DEP/DUA/1/18/15 (Transcript version)

Margaret Burnet

(1778-1779)

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Margaret Barnet.

Formerly pronounced disease of this patient to be an affect of the Rheum kind.

And although affect attended with some unfav. sympt yet lookd upon it as a case which might for pres at least be cured in short time

Yet expressd appreh. that from slightest cause, patient would be liabble to renew of compl. for whole remainder of winter, perhaps for whole remainder of life

How far last predict well founded cannot yet pos. say.

Appreh however so far groundless that hitherto at least patient has had no relapse.

While at same time am happy to say that in formr part of prognostic have not been disapp.

For when dismissd patient, as free from affect of wrists as if never sub to it.

How far this recov. to be ascribd to treatment here employd, cannot venture to assert in most pos. manner.

Yet think it at least highly prob. that recov. cure to be ascribd to med on which she was put.

And indeed only restraind from posit conclus here, by pres case being as it were a solit fact.

For pres. only inst in which have had opport of [seeing] cure performd by med, on which this patient was put the Rhododend.

Of history of this Siberian veget gave some acct when last spoke of case of this patient.

And then observd that with her had been attended with in great meas at least with same obv operat as is repres to Dr Guth to have with the Siber when used in larger doses.

And Had disease contin obstin should as formerly prop have [pushd] it in infus to utmost extent that patient could bear

But after last spoke of case had no farther opport of remark operat.

For patient afterwards for some weeks prev from attending us, as as conf to house by other sympt partic by superveening catarrh affect.

Formerly observd however, that such obvious operat. & so great change of sympt to better, that as far a single case would go was inclind to think fav of the med.

And termin which disease has now had, does not lead me to alter opin.

Reckon it much more probab that cure to be ascribd to med employd than that arose from any natural revolut in syst.

And should have no hesitat in pron this opin were effic of the med, confirmd by simil success in other cases.

Such however I must own have not yet occurrd in my pract

On contrary in some other cases have used it without benef.

And do not learn that in hands of some other pract who have tried it in this country has been attended with great success

At same time no med, partic those with respect to which mode of admin not prop settled, to be [discarded] from want of success at first.

And if have not heard of many in which has made cure have yet heard of some in which obv [opera] has been consid.

This circum then joind to [success] which am inclind to consider it as having had in pres case

Will lead me to give it trial in others.

And accordingly have prescribd it to another patient whose case also I intend as subj of lect & pract here that is John Auckenleek Eliz Gray.

If there opport of using it in manner that could wish, shall probab. be afterwards able to say more respecting it.