Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – January 19, 1706
Item info
Date: January 19, 1706 Author: Charles Preston Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: ff. 112-113
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Curiosity Reports, Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Scientific
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Subjects
Botany, Curiosities, Gardens, Holland, Plants, Seeds, Specimens
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Date (as written)
January 19, 1706
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Edr [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Mr Smith James Sutherland Dr Sandilands
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed Boy
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Transcription
Preston received a repository of all the rare plants from the finest gardens in Holland. He sends the most curious entries to Sloane and requests all of the Philosophical Transactions from 1703 to the present. Preston was a physician and botanist who established a lengthy correspondence with Sloane, exchanging plants, seeds, books and information. His main interest was in botany, and was well-known by his contemporaries for his botanical knowledge (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 1 June 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Boy
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Age: -
Description
The boy 'voided his urine by ye navil'.
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Diagnosis
Preston could find no information on similar cases.
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Treatment
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Ongoing Treatment:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Urinary