The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:934]

People [PERS ID:934]

Field	Data
ID	934
Title	Dr
First Name	William
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Chalmers
Maiden Name
AKA	Chambers
Gender	Male
Occupation	Professor of Physic at King's College, Aberdeen.
Medical Professional?	Medical Professional

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)	1746
Date of death (year)	1792

Notes


Professor of Physic at King's College, Aberdeen. Writes to Cullen about his wife, who he believes is pregnant and who has had a miscarriage in the past.

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 151	Case of Mrs Innes of Muriefold, whose symptoms are considered 'nervous or hysteric'.
2	Case 596	Case of Robert Fergusson with a suspected venereal disease. Not obviously same patient as Case 935.
3	Case 765	Case of Robert Dundas, 4th Lord of Arniston, who is given a medicine to keep his 'belly regular'.
4	Case 781	Case of Mrs Henrietta Duff who suffers from shoulder pains, a swollen thigh, sweats, and spits blood.
5	Case 822	Case of the Honourable Captain Frederick Maitland, whose muscular pains are treated as rheumatic. In 1786 he has become very feeble and is in danger of a stroke.
6	Case 1143	Case of Mrs Maclean of Coll, who has a menstrual disorder that Cullen attributes to a serious uterine condition.
7	Case 1981	Case of Mr Maitland whose condition is attributed to stopped perspiration.
8	Case 2123	Case of Mrs Chalmers concerning a hardness around her ovary which proved to be a sign of a successful pregnancy; with subsequent exchange over post-natal symptoms.