Cullen's Lectures on the Practice of Medicine

Written throughout by the same hand as MS. 21. The text is on the recto only, notes and additions inserted on verso. The lectures are evidently those of Cullen.

fol. 2-68: A series of 9 numbered lectures. 1, Phlegmasiae, Phrenitis (fo. 2-10); 2, Phrenitis continued (fo. 10-18); 3, Ophthalmia (fo. 18-26); 4, On Cathartics (fo. 26-32); 5, Cyanche (fo. 32-39); 6, Pleuritis (fo. 39-47); 7, Peripneumonia (fo. 48-53); 8, Enteritis (fo. 53-60); 9, Hepatitis (fo. 60-68).

fol. 68-204: Sixteen unnumbered lectures, often also without title. Their subjects are as follows: Inflammations, Nephritis (fo. 68-76); Inflammations (fo. 76-81); Erysipelas (fo. 81-87); the same (fo. 87-95); Rheumatism (fo. 95-102); the same (fo. 102-109); the same (fo. 109-117); Hæmorrhagie, Epistaxis (fo. 117-126); Hæmoptysis (fo. 126-134); the same (fo. 134-142); the same, and Hæmotemesis (fo. 147-151); Menorrhagia (fo. 155-159); the same (fo. 159-166); Hæmorrhois (fo. 166-174); Hæmoturia (fo. 174-182); Epidemics: Varriola (fo. 182-191); Ringworm (fo. 191-204). The last is unfinished and part of folio 204 recto and the whole of the verso, left blank.

fol. 205-266: Another series of lectures, not numbered. The subjects are: Rubeola (fo. 205-212); Pertussis (fo. 212-224); Scarletina (fo. 225-238); Influenza (fo. 239-245); Dysentery (fo. 246-260); Pestis (fo. 260-266).

c. 1780

266 folios 8vo. 19 × 12 cm. Modern binding.

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).