| Description | Notes of clinical lectures delivered by Dr. William Cullen, Dr. Alexander Monroe, Dr. Whytt and Dr. Rutherford. The individual responsible for taking the notes is not known. The lectures are often illustrated with references to specific cases and describe the course of treatment followed.
Clinical lectures by Dr. William Cullen, 1756:
'Publick Lecture' (pp.1-11)
Of a Catarrhe (catarrh) [sic; hereafter subjects listed using correct spelling] (pp.12-16)
Melancholia (pp.17-23)
Acute Fever (pp.24-30)
Rheumatic fever (pp.31-37) [Page 37/38 has been partially removed from the volume.]
Consumption (pp.38- 43)
'Calculus in Vesicam' (pp.44-50)
Haemoptoe (pp.51-57)
Ascites with headache (pp.58-70)
Ophthalmia (pp.71-80)
Bleeding, with list of different methods used in treatment of certain diseases and notes on cupping (pp.81-96)
Dressing of ulcers (pp.97-99)
Rheumatism (pp.99-100)
Hare lip [cleft lip] (pp.101-104)
Burnt breast (pp.105-113)
Wounds (pp.114-124)
Bronchotomy (pp.125-129)
Gastroraphy (pp.130-133)
Amputation of the 'scirrous and cancered' breast (pp.134-140)
Rickets (pp.141-152) [Pages 153-168 have been torn out.]
Remarks on the amputation of the larger extremities [by Alex. M. M.D.] (pp.169-188)
Peripneumonia (pp.189-196)
Angina (pp.197-199, when bottom of page torn out)
Clinical lectures by Dr. Alexander Monroe, December 1756- 1757:
Irregular flowing menses (pp.201-204)
Stone in the bladder (pp.205-215)
Ulcer in the bladder (pp.216-221)
Dropsy [Dr. Whytt] (pp.222-227)
'Of a dropsy with a new method of cure by the operation of paracentesis and injecting medicines' [Dr. Whytt] (pp.228-231)
Dysentery [Dr. Rutherford] (pp.232-237)
'Of a Quartan Ague' [Dr. Monro] (pp.237-239)
Rheumatism [Dr. Whytt] (p.240)
Ophthalmia [Dr. Whytt] (p.244)
Cough, pain in breast and difficulty in breathing [Dr. Whytt] (p.251)
Pains and difficulty breathing occasioned by a fall [Dr. Whytt] (p.259)
From pages 263-357 notes of lectures by Dr. Cullen, Dr. Whytt and Dr. Rutherford are recorded [pages 335-336 have been torn out]. On page 358 there are notes on a series of lectures on fevers, the first delivered by Dr. Cullen on the 12 April 1757. A detailed index is included after page 394. There follows further notes on clinical cases covering subjects such as smallpox (p.1), dysentery (p.21), continued fever (p.39) and mumps (p.56). An index to these cases is provided after page 71. At the end of the volume there is a copy of McNight's letter to General [Matthew?] on the yellow fever sent from St. Christophers, 26 July 1736, followed by notes on a case of intermittent fever. |