Letter 2939

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James Jurin to Hans Sloane – July 14, 1723


Item info

Date: July 14, 1723
Author: James Jurin
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: f. 15


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Jurin thanks Sloane for his recommendation. James Jurin was a physician and natural philosopher, elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1717. He served the latter as secretary from 1721 to 1727 and edited several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions. He was a stalwart support of Newtonianism and collected meteorological data from contacts across the world (Andrea Rusnock, Jurin, James (bap. 1684, d. 1750), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15173, accessed 23 July 2013]).



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    The patient's illness is unspecified, but her condition is improving. When she walks too much it worsens.

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    Jurin might give her 'Opiates in greater quantity & of using an astringent Fotus'. He will refrain from doing anything serious until he has Sloane's opinion.


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