The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Swinging
Therapy devised by the Edinburgh trained, London physician James Carmichael Smyth (1742-1821), as explained in his An account of the effects of swinging, employed as a remedy in the pulmonary consumption and hectic fever (London:1787). Cullen encouraged its experimental use in some cases of consumption.
Category: Treatments
Sub category: General
[DOC ID:1530] sling on page (4)
[ID:1530] From: Daniel Campbell / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr James Murray Sutherland (Sutherland of Clyne and Pulrossie) (Patient) / 12 July 1778 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:4583] never
forget your exercise in a sling on page (1)
[ID:4583] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr James Murray Sutherland (Sutherland of Clyne and Pulrossie) / Regarding: Mr James Murray Sutherland (Sutherland of Clyne and Pulrossie) (Patient) / March? 1780? / (Outgoing)
