John Ray to Hans Sloane – October 1, 1693
Item info
Date: October 1, 1693 Author: John Ray Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036 Folio: f. 156
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Botany, Gratitude, Plants, Publishing, Specimens
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Date (as written)
October 1, 1693
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
Mr Smith
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
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Transcription
Ray thanks Sloane for sending him plant and root specimens. He received a letter from Mr Smith stating his Synopses would be printed at Christmas. Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A John Ray
Gender:
Age:67 years of age. -
Description
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Diagnosis
Painful ulcers on the legs.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Ray has been applying 'waters' to his sores for the past while. He has also been applying a cerecloth from a recipe provided by a neighbor.
Response:The cerecloth (as with all plasters, claims Ray) worked marvelously at first, but when the weather changed, his ulcers returned just as bad as ever.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises), Ulcerous Legs, Skin ailments, Pain