The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:971] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Richard Lambert / Regarding: Miss Harrison (Patient) / 4 June 1780 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Miss Harrison', who has 'no formal disease, but some complaints occasionally from a delicate Constitution'. Had visited Cullen with her mother who is also mentioned. Presumably addressed to the Newcastle surgeon Richard Lambert who has referred her.
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Metadata
Field | Data |
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DOC ID | 971 |
RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/13/26 |
Main Language | English |
Document Direction | Outgoing |
Date | 4 June 1780 |
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 'For Miss Harrison', who has 'no formal disease, but some complaints occasionally from a delicate Constitution'. Had visited Cullen with her mother who is also mentioned. Presumably addressed to the Newcastle surgeon Richard Lambert who has referred her. |
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:55] |
Case of Miss Harrison who is scorbutic. |
5 |
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:81] | Addressee | Mr Richard Lambert |
[PERS ID:696] | Patient | Miss Harrison |
[PERS ID:81] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Mr Richard Lambert |
[PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
[PERS ID:697] | Patient's Relative / Spouse / Friend | Mrs Harrison |
Places linked to this document
Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
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Place of Writing | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain | |
Destination of Letter | Newcastle upon Tyne | North-East | England | Europe | inferred |
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For Miss Harrison
No formal disease but some complaints ocassionally from a
delicate Constitution & some fault
which seems to have subsisted for a good
while in her blood ----
To be mended by time and promoted by
a few medicines
& a proper Regimen
The medicine for mending her blood
the Aperient Solution No 1.
and this will have more effect if Miss H. can take two or three draughts
of the Cow milk whey along with it or soon after it and I wish she
could take to a Pint English every
morning she takes the Solution
but it may be in divided draughts at the interval of half an
hour between each - If the whey proves windy or uneasy upon her
Stomach she may let it alone & in place of it she is to take the
Solution in Spring Water in the same manner and quantity as she
would the Whey. ---
This Solution to be taken every second
morning for six weeks
or two months of the Summer season except in certain circumstanc¬
es which I have mentioned
to Mrs Harrison. --
On the mornings
she does not take the Solution - let her take
half a Pint of Asses or Mares milk & especially the last if
it can be had.
Only one other medicine
No 2. to be employed occasionally
agreeable to the directions I have given to Mrs Harrison. ---
When the Course of the Solution is over & especially
towards the approach of Winter Miss H. should take the Bark
and Elixir formerly so judiciously ordered by Mr. Lambert.
During the Summer Miss H. should be entirely in the Country
& very much in the fresh air & gentle exercise --------
I suspect she cannot have so much exercise by walking
as her constitution may require & I would therefore recommend
her being frequently on horseback or in a Carriage. I prefer the former
but unless she can enjoy it with ease & pleasure she must use a Carriage
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Cold bathing is likely to be of great service to Miss H.
& she may take it either on horseb in the Sea or fresh water.
The former is the best, but unless it can be had with great
conveniency the fresh water may answer the purpose very well.
TheWhether she takes one or other, she must take it
always in the morning before she takes either the Solution
or the Milk. At least she must not take the Bath soon
after either of these, but she may sometimes take the Bath
three or four hours after she has taken the Solution or milk
The present fashion of dressing ladies hair is very
inconvenient for bathing, but it is absolutely necessary that
by anie one contrivance or other the head should have
the Cold applied to it as well as the rest of the body. ---
She must carefully gaurd against cold, by wearing flannel
next her skin summer & Winter
especially the former later
season; and by wearing worsted under stockings & thick shoes.
Diet - at Dinner a bit of light meat filling up her
meal with pudding & what Vegetables the Season affords.
Sometimes but very sparingly she may take a little of the
White lighter kinds of fish. ----
Tea and Coffee are both bad for her -- and if ever any Tea
but a little & that very weak -- At breakfast she may take
Cocoa Tea or some of our home growth herbs ------
At Supper milk meat or preparation of it with grain
without milk
For ordinary drink Water the most proper - No malt liquor.
A Glass or two of wine with a little water she may take every day
at dinner & when in such small
quantity it may be of any wine she likes best.
No 1. Aperient Solution. vid. p.5 N.B. Take 2 Ounces of Soluble Tartar, an ounce of Glauber's Salts, and two ounces each of Sal Maritime and Hispanic Polychrest; four ounces of pure cinnamon water, eight ounces of Rose Water. ℳ. A table spoonfull in adraught of Cow milk whey every second morning and hour or two before breakfast - To be regulated so as to give one stool a day & no more -
No 2. Take two ounces each of Tincture of compounded Castor-- Volatile Tincture of Valerian and an ounce of Thebaic Tincture. Label: Anodyne Drops 25 or 30 for a Dose in a little water ----
Diplomatic Text
For Miss Harrison
No formal disease but some complaints ocassionally from a
delicate Constitution & some fault
wc seems to have subsisted for a good
while in her blood ----
To be mended by time and promoted by
a few meds.
& a proper Regimen
The medicine for mending her blood
the Aperient Solution No 1.
and this will have more effect if Miss H. can take two or three draughts
of the Cow milk whey along with it or soon after it and I wish she
could take to a Pint English every
morng. she takes the Solution
but it may be in divided draughts at the interval of half an
hour between each - If the whey proves windy or uneasy upon her
Stomach she may let it alone & in place of it she is to take the
Solution in Spring Water in the same manner and quantity as she
would the Whey. ---
This Solution to be taken every second
morng. for six weeks
or two months of the Summer season except in certain circumstanc¬
es wc I have mentioned
to Mrs Harrison. --
On the morngs
she does not take the Solution - let her take
half a Pint of Asses or Mares milk & especially the last if
it can be had.
Only one other med.
No 2. to be employed occasionally
agreeable to the directions I have given to Mrs Harrison. ---
When the Course of the Solution is over & especially
towards the approach of Winter Miss H. should take the Bark
and Elixir formerly so judiciously ordered by Mr. Lambert.
During the Summer Miss H. should be entirely in the Country
& very much in the fresh air & gentle exercise --------
I suspect she cannot have so much exercise by walking
as her constitution may require & I would therefore recommend
her being frequently on horseback or in a Carriage. I prefer the former
but unless she can enjoy it with ease & pleasure she must use a Carriage
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Cold bathing is likely to be of great service to Miss H.
& she may take it either on horseb in the Sea or fresh water.
The former is the best, but unless it can be had with great
conveniency the fresh water may answer the purpose very well.
TheWhether she takes one or other, she must take it
always in the morning before she takes either the Solution
or the Milk. At least she must not take the Bath soon
after either of these, but she may sometimes take the Bath
three or four hours after she has taken the Solution or milk
The present fashion of dressing ladies hair is very
inconvenient for bathing, but it is absolutely necessary that
by anie one contrivance or other the head should have
the Cold applied to it as well as the rest of the body. ---
She must carefully gaurd against cold, by wearing flannel
next her skin summer & Winter
especially the former later
season; and by wearing worsted under stockings & thick shoes.
Diet - at Dinner a bit of light meat filling up her
meal with pudding & what Vegetables the Season affords.
Sometimes but very sparingly she may take a little of the
White lighter kinds of fish. ----
Tea and Coffee are both bad for her -- and if ever any Tea
but a little & that very weak -- At breakfast she may take
Cocoa Tea or some of our home growth herbs ------
At Supper milk meat or preparation of it with grain
without milk
For ordinary drink Water the most proper - No malt liquor.
A Glass or two of wine with a little water she may take every day
at dinner & when in such small
qty. it may be of any wine she likes best.
No 1. Aperient Solution vid. p. 5 - N.B.
℞ Tart. Sol. ℥ij Sal. Gl. ℥i
Sal. m. H - pol. @℥ii
Aq. cm. simpl. ℥iv - Aq. Ros
℥viij- M a table Spfullin a draught of Cow milk whey
every ↑second↑ morning
an hour or two before breakfast - To be regulated so as to give one Stool a day & no more -
No 2. ℞ Tinct. cast. compt. --
T. valer. volat. @℥ij - T. Thebaic ℥i S.
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