| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Series |
| Ref No | MS 3027/14 |
| Title | Journal of Jonathan Troup: 28th of June to the 24th of September 1793 |
| Date | 28th of June- the 24th of September 1793 |
| Extent | Pages 322 - 342 |
| Creator Name | Jonathan Troup (c1764 - 1799), physician, of Aberdeen, Scotland and Dominica, West Indies |
| Description | Journal of Jonathan Troup: 28th of June to 24th of September 1793
Troup was fined 10 shillings for the poor at Coldstone for his transgression with Nelly Forbes He treated a boy with fever He read "A Butler's Diary" (London, 1792) He treated a girl with measles He made notes from 'Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth' (1783) He treated a case of scurvy He treated a 23 year old boy with measles He treated Tullychetty's daughter for miliary fever He treated Thomas Fraser who has fallen from his horse He read and made notes from 'Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick esq' by Thomas Davies (2 vols, 1784) He went to a roup where he sees Miss Fraser. He gave her a letter telling her her faults and giving her up. He later had a reconciliation with her and asked her to swear a verbal oath as to her virginity. He then wrote to her asking her to repeat in writing her verbal oath to him as to her virginity. She did not but asked him to visit soon He treated Peter Cromar for Colic He saw a girl with scrophulous swellings in her ribs and back He saw a girl with [birth] marks on her face He saw Mr Gordon who had an inflamed cut on his hand He was called to visit a case of immoderate flow of menses He saw a woman who had broken her os humani He was called to a woman with a sudden loss of speech and body motion Troup determined to leave the county He sent an account to Broomhill for his treatment of Thomas Fraser He visited his child He was called to see a man with a pulled testicle He treated a boy with a speck in his eye after small pox He saw a man with gravel and stone spasm but he died He read a 'Tour from London (1787) to Scotland' He noted the words to 'Donald, a Song' |
| Access Status | Open |
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