Letter 2805

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Edmund King to Hans Sloane – August 6, 1701


Item info

Date: August 6, 1701
Author: Edmund King
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 207-208


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Transcription

Sir Edmund King (bap. 1630, d. 1709) was a physician and surgeon. He published some of his research in the Philosophical Transactions (Robert L. Martensen, ‘King , Sir Edmund (bap. 1630, d. 1709)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15557, accessed 3 July 2014]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: Sir Charles Sedley
    Gender:
    Age:[None, but Sedley died at the age of 62.]
  • Description

    Nothing of the patient's particular condition is mentioned.

  • Diagnosis

    King wants to consult Sloane on what to do next.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    King writes that Sedley was taking 'Tinct. sacra', and continue to do so at 'all opportunities'. He was also being given 'Flamsteed waters'.


    Response:
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