Letter 0125

Patient Details

• Patient info
  Name: Mr. Davies
  Gender:
  Age:15
• Description
• Diagnosis

  Davies believed that his son contracted a cold in 1721 when his son as eight. During this time it took the son a great deal of time to get dressed and he would often sit for hours in his nightshirt. Davies thinks that he caught a cold and it made his blood more watery.

• Treatment
  Previous Treatment:

  His son had sudden pains in the knees and Davies worried that they would make their way to his head. Also Davies noted that his “blood was poyson’d in my youth with a Quicksilver-gird & I wish my off-spring do not suffer that”. He had not bled his son and when he purged him with “Daffy’s Elixir it has much deprest his spirits.”

  
  Ongoing Treatment:

  He asked Sloane to give a prescription from his description of his son’s illness. If Sloane needed to see his son Davies would accommodate him, though riding was difficult for Davies. Davies also indicated that he had been teaching his son Latin in the hopes that his son would be able to go to public school, but he was concerned that teaching his son Latin would harm him because of his condition.
  Sloane noted at the bottom: "vensect. vascular. Elect. cum julap. cephalic."

  
  Response:
• More information
• Medical problem reference
  Rheumatism, Convulsions, Palsy, Pain, Emotions, Blood, Childhood Diseases