CULLEN, William (1710 – 1790)
1710 – 1790
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1769
#2204
Synopsis nosologiae methodicae.
This work made Cullen’s reputation. In it he divided diseases into fevers, neurosis, cachexias and local disorders. Cullen was the foremost British clinical teacher of his time, one of the first to give clinical lectu…
1784
#4920.1
First lines on the practice of physic. 4th ed. Vol. 3.
Cullen introduced the term “neuroses” (pp. 121-23).
1789
#1838
A treatise of the materia medica. 2 vols.
An expansion of Cullen’s “Lectures on materia medica”, 1773.
1827
#76
The works. 2 vols.
Cullen was the most conspicuous figure in the history of the Edinburgh Medical School during the 18th century. He was an inspiring teacher and was instrumental in founding the Glasgow Medical School in 1744. His clini…