Letter 1557

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James Keill to Hans Sloane – July 11, 1709


Item info

Date: July 11, 1709
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 8-9


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Transcription

Keill did not formally attend medical school, but through the patronage of Sloane he obtained the degree of MD from Cambridge. Sloane helped Keill enter into medical practice in Northampton (Anita Guerrini, Keill, James (16731719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15255, accessed 2 June 2011]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster
    Gender:
    Age:61
  • Description
  • Diagnosis

    Difficulty breathing and asthma. If Leominster's breathing does not improve Keill will apply blistering plasters to his arms, but not before receiving Sloane's opinion.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    'Oxymel of Squills'.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    'Oxymel of Squills'; perpetual blistering applied between the shoulders.


    Response:

    Lord Leominster found much relief from the 'Oxymel of Squills', but breathing remains difficult for him. His legs are less swollen than they were the last time Keill wrote on July 3. See: Sloane MS 4042, fol. 2.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Inflammations, Legs, Lungs, Swelling