The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Bathing Machine
Shower Bath, employing a tub suspended by ropes and pullies, as distributed if not designed by Cullen (diagram and instructions extant).
Category: Treatments
Sub category: General
[DOC ID:4069] Shower bath on page (3)
[ID:4069] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Alison / Regarding: Mr Alison (Patient) / 25 May 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4984] Shour bath on page (2)
[ID:4984] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr William Ingham / Regarding: Miss Ellison (Alison) (Patient), Miss Catherine Davidson (Patient) / 15 February 1783 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1348] Machine
for Bathing on page (2)
[ID:1348] From: Mr Hugh Marsden / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr G (Patient) / 16 January 1777 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:3989]
bathg
bathing
machine on page (1)
[ID:3989] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Hugh Marsden / Regarding: Mr G (Patient) / 25 January 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:2665] The shower bath on page (1)
[ID:2665] From: Mr John Warrandice / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr John Warrandice (Patient) / 19 July 1785 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2665] such a machine on page (1)
[ID:2665] From: Mr John Warrandice / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr John Warrandice (Patient) / 19 July 1785 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:4243] shower bath on page (1)
[ID:4243] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mrs Elizabeth Cunnison (Burrell or Birrell) (Cunison ) (Patient) / 17 May 1778 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:2561] the Shower Bath on page (1)
[ID:2561] From: Miss Catherine Davidson / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Miss Catherine Davidson (Patient) / 11 February 1785 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:2561] use the Bath on page (1)
[ID:2561] From: Miss Catherine Davidson / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Miss Catherine Davidson (Patient) / 11 February 1785 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:3695] bathing machine on page (1)
[ID:3695] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Robert Gordon / Regarding: Mr Robert Gordon (Patient) / 5 April 1774 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:3773] the bathing machine on page (3)
[ID:3773] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Sir William Murray (Sir William Murray of Ochtertyre, 5th Bt.) (Patient) / February? 1775 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5437] Shower Bath on page (5)
[ID:5437] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Alexander Henry Halliday (Halyday, Halleday) / Regarding: Mrs Cunningham (Patient) / 9 April 1787 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:500] bathing machine on page (1)
[ID:500] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Reverend Ramsay (Rev Mr Ramsay) / Regarding: Reverend Ramsay (Rev Mr Ramsay) (Patient) / 23 September 1774 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:193] there is no manner of cold bathing so
convenient or more advantageous than the Shower Bath on page (4)
[ID:193] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Charles Meynell (Meynel) (Patient) / 5 September 1781 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4724] Shower bath on page (7)
[ID:4724] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr W. Currie / Regarding: Sir Richard Brooke (Patient) / 7 October 1783 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:130] shower bath on page (1)
[ID:130] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr (A.B.) (Patient) / 5 May 1781 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5104] the use of the Shower
Bath on page (2)
[ID:5104] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr / Regarding: Miss Colquhoun (Patient) / 20 July 1785 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4103] shower bath on page (1)
[ID:4103] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Anonymous / Regarding: Mr Seward (Patient) / 12? August? 1777? / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4103] shower
bath on page (2)
[ID:4103] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Anonymous / Regarding: Mr Seward (Patient) / 12? August? 1777? / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:171] shower bath on page (1)
[ID:171] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr (Henry?) Brown (Browne) (Patient) / 21 July 1781 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5290] employing
a Shower Bath on page (2)
[ID:5290] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr James McNab / Regarding: Mr Henry Ivie-Nicolson (Ivie) (Nicolson of Glenbervie) (Patient) / 27? June 1786 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5290] the Machine on page (2)
[ID:5290] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr James McNab / Regarding: Mr Henry Ivie-Nicolson (Ivie) (Nicolson of Glenbervie) (Patient) / 27? June 1786 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5110] a Shower
Bath on page (2)
[ID:5110] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr J Nicholson / Regarding: Mr J Nicholson (Patient) / 1 August 1785 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1203] bathing machine on page (4)
[ID:1203] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Countess Dorothea Duff (Sinclair) (Countess of Fife, Lady Fife) (Patient) / 1775? / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:364] bathing machine on page (1)
[ID:364] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Anonymous / Regarding: Mr Robert Gordon (Patient) / 28 November 1775 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:2512] a shower Bath on page (3)
[ID:2512] Cover Letter and Case Note / Regarding: Baron Friedrich Anton von Heynitz (Patient) / 13 September 1784 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:5927] the Chamber or Shower
Bath on page (6)
[ID:5927] From: Dr Henry Cullen (Harry, Dr Henry, "the young doctor"
) / To: Reverend Matthew Surtees / Regarding: Reverend Matthew Surtees (Patient) / 11 January 1790 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5927] the bottom of the
machine on page (7)
[ID:5927] From: Dr Henry Cullen (Harry, Dr Henry, "the young doctor"
) / To: Reverend Matthew Surtees / Regarding: Reverend Matthew Surtees (Patient) / 11 January 1790 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:572] the use of
the Bathing machine on page (11)
[ID:572] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Alexander Taylor (Sanders) / Regarding: Reverend Colin Gillies (of Paisley) (Patient) / 10 June 1782 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5901] I have
an opinion of a Shower bath on page (3)
[ID:5901] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Gavin Fullarton / Regarding: Miss Catharine or Elisabeth Shaw (Schaw) (Patient) / 1 October 1789 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4895] a Shower on page (1)
[ID:4895] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Macmurdo (McMurdo) (Patient) / 11 August 1784 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4895] Bath on page (2)
[ID:4895] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Macmurdo (McMurdo) (Patient) / 11 August 1784 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:427] bathing machine on page (1)
[ID:427] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mrs Richmond (Patient) / 8 December 1770 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:5349] Shower bath on page (6)
[ID:5349] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Antonio Giuseppe Testa / Regarding: Prince Abbondio Rezzonico (Patient) / 9 October 1786 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1210] a machine on page (2)
[ID:1210] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Anonymous / Regarding: Anonymous (Patient) / 1775? / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4255] showerbath on page (1)
[ID:4255] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Logie / Regarding: Mr Logie (Patient) / 14 June 1778 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4133] shower bath on page (1)
[ID:4133] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Mr Bailley (Patient) / 10 September 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:813] a machine made
for Bathing myself on page (5)
[ID:813] From: Mr William Cuningham (Cunningham(e)) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr William Cuningham (Cunningham(e)) (Patient) / 14 June 1771 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:4406] take the shower bath on page (2)
[ID:4406] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Alexander Hamilton Inglis (of Murdist(o)un; Alexander Inglis Hamilton) / Regarding: Mr Alexander Hamilton Inglis (of Murdist(o)un; Alexander Inglis Hamilton) (Patient) / 9 April 1779 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4500]
ye
the
shower
Bath that we now use so much in Scotland on page (3)
[ID:4500] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Timothy Kirby (Kirkby) / Regarding: Mr K. (Patient) / 31 August 1779 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4043] Shower bath on page (1)
[ID:4043] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: [A matter not directly regarding a patient] / 18 April 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4043] the Bath on page (2)
[ID:4043] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: [A matter not directly regarding a patient] / 18 April 1777 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1537] the use
of a shower bath machine on page (3)
[ID:1537] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr Thomas Bushby / Regarding: Mrs Bushby (in Dumfries) (Patient) / 29 July 1778 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4278] shower bath on page (1)
[ID:4278] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr John Love / Regarding: Mr John Love (Patient) / 15 July 1778 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1974] Chamber
Bathing Vessell on page (3)
[ID:1974] From: Mr George Waldie (Mr Waldie jr, of Hendersyde, Kingswood, or of Forth House) / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr George Waldie (Mr Waldie jr, of Hendersyde, Kingswood, or of Forth House) (Patient) / 29 January 1781 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:5321] Shower Bath on page (1)
[ID:5321] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Dr Antonio Giuseppe Testa / Regarding: Prince Abbondio Rezzonico (Patient) / 15 August 1786 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4347] Shower Bath on page (1)
[ID:4347] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Corney (Patient) / December 1778 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:4347] Shower Bath on page (1)
[ID:4347] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: [ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN] / Regarding: Miss Corney (Patient) / December 1778 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:509] bathing machine on page (2)
[ID:509] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr William Turnbull / Regarding: Mrs Younghusband (Young husband) (Patient) / 17 February 1775 / (Outgoing)
[DOC ID:1546] the shower bath on page (2)
[ID:1546] From: Mr John Love / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr John Love (Patient) / 12 August 1778 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:1546] showerbath on page (3)
[ID:1546] From: Mr John Love / To: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / Regarding: Mr John Love (Patient) / 12 August 1778 / (Incoming)
[DOC ID:655] the shower
bath on page (2)
[ID:655] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mrs Lucy Maxwell (Gage) (of Munchies, Munches) / Regarding: Mrs Lucy Maxwell (Gage) (of Munchies, Munches) (Patient), Mr George Maxwell (of Munchies, Munches) (Patient) / 20 October 1782 / (Outgoing)