John Locke to Hans Sloane – August 22, 1701
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Date: August 22, 1701 Author: John Locke Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038 Folio: ff. 221-222
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Medical
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Date (as written)
August 22, 1701
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Locke was a philosopher, physician, and highly influential proponent of liberalism in England (J. R. Milton, Locke, John (16321704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16885, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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Description
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Diagnosis
Locke writes Sloane that there is a patient sick with the 'fever of the season', and requests Sloane to prescribe the most successful treatment method.
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Medical problem reference
Fevers