Daniel Malthus to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1708
Item info
Date: July 10, 1708 Author: Daniel Malthus Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 178-179
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
July 10, 1708
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Windsor Castle
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Others mentioned
Sir Richard Blackmore John Arbuthnot
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Patients mentioned
Malthus
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Transcription
Daniel Malthus (1651-1717) served as apothecary to Queen Anne and George I and was the great-grandfather of the political economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus (J. M. Pullen, ‘Malthus, (Thomas) Robert (1766–1834)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17902, accessed 7 July 2014]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mrs. Malthus
Gender:
Age: -
Description
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
'Diacodium' was prescribed for her cough. She has stopped taking it. Malthus asks Sloane whether this was the right thing to do.
Ongoing Treatment:Purgatives.
Response:She is no longer spitting blood; cough has improved.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Coughs, Lungs, Spitting Blood, Loss of Appetite