| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Series |
| Ref No | MS 3027/7 |
| Title | Journal of Jonathan Troup: January to April 1792 |
| Date | January - April 1792 |
| Extent | Pages 88 - 144 |
| Creator Name | Jonathan Troup (c1764 - 1799), physician, of Aberdeen, Scotland and Dominica, West Indies |
| Description | Journal of Jonathan Troup: January to April 1792. He is settled in Cromar.
The county in general think his charges extravagant but he refused to lower them. Further comments that he charged too much were dismissed by Troup as 'being raised by the opposite party'
He mentioned meeting Archibald Farquharson of Finzean and talks of how his estate was managed
'Coldstone' was still using Dr Stewart instead of Troup and sending Dr Stewart to other sick folk
He treated Mr Maitland for a stomach nervous complaint
He read Scots Recuil (Edinburgh 1789) and quotes from it
He treated children with chincough
He compared Newton's life to Cromwell's and quotes in French from Voltaire
He quoted from a letter telling him his cousin was cured of madness by a doctor in Turriff
A pencil sketch of Dover Castle
Glenkindy's children came for removal of air for chincough. Troup stated he will have nothing to do with them without the express request of their parents
He gave the price of goods: eggs cost 2 pence per dozen
He remarked that business is quiet and almost non-existent
He described means of payments in Sweden
He received letter from Mr Cromar, Schoolmaster at Nigg near Aberdeen
He described Russian traditions regarding beards
He copied out material from Horace translated by David Watson of St Andrew's College and finished by S Patrick LLD editor of Answorth's Dictionary and Henricus' Lexicon
He treated a girl suffering from cold. Her condition worsens until she is almost despaired of
He wondered whether to settle in Cromar and remarks that he 'can have no good employment here without drudgery'. This is a recurring theme throughout the rest of the journal.
He received news from East India
He got a mote in his eye which he was only able to remove with a woman's tongue
A poor man passed, seeking money
A man was found dead on Cairn o' Mounth and Finzean's gardener was found face down in a rivulet
He spent his free time in music
He treated a poor man who has lingering fever or cold
He gave a Spanish description of complete beauty (source unknown)
He gave pencil sketches of Dover Castle from the east and Dover Rock
He treated a case of Iliac Passion but the patient died. Troup is later blamed for keeping the dead man's wife away from him in his last hours
His aunt Elizabeth died of a colic
He treated a man with colic
He treated a woman with violent breaking and throwing up
He made notes from 'A Tour through the Highlands of Scotland and of Hebrides Isles in 1788' by John Knox (London, 1787)
He gave a long poetic description of the weather |
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