Cullen

The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

Project Outputs



Publications

  • Corrie, Jane, William Cullen’s Exemplary Retirement: the art of Ageing in Enlightenment Scotland (PhD thesis, AHRC funded, University of Glasgow, 2017) Accessed via [link]
  • Shuttleton, David E., 'The Fashioning of Fashionable Diseases in the Eighteenth Century', in Literature and Medicine, Vol.35 (2)(2017), p.270-291
  • Shuttleton, David E., '…to whom it will be extremly Usefull.' Dr William Cullen's adoption of James Watt's copying machine', in Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 46(2), (2016) pp. 127-133. (doi:10.4997/JRCPE.2016.213) (PMID:27929579) [pdf]
  • Shuttleton, David. E., '"Please put a date to your letters...": Dr William Cullen's conduct of his epistolary practice'. in Journal for eighteenth-century studies, Vol.39 (1), (2016), p.59-77
  • Shuttleton, David E., 'The medical consultation letters of Dr William Cullen: The launch of a digital edition', in The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Vol.45 (3), (2015), p.188-189
  • Shuttleton, David E., 'John Thomson's "Account...of Dr William Cullen": the making of a medical biography', in Shuttleton, D.E. and Coyer, M., (eds.) Scottish Medical Culture and Literature 1726-1832 (Rodopi, Amsterdam, 2014)

Symposia

  • An 18th Century Afternoon (launch of the digital edition of the William Cullen papers), Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (11 May 2015) [link].
  • William Cullen and the Medical Enlightenment: An International Symposium, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (4-5 April 2013).

Performed Readings

  • Bann, Jennifer, Hall, Stephen, Shuttleton, David, and Herraghty, Mark, 'Attentive Writers': Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority, Medical Humanities Research Centre, University of Glasgow, (23-25 August 2013)
  • "Dear Dr Cullen...", Sibbald Library Players, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, (2-10 August 2013)
  • "Dear Dr Cullen...", William Cullen and the Medical Enlightenment; An International Symposium. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, [with the participation of Jennifer Bann, Stephen Hall, Mark Herraghty and David Shuttleton], (4-5 April 2013)

Workshops

  • XML markup and editorial workshops for the project assistants

Public Displays

Iain Milne of the RCPE kindly curated displays of Cullen manuscripts and related artifacts at the following events:

  • "Dear Dr Cullen...", Sibbald Library Players, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, (2-10 August 2013)
  • William Cullen and the Medical Enlightenment; An International Symposium, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, (4-5 April 2013)
  • RCPE Library open-day, (May 17th 2012)

Conference Papers

  • Corrie, Jane, ‘An exemplary retirement: William Cullen and the art of ageing in Enlightenment Scotland’, Healthy Ageing (University of Groningen, Groningen June, 2017)
  • Corrie, Jane, ‘Physicians playing the market in Enlightenment Edinburgh’, Materia Medica on the Move II (University of Utrecht, Time Capsule, Amsterdam October, 2017)
  • Corrie, Jane, ‘For God’s sake let us meet before we die..’: Attitudes to ageing among the Edinburgh professoriate in the last quarter of the eighteenth century’, Historical Perspectives on Ageing and Life Course, (University of Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds March 2018)
  • Shuttleton, David E.,'"More Particulars": Narrative Competence and the Limits of Medical Communication in an Eighteenth-Century Practice', Rhetorical Practices in Medical Writings and Medical Imaginings in Seventeenth- to Nineteenth-Century Literature, (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, February 6-7 2014)
  • Shuttleton, David E., 'Dr Cullen's "Consultations", Eighteenth-Century Studies Group, (University of Glasgow, 20 November, 2013)
  • Shuttleton, David E., "More Particulars": Narrative Competence and the Limits of Medical Communication in an Eighteenth-Century Practice" 'Attentive Writers': Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority, (Medical Humanities Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 23-25 August 2013)
  • Shuttleton, David E.,'Editing Dr. Cullen's "Consultations" at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh: Reflections on a Medico-Historical-Digital-Humanist Project'. (Global Medical Humanities, University of Aberdeen, 8-10 July 2013)
  • Bann, Jennifer, '"Liable to much fallacy: Order and Disorders in an 18th-Century Medical Archive', Scotland, Europe and Empire in the Age of Adam Smith and Beyond, Centre Roland Mousnier, Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS) and the International Adam Smith Society, (Université Paris Sorbonne, 3-6 July 2013)
  • Corrie, Jane, "Hygeia in the Blooming Indian Vales: William Cullen at Ormiston Hill", Scotland, Europe and Empire in the Age of Adam Smith and Beyond, Centre Roland Mousnier, Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS) and the International Adam Smith Society, (Université Paris Sorbonne, 3-6 July 2013)
  • Shuttleton, David E.,"Relaxed Habits and Historical Occlusions: William Cullen and the West Indies". Scotland, Europe and Empire in the Age of Adam Smith and Beyond, Centre Roland Mousnier, Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS) and the International Adam Smith Society, (Université Paris Sorbonne, 3-6 July 2013)
  • Corrie, Jane,'The hobby-horsical doctor: William Cullen at Ormiston Hill', William Cullen and the Medical Enlightenment; An International Symposium, (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 4-5 April 2013)
  • Herraghty, Mark, 'The Inter-net(worked) Doctor': The IT behind the Cullen Project', William Cullen and the Medical Enlightenment; An International Symposium, (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 4-5 April 2013)
  • Shuttleton, David E.,'"Answer not copied..."; the textual evidence for Cullen's management of his postal practice', William Cullen and the Medical Enlightenment; An International Symposium, (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 4-5 April 2013)
  • Bann, Jennifer, "An Ornament to his Country": Dr Cullen and the fashioning of Lord Daer', William Cullen and the Medical Enlightenment; An International Symposium, (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 4-5 April 2013)
  • Shuttleton, David E., "Editing Dr William Cullen's "Consultations" for a Digital Age", Medical History Group, (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 23 January, 2013)
  • Bann, Jennifer, 'Liable to much fallacy" - Order and Disorders in an 18th-Century Medical Archive', Permissive Archive Conference, (CELL, University College London, 9 November 2012)
  • Shuttleton, David E., Textual Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Seminar, (Round table on letters and letter-culture,University of Glasgow Library, 12 December 2012)
  • Shuttleton, David E., 'An Account of...William Cullen': John Thomson and Making of a Medical Biography', William Cullen, (Symposium, University of Glasgow, 11 May 2010)

Public Talks (historical societies etc.)

  • Bann, Jennifer, Western Club, Glasgow 5th Feb 2014.
  • Bann, Jennifer, Govan Rotary Club 5 Aug 2013.
  • Bann, Jennifer, West End Lectures, Glasgow 19 Feb 2013.
  • Bann, Jennifer, West End Festival, Glasgow 9th and 13th June 2012.
  • Bann, Jennifer, Foxbar Church Guild, 29 Oct 2012.
  • Bann, Jennifer, Killearn and Strathendrick Probus Club18 Oct 2012.
  • Bann, Jennifer, Barrhead and Neilston Historical Society, 27th Oct 2011.
  • Herraghty, Mark, and Shuttleton, David, E., at the RCPE library open-day events 17th May 2012.