John Ray to Hans Sloane – April 23, 1694
Item info
Date: April 23, 1694 Author: John Ray Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036 Folio: ff. 173-174
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Scientific
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Subjects
Birds, Ornithology
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Date (as written)
April 23, 1694
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
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Transcription
Ray discusses his ornithological observations in great detail. 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 old. -
Description
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Diagnosis
The patient's sores, while dried and healed all winter, have reopened with the spring.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
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Medical problem reference
Age, Skin ailments, Pain, Ulcers, Legs