The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:764] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Pratt / Regarding: Mr Pratt (Patient), Mrs Pratt (Patient) / June? 1764 / (Outgoing)
Reply to Mr Pratt, concerning the cases of his wife and son.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 764 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/2/32 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | June? 1764 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Authorial original |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply to Mr Pratt, concerning the cases of his wife and son. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:14] |
Case of Mrs Pratt who has a 'broken constitution'. |
3 |
| [Case ID:15] |
Case of Mr Pratt (Junior), who is 'liable to a Consumption'. |
3 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:1173] | Addressee | Mr Pratt |
| [PERS ID:1172] | Patient | Mr Pratt |
| [PERS ID:1174] | Patient | Mrs Pratt |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:1173] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mr Pratt |
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 | Berwick-upon-Tweed (Berwick) | North-East | England | Europe | inferred |
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I am very well pleased with the
Change you propose in the Goat Whey Quarters
I mean't to set Mrs Pratt & her ↑son↑ at some distance
from your bleak coast but think that will be
fully compensated by the advantage of your
Brothers house. I will make no other alteration
of your sons diet but say that the more moderately
he takes animal Food it is the better, and I can
assure you that Abstaining from Business, Riding
much, being in the Country, & taking a great deal
of milk will soon make him very sound and
strong. He is only in danger of taking cold in
Winter & for this I would advise him to wear
[a] flannel shirt & the sooner he puts it on the
better. 3 I wish I could as easily restore Mrs
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Pratt as I can cure your son. Mrs Pratt
cannot be brought back to youth but I am far
too from thinking her in any danger & I hope
we can make her live very comfortably. The
Exercise I have recommended to her is I think
the best remedy both to make her eat & sleep. But
to help both I have ordered two medicines on the
other page. The one to mend her stomach she
may take very constantly but the other for sleep
should be taken only in cases of necessity.
2 For the Goat Whey let your son begin by
taking half a pint at two different draughts If
this digists easily he may increase it every two
days by a Gill till he can take a quart & farther
he need not go. He should take it always early
in the morning, the first draught may be taken abed
but he should get up to take the rest & walk about
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between the draughts. When he has finished the
whole of his morning dose he should get on horseback
& ride gently for an hour before he takes his ordinary
breakfast. He need not drink the Whey at any other
time of day only if he likes it he may take half
a pint of Goat whey with a bit of toasted bread
for supper. If the Goat Whey proves windy on his
stomach he may take ↑every morning↑ in the first & second draughts
of it a tea spoonfull of Anise seed sugar. If he
turns Costive in drinking the whey let him take
two or three times a week a tea spoonfull of
Flowers of Sulphur or two drams of soluble
Tartar. In what I can further serve you please
command Sir
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For Mrs Pratt
Take two ounces of Tincture of Mars made according to the London Pharmacopoeia, half an ounce of [aether?], two drachms of tincture of aromatics
Take half a drachm each of Camphor and Asafoetida and fifteen grains of saponaceous pills Take two scruples of Asafoetida, ten grains each of camphor and saponaceous pills, and a sufficient quantity of simple syrup. Make a mass and divide into pills of five grains each. Label: Cephalic Pills, three or four for a dose at bedtime.
Diplomatic Text
I am very well pleased with the
Change you propose in the Goat Whey Quarters
I mean't to set Mrs Pratt & her ↑son↑ at some distance
from your bleak coast but think that will be
fully compensated by the advantage of your
Brothers house. I will make no other alteration
of your sons diet but say that the more moderately
he takes animal Food it is the better, and I can
assure you that Abstaining from Business, Riding
much, being in the Country, & taking a great deal
of milk will soon make him very sound and
strong. He is only in danger of taking cold in
Winter & for this I would advise him to wear
[a] flannel shirt & the sooner he puts it on the
better. 3 I wish I could as easily restore Mrs
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Pratt as I can cure your son. Mrs Pratt
cannot be brought back to youth but I am far
too from thinking her in any danger & I hope
we can make her live very comfortably. The
Exercise I have recommended to her is I think
the best remedy both to make her eat & sleep. But
to help both I have ordered two medicines on the
other page. The one to mend her stomach she
may take very constantly but the other for sleep
should be taken only in cases of necessity.
2 For the Goat Whey let your son begin by
taking half a pint at two different draughts If
this digists easily he may increase it every two
days by a Gill till he can take a quart & farther
he need not go. He should take it always early
in the morning, the first draught may be taken abed
but he should get up to take the rest & walk about
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between the draughts. When he has finished the
whole of his morning dose he should get on horseback
& ride gently for an hour before he takes his ordinary
breakfast. He need not drink the Whey at any other
time of day only if he likes it he may take half
a pint of Goat whey with a bit of toasted bread
for supper. If the Goat Whey proves windy on his
stomach he may take ↑every morning↑ in the first & second draughts
of it a tea spoonfull of Anise seed sugar. If he
turns Costive in drinking the whey let him take
two or three times a week a tea spoonfull of
Flowers of Sulphur or two drams of soluble
Tartar. In what I can further serve you please
command Sir
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For Mrs Pratt
℞ Tinct. Mart. Ph. Lond. ℥ij
[Spir. Sal. dulc.?] ℥ſs
Tinct. aromat. ʒij
ℳ Signa Stomachic Drops thirty or
fourty to be taken in a glass of Water Twice
an hour before dinner & supper.
℞ Camphor
Asafœtida @ʒſs
Pil. Saponac. gr. xv
℞ Asӕfœtid. {illeg} ℈ii
Camphor.
Pil. Saponac. @ gr.xx
Syr. Simplic. q. s. ut f. massa divi¬
denda in pil. sing. gran. v. signa Cephalic
Pills three or four for a dose at bedtime
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