The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Hydrothorax
Water on or in the thorax; water in the chest.The condition of having fluid in the pleural cavity.
Category: Conditions
Sub category: General
[DOC ID:3487] watery effusion in the Torax
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[ID:3487] From: Mr John Goodsir / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr John Bethune (Lindsay) (Lindsay of Wormiston; after 1782, Bethune of Kilconquhar/Balfour) (Patient) / 28 March 1789 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:1987] oppression at his Breast
on page (1)
[ID:1987] From: Mr Robert Redpath / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr James Hogarth (Patient) / 13 March 1781 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2136] bloody Water in both sides of
the breast
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[ID:2136] From: Dr Alexander Taylor (Sanders) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Robert Neilson (Nielson, of Paisley) (Patient), Mr William Orr ((later) of Ingliston, then Ralston) (Patient), Miss Margaret Neilson (Peggy) (Patient) / 23 January 1782 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:196] water in his breast
on page (1)
[ID:196] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr William Ingham / Regarding: Mrs Ward (Patient), Mr Maxwell (Patient) / 17 September 1781 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:642] water in the thorax
on page (4)
[ID:642] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Sir John Cathcart (Patient) / 28 September 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5792] Hy¬
drothorax on page (1)
[ID:5792] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Thomas Yorstoun (Yerstoun, Yorstown, Yorkston) / Regarding: Reverend Robert Aitken (of Morton) (Patient) / 6 March 1789 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:674] Hydrothorax on page (1)
[ID:674] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Sir John Cathcart (Patient) / 25 November 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:674] Water in the Thorax
on page (2)
[ID:674] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Sir John Cathcart (Patient) / 25 November 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4049] there
m. b.
may be
some in his belly & breast
on page (1)
[ID:4049] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr John Hunter (of Crook(s)) (Patient) / 4 May 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4566] water may
be collecting in the thorax
on page (1)
[ID:4566] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Alexander Stevenson (Professor; of Dalgairn ) / Regarding: Dr William Millar (Miller; of Walkinshaw) (Patient) / 19 January 1780 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:564] probably some water in the thorax
on page (1)
[ID:564] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Joshua Sampson (Samson) / Regarding: Dr Alexander Wilson (Patient) / 1 June 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1048] Hydrothorax on page (1)
[ID:1048] From: Mr Stephen Cleasby / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Milbanke (Patient) / 1 November 1780 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4051] Hydrathorax on page (1)
[ID:4051] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Alexander Stevenson (Professor; of Dalgairn ) / Regarding: Mr Houston (Houstoun) (Patient) / 6 May 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4682] water collected in his Chest
on page (1)
[ID:4682] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr James Macleod / Regarding: Mr Mackenzie (Patient) / 6 August 1783 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5971] Hydrothorax on page (1)
[ID:5971] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Anonymous / Regarding: Mr Wood (Patient) / 1771? / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4187] water in his thorax
on page (1)
[ID:4187] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Christopher Douglas (of Kelso) / Regarding: Mr John Hunter (of Crook(s)) (Patient) / 6 November 1777? / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1615] a Hydrothorax on page (2)
[ID:1615] From: Dr Robert Menzies (of Dura ) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr Symson (of Brunton) (Patient) / 24 January 1779 / (Incoming)