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William Cullen, the Glossary

William Cullen (15 April 17105 February 1790) was a Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist, and professor at the Edinburgh Medical School.^[1]

69 relations: Academy and College of Philadelphia, Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, Agriculturist, Albrecht von Haller, Alexander Monro Secundus, Amanuensis, Andrew Plummer, Antilles, Benjamin Rush, Boiling point, Brunonian system of medicine, Charles Alston (botanist), Chemist, Chemistry, David Craigie, David Hume, David Martin (artist), Diethyl ether, Digitalis, Duke of Hamilton, Edinburgh, Enthalpy of vaporization, Factor (Scotland), George Fordyce, Gilbert Blane, Glasgow, Hamilton Academy, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Henry Cullen, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Impressionist (entertainment), John Brown (physician, born 1735), John Coakley Lettsom, John Gregory (moralist), John Haygarth, John Millar (philosopher), John Moore (Scottish physician), John Morgan (physician), John Walker (natural historian), Joseph Black, Kirknewton, West Lothian, Lord provost, Medical Society of London, Medicine, Natural science, Refrigeration, Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen, Robert Whytt, ... Expand index (19 more) »
Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh
Mental health professionals
Scottish agronomists

Academy and College of Philadelphia

The Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749–1791) was a boys' school and men's college in Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania.

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Adam Ferguson

Adam Ferguson, (Scottish Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), also known as Ferguson of Raith (1 July N.S. /20 June O.S. 1723 – 22 February 1816), was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. William Cullen and Adam Ferguson are Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.

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Adam Smith

Adam Smith (baptised 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. William Cullen and Adam Smith are 1790 deaths, 18th-century Scottish writers, founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.

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Agriculturist

An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.) is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness.

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Albrecht von Haller

Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet.

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Alexander Monro Secundus

Alexander Monro of Craiglockhart and Cockburn (22 May 1733 – 2 October 1817) was a Scottish anatomist, physician and medical educator. William Cullen and Alexander Monro Secundus are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors, founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and Scottish surgeons.

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Amanuensis

An amanuensis is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

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Andrew Plummer

Andrew Plummer FRCP (1697–1756) was a Scottish physician and chemist. William Cullen and Andrew Plummer are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors and Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.

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Antilles

The Antilles is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east.

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Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush (April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College.

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Boiling point

The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into a vapor.

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Brunonian system of medicine

The Brunonian system of medicine is a theory of medicine which regards and treats disorders as caused by defective or excessive excitation.

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Charles Alston (botanist)

Charles Alston (1683 – 22 November 1760) was a Scottish botanist. William Cullen and Charles Alston (botanist) are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors.

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Chemist

A chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchemist) is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field.

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Chemistry

Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.

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David Craigie

David Craigie FRSE (6 June 1793 – 17 May 1866) was a Scottish physician, known as a medical author.

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David Hume

David Hume (born David Home; – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical skepticism and metaphysical naturalism. William Cullen and David Hume are Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.

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David Martin (artist)

David Martin (1 April 1737 – 30 December 1797) was a Scottish painter and engraver.

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Diethyl ether

Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound with the chemical formula, sometimes abbreviated as.

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Digitalis

Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and biennials, commonly called foxgloves.

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Duke of Hamilton

Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Enthalpy of vaporization

In thermodynamics, the enthalpy of vaporization (symbol), also known as the (latent) heat of vaporization or heat of evaporation, is the amount of energy (enthalpy) that must be added to a liquid substance to transform a quantity of that substance into a gas.

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Factor (Scotland)

In Scotland a factor (or property manager) is a person or firm charged with superintending or managing properties and estates—sometimes where the owner or landlord is unable to or uninterested in attending to such details personally, or in tenements in which several owners of individual flats contribute to the factoring of communal areas.

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George Fordyce

George Fordyce (18 November 1736 – 25 May 1802) was a Scottish physician, lecturer on medicine, and chemist, who was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. William Cullen and George Fordyce are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors and Scottish chemists.

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Gilbert Blane

Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet FRSE FRS MRCP (29 August 174926 June 1834) was a Scottish physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy. William Cullen and Gilbert Blane are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors, Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and Scottish surgeons.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Hamilton Academy

Hamilton Academy was a school in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Hamilton (Hamiltoun; Baile Hamaltan) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Henry Cullen

Henry Cullen FRSE FRCPE (17581790) was a Scottish physician. William Cullen and Henry Cullen are 1790 deaths, 18th-century Scottish medical doctors, founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.

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Henry Home, Lord Kames

Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696 – 27 December 1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher, and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. William Cullen and Henry Home, Lord Kames are Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and Scottish agronomists.

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Impressionist (entertainment)

An impressionist or a mimic is a performer whose act consists of imitating sounds, voices and mannerisms of celebrities and cartoon characters.

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John Brown (physician, born 1735)

John Brown (173517 October 1788) was a Scottish physician and the creator of the Brunonian system of medicine. William Cullen and John Brown (physician, born 1735) are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors and 18th-century Scottish writers.

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John Coakley Lettsom

John Coakley Lettsom FRS (1744 – 1 November 1815, also Lettsome) was an English physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands into an early Quaker settlement.

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John Gregory (moralist)

John Gregory (3 June 1724 – 9 February 1773), a.k.a. John Gregorie, was an eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment physician, medical writer and moralist. William Cullen and John Gregory (moralist) are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors and 18th-century Scottish writers.

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John Haygarth

John Haygarth FRS FRSE (1740 – 10 June 1827) was an 18th-century British physician who discovered new ways to prevent the spread of fever among patients and reduce the mortality rate of smallpox.

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John Millar (philosopher)

John Millar of Glasgow (22 June 1735 – 30 May 1801) was a Scottish philosopher, historian and Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow from 1761 to 1800. William Cullen and John Millar (philosopher) are People educated at Hamilton Academy.

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John Moore (Scottish physician)

John Moore FRSE (1729–1802) was a Scottish physician and travel author. William Cullen and John Moore (Scottish physician) are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors and 18th-century Scottish writers.

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John Morgan (physician)

John Morgan (June 10, 1735 – October 15, 1789), "founder of Public Medical Instruction in America," was co-founder of the Medical College at the University of Pennsylvania, the first medical school in Colonial America.

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John Walker (natural historian)

John Walker FRSE (1731–1803) was a Scottish minister and natural historian. William Cullen and John Walker (natural historian) are Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, Scottish agronomists and Scottish chemists.

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Joseph Black

Joseph Black (16 April 1728 – 6 December 1799) was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. William Cullen and Joseph Black are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors, founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and Scottish chemists.

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Kirknewton, West Lothian

Kirknewton (Kirknewtoun, Eaglais a' Bhaile Ùir) is a village formerly in the county of Midlothian and, since 1975, in West Lothian, Scotland.

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Lord provost

A lord provost (Àrd-Phrobhaist) is the convenor of the local authority, the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland.

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Medical Society of London

The Medical Society of London is one of the oldest surviving medical societies (being organisations of voluntary association, rather than regulation or training) in the United Kingdom.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.

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Natural science

Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation.

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Refrigeration

Refrigeration is any of various types of cooling of a space, substance, or system to lower and/or maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is ejected to a place of higher temperature).

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Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics

The Regius Chair of Medicine and Therapeutics is considered the oldest chair at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen

Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen FRSE (22 September 1742 – 28 November 1810) was a Scottish judge. William Cullen and Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen are founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.

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Robert Whytt

Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. William Cullen and Robert Whytt are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors.

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Robert Willan

Robert Willan (12 November 1757 near Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England – 7 April 1812 in Madeira, Portugal) was an English physician, and the founder of dermatology as a medical specialty.

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Royal charter

A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.

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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a medical royal college in Scotland.

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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) was established in 1729, and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland.

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Royal Medical Society

The Royal Medical Society (RMS) is a society run by students at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland.

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Royal Mile

The Royal Mile (Scots: Ryal Mile) is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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Scottish Enlightenment

The Scottish Enlightenment (Scots Enlichtenment, Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments.

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Shotts

Shotts is a small town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Thomas Elder (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)

Thomas Elder of Forneth (1737–29 May 1799), was a Scottish wine merchant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1788 to 1790.

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University and State Library Düsseldorf

The University and State Library Düsseldorf (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf, abbreviated ULB Düsseldorf) is a central service institution of Heinrich Heine University.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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University of Edinburgh Medical School

The University of Edinburgh Medical School (also known as Edinburgh Medical School) is the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the United Kingdom and part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Vacuum

A vacuum (vacuums or vacua) is space devoid of matter.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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William Hunter (anatomist)

William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. William Cullen and William Hunter (anatomist) are 18th-century Scottish medical doctors.

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William Withering

William Withering FRS (17 March 1741 – 6 October 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cullen

Also known as Cullen, William.

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Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh

Mental health professionals

Scottish agronomists

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