James Yonge to Hans Sloane – March 9, 1708
Item info
Date: March 9, 1708 Author: James Yonge Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 116-117
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Medical
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
March 9, 1708
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Plim'o
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Nathaniel Mitchell
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Transcription
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Nathaniel Mitchell
Gender:
Age: -
Description
A woman passed a bunch of hair with her urine. She has since been unplagued by pain or tumours on the side of her belly. Yonge's theory is that the hair passed directly through her urethra since the chamber pot was confirmed to have been clean.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:The patient has been well for eight months.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Kidney, Pain, Urinary, Ulcer, Colics, Kidney, Urinary, Tumour, Pain, Stomach