Wednesday 1 July 2015

The Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790)

This is a fantastic new resource if you are interested in people's health in the mid 1700s.

Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He received letters from many places around the world from people querying their health.

Dr William Cullen's letter have been transcribed and have gone online as the Cullen Project.

5603 documents transcribed 20,678 Pages digitised, 5,298 People mentioned in 2,499 Cases  and 1,216 Places

You are able to search by condition, name, medication etc 



The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh  some nice reading for you.

2 comments:

  1. This is fascinating! Thank you for posting this! I wanted to let you know that I've included your post in my NoteWorthy Reads this week: http://jahcmft.blogspot.com/2015/07/noteworthy-reads-20.html

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    1. Thank you, sorry I have been away on the Unlock the Past Baltic cruise so had not previously seen your comment.

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