any bathing, and with respect
to this I am of opinion that you should never
go in to any of the common Baths whose heat
is very great, and that you should try only a tem¬
pered bath not exceeding 90 degrees of
Farenheits thermometer, that you should
never remain long in it, nor persist
in the use of it until you find it
agree with you very well and rather strengthen
than weaken you.
I have now given you the best Advice I can
and shall always be ready to shew you that
I am with very great regard
Your most Obedient Servant
1786/
Diplomatic Text
Mr. Ralph Ogle
It gives me a great deal of concern to find
that your health is not yet established so well as
I could wish, but at the same time I can perceive
no particular disease affecting you but all
your complaints proceeding from general weakness.
I took this opinion from the first time I saw
you; and there was nothing in the letter you
wrote in July, nor is there in that, I have the
honour of just now to make me change my
opinion. To mend your constitution I proposed
the measures that I thought would be most
effectual, and I still think they were the
most proper and might be all of them re¬
peated except the Cold bathing which the
season does not admitt of. I must however
observe that a general weakness, especially
at a certain period of life is difficultly mended
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and commonly requires a continued and constant
attention to Exercise and diet for alleviating it
as much as possible. All this applies especially
to the chief circumstances of your Complaints
that is, in the stomach and bowels a disposition
to flatulence. It may sometimes be relieved
by medicine, but seldom entirely, and medicines
by repetition become of less and less effect, and
though I think the medicines I advised have been
of service, they have not been of so much that
I can advise a frequent repetition of them. I
think that it is possible you may be the
better for Bath waters, but I cannot advise
your going to Bath before the beginning or middle
of March, and in the mean time you may
trust to your regimen, and Exercise so far as
the weather will allow, and the repetition
↑for at least one course↑ of the strengthening Powders bitters & tincture
I prescribed in my first advice.
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When you go to Bath you should try in the
first place the moderate drinking of the water
with daily exercise on horseback, and should for
eight or ten days feel how that agrees with you
before you venture on any bathing, and with respect
to this I am of opinion that you should never
go in to any of the common Baths whose heat
is very great, and that you should try only a tem¬
pered bath not exceeding 90 degrees of
Farenheits thermometer, that you should
never remain long in it, nor persist
in the use of it until you find it
agree with you very well and rather strengthen
than weaken you.
I have now given you the best Advice I can
and shall always be ready to shew you that
I am with very great regard
Your most Obedient Servant
1786/
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