The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:601] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Peter Wright / Regarding: Mr Matthie (Patient) / 12 July 1782 / (Outgoing)
Reply, for 'Dr Wright C[oncerning] Mr Matthie'.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 601 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/15/86 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 12 July 1782 |
Annotation | None |
Type | Machine copy |
Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
Autopsy | No |
Recipe | No |
Regimen | No |
Letter of Introduction | No |
Case Note | No |
Summary | Reply, for 'Dr Wright C[oncerning] Mr Matthie'. |
Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
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[Case ID:1480] |
Case of Mr Matthie, a young man with a nephritic complaint who is too attached to the pursuit of pleasure to give Cullen's treatments time to take effect. |
8 |
People linked to this document
Person ID | Role in document | Person |
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[PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:2830] | Addressee | Dr Peter Wright |
[PERS ID:2831] | Patient | Mr Matthie |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:2830] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr Peter Wright |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
Destination of Letter | Glasgow | Glasgow and West | Scotland | Europe | inferred | |
Mentioned / Other | Arran | Western Isles | Scotland | Europe | certain |
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Dr Wright Concerning Mr Matthie
Dear Sir
I am obliged to you for your account
of Mr. Matthie. Some of his friends here were very an¬
xious for my giving him advice but I told them I could not
without more particular information of his present state
and that I find has procured your letter. I am heartily
sorry to find his ailments so frequently recurring and
that perhaps may be from the nature of them but I am
the same time positive he does not give his disease or
our remedies fair play. He may find punch diuretic
and sometimes seemingly relieving but I am certain that
Acids never did agree with such ailments and I have
a hundred times found them manifestly hurtfull I am
certain also that a hearty glass of any strong drink what¬
ever is no less so. I am sorry to find a worthy usefull
man attached so much to his pleasure. I have no ob¬
jection to his going to Arran nor to his drinking goat
whey there and if he will lay aside his punch which is
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as improper with goat whey as it is bad for the gravel he
will probably be the better for his expedition to Arran.
I should like very much his trying the Uva Ursi but
I would wish to let it alone till he returns from Arran.
With best wishes to him I am
Dear Doctor
Your most obedient servant
William Cullen
Edinburgh 12 July
1782
Diplomatic Text
Dr Wright C Mr Matthie
Dear Sir
I am obliged to you for your account
of Mr. Matthie. Some of his friends here were very an¬
xious for my giving him advice but I told them I could not
without more particular information of his present state
and that I find has procured your letter. I am heartily
sorry to find his ailments so frequently recurring and
that perhaps may be from the nature of them but I am
the same time positive he does not give his disease or
our remedies fair play. He may find punch diuretic
and sometimes seemingly relieving but I am certain that
Acids never did agree with such ailments and I have
a hundred times found them manifestly hurtfull I am
certain also that a hearty glass of any strong drink what¬
ever is no less so. I am sorry to find a worthy usefull
man attached so much to his pleasure. I have no ob¬
jection to his going to Arran nor to his drinking goat
whey there and if he will lay aside his punch which is
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as improper with goat whey as it is bad for the gravel he
will probably be the better for his expedition to Arran.
I should like very much his trying the Uva Ursi but
I would wish to let it alone till he returns from Arran.
With best wishes to him I am
Dear Dr.
Your most obedient servant
William Cullen
Edinr. 12 July
1782
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