The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:982] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Hunter (Patient) / 26 June 1780 / (Outgoing)
Reply 'For Miss Hunter'
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 982 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/13/37 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 26 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 Hunter' |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1244] |
Case of Miss Hunter who is given a regimen and prescriptions for a pectoral complaint. |
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People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:784] | Patient | Miss Hunter |
| [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 |
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For Miss Hunter
Diet of milk and Vegetables and abstain entirely from
all animal food.--
A Gill of Asses or Mares milk in the morning
- if it agrees
well with her Stomach she may take it twice a day or increase
the morning Dose gradually to half a muchkin ----
She must taste no fermented or spirituous liquor
Avoid all bodily exercise -- & ought to ride out every
forenoon in a Carriage or behind a Man on a horse.
Let another Cup or a Cup and half of blood
from her arm.
Let her belly be kept regular, if necessary by a gentle
Laxative, but avoid purging.
Let a Perpetual Issue be put into the side formerly pained
or if that be very troublesome, a pea Issue
in her arm of that side
Take a drachm of dried roses; dissolve for [several?] hours in eight ounces of boiling water and combine and thicken with [lenitive vitriolic?] Spirit and two ounces of Syrup of Balsam. Mix. Label: Pectoral Mixture take one spoonful of this with two spoonfuls of Spring Water twice or three times a day.---
Take 2 drachms of [?] Balsam of Sulphur. Sufficent quantity of powdered Licorice and make up into a mass, divide into single pills of four grains each; take two every bedtime and two before midday drinking doses with the mixture --------
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Diplomatic Text
For Miss Hunter
Diet of milk and Vegetables and abstain entirely from
all animal food.--
A Gill of Asses or Mares milk in the morng.
- if it agrees
well with her Stomach she may take it twice a day or increase
the morning Dose gradually to half a muchkin ----
She must taste no fermented or spirituous liquor
Avoid all bodily exercise -- & ought to ride out every
forenoon in a Carriage or behind a Man on a horse.
Let another Cup or a Cup and half of blood
from her arm.
Let her belly be kept regular, if necessary by a gentle
Laxative, but avoid purging.
Let a Perpetual Issue be put into the side formerly pained
or if that be very troublesome, a pea Issue
in her arm of that side
℞ Rosar. rubr. sicc ʒi Aq.ferv. ℥viij
Digere horas [vies?]
et colato adde Spirit [vits. ten.?] ʒij
Syr. balsam ℥ip ℳ. S. Pectoral
Mixture Cap cochl i ex Aq font. cochl ij bis vel ter in die. ---
℞ Balsam. sulph [crass?]
ʒij Pulv. glycyrrh viz g.s. ut f.
Massa divid in pil. sing. gr iv. Cap ij h.s. et ij om: ante merid. superbib¬
endo Dosis Mistwiæ -----
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