John Ray to Hans Sloane – November 2, 1698
Item info
Date: November 2, 1698 Author: John Ray Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037 Folio: ff. 151-152
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Library, Medical, Patronage, Scholarship
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Subjects
Books
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Date (as written)
November 2, 1698
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
Paul Hermann Paolo Silvio Boccone
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
Original Page
Transcription
Ray thanks Sloane for his offer to supply Ray with botanical books from Drs Hermann and Boccone. He accepts and asks that Sloane sends them by the next post. 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:71 years old. -
Description
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Diagnosis
Diarrhea; leg sores.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Under Sloane's direction, Ray has been taking diascordium, which has been helping; but Ray ran out very quickly, and sent around to nearby shops. None of the shops were able to supply him with enough diascordium, and many had the incorrect herbs altogether, forcing Ray to use other cures that used items he already had at home.
As well, Ray will soon undergo cutting, which he hopes will ease the pain of his leg sores.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Leg sores, Skin ailments, Pain, Diarrhea