John Morton to Hans Sloane – August 7, 1706
Item info
Date: August 7, 1706 Author: John Morton Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: ff. 201-202
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Philosophical Transactions
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
August 7, 1706
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Oxendon
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
John Morton was a naturalist who was in correspondence with Sloane from roughly 1703 to 1716. Morton contributed nearly one thousand specimens (fossils, shells, bones, teeth, minerals, rocks, man-made artifacts, etc.) to Sloane’s collection (Yolanda Foote, Morton, John (16711726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19364, accessed 2 July 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
Gender:
Age:Girl. -
Description
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Diagnosis
'Ordinary greensickness case'.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Girl was vomited; will be done again at 5:00 that day.
Response:The 'foolish girl' ate apples and milk all day, as well as right after she was vomited, which caused her head, limbs, and body to swell up 'so extremely, that in all appearance she was just ready to burst'. She was then prescribed three blisters, which caused six stools and abated the swelling.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Cephalic case, Head, Greensickness